1988 vs 1989 tara plaques

onionring9 · Mar 30, 2011

I've been tracking this down for years and have gotten nowhere. I've been told there are a few ways to verify these:

1) Ron Darling is listed on the back of the 1988 but not 1989 checklist for the Mets
2) Benny Santiago's first name is spelled either Benny or Benito
3) Cal Ripken Jr. has the "." or not on the end
4) Henderson is spelled Ricky or Rickey

I'll be able to confirm the Ron Darling one here in a couple days, have a Ron Darling on the way. If he's not on the back then that should rule that out.

What I'd like to see is people to post scans of theirs so we can look at them and see if there are any nuances (even any others than are mentioned above)

Mozzie and I both have this one:

tunahead · Mar 30, 2011

I've got a Ripken one, so I will get a scan tonight.

Mozzie22 · Mar 30, 2011

I sincerely hope we bust this myth because if there truly is a way to prove two different years I'm going to be bummed. :lol:

dadofandrew · Mar 30, 2011

Here is the back of the Ozzie I have

onionring9 · Mar 30, 2011

dadofandrew said:
Here is the back of the Ozzie I have

whats the barcode on yours?

Maybe we can map them a bit through that as well

dadofandrew · Mar 30, 2011

onionring9 said:
dadofandrew said:

Here is the back of the Ozzie I have

Click to expand...

whats the barcode on yours?

Maybe we can map them a bit through that as well

0 29116 43000 6

onionring9 · Mar 30, 2011

I'm thinking the barcode might be the key if they do exist.

My McGwire:

0 2911644500 0

thelesquad · Mar 30, 2011

Possibly good call on the UPC. Mine is 029116430006 as well.

tpeichel · Mar 30, 2011

I have 4-5 I can check when I get back home.

onionring9 · Mar 31, 2011

bump this up. I know a lot of people have these around here

1st4040 · Mar 31, 2011

onionring9 said:
I'm thinking the barcode might be the key if they do exist.

My McGwire:

0 2911644500 0

my Canseco has the same UPC as yours Joe..

tunahead · Mar 31, 2011

Well, apparently I don't have my Ripken one anymore (or just can't find it) so I can't add anything to this

gracecollector · Mar 31, 2011

I just noticed something... I'm betting there are 4 different bar codes.

Notice that they say "West 43500", "East 43000", "West 44500", and East "44000" by the divisions. This matches up to the barcodes (last five digits before extra 0). McGwire and Canseco has a barcode that matched the AL West number. Ripken had a barcode that matches the AL East number.

Also, there would be little incentive for a manufacturer to create new packaging between the two years unless there was a change in the checklist. That should be the key.

Gwynn545 · Mar 31, 2011

tunahead said:
Well, apparently I don't have my Ripken one anymore (or just can't find it) so I can't add anything to this

I am glad I am not the only one!!! I have this, it sat on the top of a super shoe box of gwynns that every time I opened it would slide off. I grew to hate that thing because of that! I can't for the life of me figure out where it is now, the one and only time I want to find it...
I'll keep looking. ::facepalm::

Mozzie22 · Mar 31, 2011

Can't let this die. Someone has to have some more info on this??

tpeichel · Mar 31, 2011

gracecollector said:
I just noticed something... I'm betting there are 4 different bar codes.

Notice that they say "West 43500", "East 43000", "West 44500", and East "44000" by the divisions. This matches up to the barcodes (last five digits before extra 0). McGwire and Canseco has a barcode that matched the AL West number. Ripken had a barcode that matches the AL East number.

Also, there would be little incentive for a manufacturer to create new packaging between the two years unless there was a change in the checklist. That should be the key.

All 7 of mine match of with this theory:

AL WEST
George Brett
0 29116 44500 0

AL EAST
Cal Ripken Jr and Wade Boggs
0 29116 44000 5

NL WEST
Santiago and Valenzuela
0 29116 43500 1

NL EAST
Keith Hernandez and Vince Coleman
0 29116 43000 6

thelesquad · Mar 31, 2011

tpeichel said:
gracecollector said:

I just noticed something... I'm betting there are 4 different bar codes.

Notice that they say "West 43500", "East 43000", "West 44500", and East "44000" by the divisions. This matches up to the barcodes (last five digits before extra 0). McGwire and Canseco has a barcode that matched the AL West number. Ripken had a barcode that matches the AL East number.

Also, there would be little incentive for a manufacturer to create new packaging between the two years unless there was a change in the checklist. That should be the key.

Click to expand...

All 7 of mine match of with this theory:

AL WEST
George Brett
0 29116 44500 0

AL EAST
Cal Ripken Jr and Wade Boggs
0 29116 44000 5

NL WEST
Santiago and Valenzuela
0 29116 43500 1

NL EAST
Keith Hernandez and Vince Coleman
0 29116 43000 6

Unless we can find two different UPC's of the same player, the UPC theory is a no-go.

tpeichel · Mar 31, 2011

bobotai said:
tpeichel said:

gracecollector said:

I just noticed something... I'm betting there are 4 different bar codes.

Notice that they say "West 43500", "East 43000", "West 44500", and East "44000" by the divisions. This matches up to the barcodes (last five digits before extra 0). McGwire and Canseco has a barcode that matched the AL West number. Ripken had a barcode that matches the AL East number.

Also, there would be little incentive for a manufacturer to create new packaging between the two years unless there was a change in the checklist. That should be the key.

Click to expand...

All 7 of mine match of with this theory:

AL WEST
George Brett
0 29116 44500 0

AL EAST
Cal Ripken Jr and Wade Boggs
0 29116 44000 5

NL WEST
Santiago and Valenzuela
0 29116 43500 1

NL EAST
Keith Hernandez and Vince Coleman
0 29116 43000 6

Click to expand...

Unless we can find two different UPC's of the same player, the UPC theory is a no-go.

All of mine also:

1) Do not list Darling in the checklist
2) Benny Santiago
3) Ricky Henderson
4) Cal Ripken, Jr.

Mozzie22 · Apr 1, 2011

Bump-- anybody else?

onionring9 · Apr 1, 2011

Hopefully we'll narrow this guy down!

Thanks for all the responses so far!

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