Wednesday, July 8, 2009

2001 Fleer Greats of the Game

I've got a new life collecting goal:

Complete the autograph checklist for the 2001 Fleer Greats of the Game Baseball Set. 93 Cards. A daunting task by any means. I didn't expect there to be 93 cards in the auto set, at all.

I've been meaning to try this for a few years now. I've always been in love with the one autograph I do have. I pulled it back in 2001 at Easter. I received a few packs of cards in my basket (yeah, I still got a basket), and received a redemption. It was for the Killer, Harmon Killebrew. I had never heard of him, but my dad told me all about him and even pulled out his autographed ball of Harmon.

I don't think any card I have ever seen has come close to the solid design of the 2001 brand. Very basic yet fancy looking. Just having a few and displaying them would be really neat.

The only task I have right now is to try and find a checklist of the 93 guys. All I know right now is that I need 92 more.

3 comments:

Joe S. said...

I think I have the Enos Slaughter auto from this set... I think.

The only thing I'm not 100% positive about is whether it's from the 2001 set or not.

Andrew said...

Let me know if you have it for sure.

I wouldn't mind trying my hand at the other years for Greats of the Game, but the 2001 set is the most visually appealing to me.

Fuji said...

Good luck with this set. I like the design and the on-card auto.