The Simplicity of Being Unlicensed

Unlicensed sports cards were all the rage in the 80's and 90's. I remember walking into small card shows and the first thing you'd see was a rack or table covered with free unlicensed cards. Usually, you were allowed to pick a few out. These Wally Joyner cards I picked up in a trade with scordova are typical of the cards you'd find:

Full bleed, thinner stock, simple name and (sometimes) a team.

The backs were usually where the oversimplification really came into view:

BAM!

No statistics, no photo, no personal player information, no logos, no card number, no nuttin'.

I love it!

Here are the rest of the cards in the trade:

Those Topps are Tiffany, I'm not sure if that's why they seem to be a bit discolored.

The odd Jim Fregosi Phillies card is for his PC

TCDB Trade With Aaron_Miller

Got all these in trade for a bunch of 1995 Fleer Spiderman cards, which I have a lot more dupes of (hint hint).

TCDB Trade With mzentko

Always nice trading with Mark.

That MLB 2000 "0" game card is not a dupe of the one a couple trades up.

Each letter came in multiples with different "tip" numbers.

This one is Tip #20, the previous is Tip #21.

There are 35 different cards that can spell out "MLB 2000".

And a TCDB trade from TheForeverMan

Mike Trout has been out of action due to a strained hammy on June 17th.

Maybe he'll still play in the All-Star Game?

Yet to be determined.