Stats On The Back Out Of Left Field

Packages of cards that seemingly come out of nowhere are one of my favorite things. No, I'm not going Oprah on you. I just received a package from Mark from the awesome site, Stats On The Back.

With cards that span five decades, this has to be one of the most wide ranging packages that I've gotten in a long time. Things start in 1969 with some killer sixties White Sox uniforms. Then we travel to 1973, where the White Sox become red with powder blue. Seriously, can we bring these back as a second alternate?

Let's travel to 1982, where disco appears to be alive and kicking with the collared uniforms. Then we go to 1986 with the fan designed pajamas, which could have been much worse. MUCH worse.

Then for some reason, in 1987, we are magically transported to 1939 and then to the early seventies. We visit 1988 for some cursive writing, which has been universally cursed. Then we end up with a numerous display of present day uniforms.

What a trip! Confused? You won't be after this episode of Soap, er, I mean this list of cards Mark sent over.

1969 Topps
97 – Buddy Bradford
309 – Walt Williams

1973 Topps
379 – Cy Acosta
455 – Bill Melton

1982 Donruss
495 – Carlton Fisk
637 – Bill Almon

1986 Donruss Highlights
44 – Joe Cowley
51 – John Cangelosi

1986 Fleer
643 – Carlton Fisk/Rich Gedman

1986 Fleer Limited Edition
15 – Carlton Fisk

1986 Fleer Update
3 – Neil Allen
19 – John Cangelosi
31 – Joe Cowley
75 – Joel McKeon
103 – Dave Schmidt
118 – Wayne Tolleson

1986 Topps Traded
67T – Steve Lyons

1987 Hy-Grade
Luke Appling
Jim Kaat

1988 Fleer Sluggers Vs. Pitchers
7 – Ivan Calderon

1989 Fleer
507 – Dan Pasqua

1990 Donruss Baseball’s Best
5 – Carlton Fisk

1990 Score Rookie & Traded
105T – Craig Grebeck

1991 Conlon
20 – Chief Bender

1992 Stadium Club Dome
72 – Ozzie Guillen

1993 Topps Traded
104T – Ellis Burks

1994 Pinnacle
520 – Julio Franco

1994 Ted Williams
19 – Eddie Collins

1994-1995 Fleer Excel
25 – James Baldwin

1997 Collector’s Choice
75 – Harold Baines

1998 Skybox Dugout Access Double Header
17 – Frank Thomas

1999 Metal Universe
24 – Mike Sirotka

2001 Upper Deck Decade Dateline
118 – Wilbur Wood

2002 Upper Deck 40 Man
397 – Magglio Ordonez

2003 Upper Deck
269 – Magglio Ordonez

2004 Fleer Tradition
359 – Carlos Lee

2004 Topps
166 – Tony Graffanino
644 – White Sox Team

2004 Topps Total
6 – Billy Koch

2005 Authentix
92 – Magglio Ordonez

2005 Donruss
147 – Paul Konerko

2005 ESPN
24 – Magglio Ordonez

2006 Allen & Ginter
31 – Mark Buehrle
190 – Scott Podsednik

2006 Bowman Heritage
89 – Scott Podsednik

2006 Fleer
374 – Dustin Hermanson

2006 Topps
149 – A.J. Pierzynski

Thanks, Mark! This was a very pleasant and unexpected surprise. I will keep my eyes peeled for things from your want list. I love going through the history of the Sox all in one package. It certainly boggles the mind how many uniforms the Sox have gone through. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.