In 2002, Upper Deck treated us collectors to a special '89 retro design, which also yielded short printed Reverse Negatives - a call back to the famous '89 UD Dale Murphy. This card blends scarcity with nostalgia, and can go undetected if you don't know what to look for.
In 2017, I was minding my own business, when pictures of the 1/1 Leaf Q Jumbo patch Jose Canseco showed up online before it was even signed. Though unlicensed, it was a card that made my jaw drop like no other. I can't think of a single licensed card that captured my attention quite like this one when I first laid my eyes on it. Thus began a long struggle in my mind trying to justify how I could love an unlicensed card so much - after all, I'm *supposed* to like licensed cards more ... right? It didn't matter.
What were you doing in 1998? I was in my last year of high school, without a single thought in my head of what I was going to be doing in the future. Previously, I had wanted to be a youth pastor or similar, but wasn't sure how to "get there." I also thought about how college would look, and maybe I could get into some sort of graphic design courses. I heard about something called "desktop publishing" that I wanted to try. None of that panned out for me, so after high school, I got a typing job in
