1994 SP Baseball Holoview Blue
37 of 38. Sammy Sosa
Growing up, I loved holograms. They always carried a certain “wow” factor about them. I mean, it’s a two dimensional picture, but there’s three dimensions! So when Upper Deck came out with the team logo holograms, let’s just say that I had many a notebook covered in the things. But after a couple of years of your basic team logos, I got a little bored. Little did I know a hologram revolution was just around the corner.
Looking at the top half of this card, it’s nothing overly fancy. You’ve got a yet-to-be-superstar Sammy Sosa blocking the sun. But then you look down to the bottom and you get your gimmick: a holographic Sammy with his head in the clouds. But not only was it shiny, but Sammy’s head moves. And he blinks! My freaking baseball card blinks at me. Needless to say, the “wow” factor returned.
The 1994 SP Baseball set is famous for having the most sought-after Alex Rodriguez rookie. If that one card wasn’t holding up prices of wax, I’d consider going into the eBay vaults and picking up a box or two just to get me some blinking holograms. There’s 38 cards in the set (inserted 1:5 packs) with a much rarer die-cut parallel featuring red borders.
Filed under: Upper Deck, baseball, holograms, inserts | Tagged: 1990s Inserts, 1994, baseball, Chicago Cubs, Holoview Blue, Sammy Sosa, SP, Upper Deck
