Buzz 24 for 24: Chasing Ken Griffey Jr.’s Rookie Cards in a 1989 Upper Deck box & and a 1989 Fleer cello box (Hour 11)

We’re coming up on the 30th anniversary of the arrival of a cardboard icon and the highest-voted Hall of Famer in history, Ken Griffey Jr., on the field as well as on his Rookie Cards. While we’re not there just yet, Buzz couldn’t wait to try a little something with box-busting … a 24-hour marathon where we chase No. 24.

Welcome to Buzz 24 for 24.

The boxes? We’ve got one safe pick — a 24-pack 1989 Fleer cello box from a sealed case — and a riskier and pricier pick — a 36-pack 1989 Upper Deck High Number Series box. The Fleer Griffey isn’t an expensive one, but it should make an appearance given the set size vs. the box size. Meanwhile, the Upper Deck card isn’t a sure thing from a high-number box but it can be done. (High boxes are also roughly half the price of standard boxes … so that’s why Buzz went this way.)

So, for the next 24 hours you’ll see a break of at least a couple packs as we chase No. 24, George Kenneth Griffey Jr., and take a quick look back at some of the cardboard that was big at the time.

This is Hour 11.

HOUR 11

FLEER
Top: Stan Javier
Bottom: Goose Gossage
Stickers: A’s Indians, Padres
Other notables: Don Mattingly, Mike Schmidt, Danny Jackson & David Cone, Chris Sabo & Bobby Bonilla, Dwight Gooden, Kevin Romine (error)

UPPER DECK PACK 1
Sticker(s): Cubs
Notables: Jose Canseco (CL)
Star Rookies: Nope
High-numbers: Charlie Hayes and Julio Franco

UPPER DECK PACK 2
Sticker(s): White Sox, Pirates
Notables: Eddie Murray, Nolan Ryan (CL)
Star Rookies: Nope
High-numbers: Charlie Hayes and Julio Franco

Final thoughts for Hour 11: Hayes, Franco and checklists … oh no! Good thing the Fleer pack packed a bunch of names, I guess. The Romine card actually shows Randy Kutcher for those who still care about that stuff. (I think the correction is rarer on that one.) We haven't seen much of Canseco in this 1989 box at all -- he was a big deal back then in this one and I'm pretty sure that card was my first 1989 UD card back in the day. It's still a highlight to me.

What's next? Be back in an hour ...

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