Random Card of the Day

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Year: 1990

Set: Donruss Aqueous Test (Rate)

Card: #99 Howard Johnson

“ The mysterious aqueous test cards. Legitimate test cards, or marketing ploy? ” -Derek McDonough

“ GAAHHH! NOT THE RED MENACE! ” -Musclebeech

“ 90 donruss. My Trigger set. So much wasted wax pack purchases. ” -parsley24

“ This line of cards bring back memories!!!!! I was always a fan of HoJo ” -tinyshogun

“ Nice 1990 card that many dismiss because it was at the heart of the overproduced years with ordinary designs. Howard Johnson one of at least two players with the same name at the same time. ” -captkirk42

“ I have vivid memories of 88 and 91 Donruss cards in my and my brother’s childhood collections. 89 and 90, while just as distinct in style, are absent from those memories. ” -DarthTempest

“ So I always thought Howard Johnson was this amazing baseball player because of the hotel chain. I thought the hotel chain was named because of him. ” -Matt9975

“ Can't go wrong with HoJo! ” -domentho

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Sportscardfan55

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Joined: May 2022

Sunday, August 28, 2022 5:59 AM
Great set and HoJo is an underrated player

RonEaston

Posts: 1073
Joined: Nov 2019

Sunday, August 28, 2022 7:57 AM
Do people actually own these? Do we know the print run? ------------------------------- I'm mostly organizing over adding right now.

stevejrogers

Posts: 371
Joined: Nov 2012

Sunday, August 28, 2022 8:03 AM
Not big enough for the RCOTD coincidences, but yesterday was the return of Mets Old Timer's Day, for the first time since 1994. And HoJo was indeed there. Also they announced the official retirement of Willie Mays' #24. Fulfilling a promise the owner at the time made to Willie when he was brought back to New York back in 1972.

NowMuseumNowYouDont

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Joined: Jun 2022

Sunday, August 28, 2022 8:20 AM
I have this card autographed by HoJo! Met him at my local minor league stadium when he was managing the Brooklyn Cyclones. His son was the batboy for the team.

chvlDm

Posts: 288
Joined: Apr 2012

Sunday, August 28, 2022 9:05 AM
Damn 90 Donruss. Don't be cool looking, original, affordable, and readily available. Be boring, artificially scarce, expensive, unoriginal retreads like proper modern cards!

DaClyde

Posts: 1318
Joined: Sep 2008

Sunday, August 28, 2022 9:54 AM
I was glad when the proper checklist for these was finally nailed down to only 1 or 2 sheets of the whole set. It was annoying to chase a bland, rare, expensive card, but doubly so when it didn't actually exist. A few years ago, someone finally dumped a couple sets of these on eBay, which allowed me to snag what I needed (Roberto Kelly & Dave Henderson) and remove the rest from my wantlists.

lildog7

Posts: 972
Joined: Aug 2020

Sunday, August 28, 2022 10:01 AM
I seriously cannot get away from this set. Every time I buy boxes of cards I get more of this set than any other set. I can't even give them away fast enough.

SYTopps

Posts: 1
Joined: Jan 2014

Sunday, August 28, 2022 12:46 PM
I never liked this set and I can't explain why. I never tried to complete a new Donruss set after these came out. I guess I should be thankful. ------------------------------- Steve