1991 Pacific Flash Cards #54

Type: Base Card

Acquired: Pulled From Pack

In 1991 Pacific had the unique idea to try and use trading cards as a way to teach kids math. Not sure if it made it past this release, but I can applaud the effort. I have quite a few of these Bo math cards in my collection since my Dad bought a box of these cards for us kids. I know he got them very cheap and I thought it was a cool idea just for the fact that the set featured some of the best players of the era and thanks to this card I never forgot that 17 x 2 = 34!

1994 Pinnacle Tribute #TR4

Type: Insert Card

Acquired: Traded With Friend

When it came to Bo collecting, I was all in! If you had a Bo card I didn't have, you had better have been ready to trade on the schoolyard after lunch. I gave up a lot of some of the "HOTTEST" cards from the 90s to acquire some of these cards and this one was no different. I gave up a 1992 Deion Sanders Upper Deck SP3! Looking back that trade really wasn't a bad deal for me as I gave up one multi-sport star to acquire another. This card had me at "Bionic Bo"!

1994 Fleer #U18

Type: Base Card

Acquired: Bought Online

I don't know why I have a fascination with Bo's years in an Angels uniform? It wasn't his peak, but there is something so magnetizing to me about these years? Maybe it's because it was the last time I'd ever see Bo play in the MLB or maybe it's the oddity of seeing him out there in a new uniform. Whatever it is, I appreciate the drive this man had to continue his professional career after many would have hung up the spikes. It gave kids like me the confidence that we could do anything as long as you believed you could. Thanks for the motivation Mr. Jackson and for the entertaining way you played the game with emotion and passion! By the way I like this card! 

1994 Donruss #173

Type: Base Card

Acquired: Pulled From Pack

1994 was the year where Donruss really stepped up their baseball card game. There graphics were tamed down a bit and foil stamping was added to keep up with the more premium cards of the time. The photo on the front of the card doesn't do much for me, but at least it's something different. It's the dugout shot on the back that is the highlight of this card to me. I am a sucker for dugout shots! That's where you see the real emotions of the players. The joy after getting a big hit or the tantrums after striking out. It looks here like Bo is just waiting his turn at bat and patiently watching the batter at the plate. Maybe it was Frank Thomas or Robin Ventura?

1993 Fleer Ultra #534

Type: Base Card

Acquired: Pulled From Pack

This is a beautiful card! The photo on the front really captures Bo's determination to rip the guts out of any fastball that came speeding his way. The back shows a rare photo of Bo in the field and has limited stats, but I will forgive this shortcoming due to how nice this card looks with it's minimal graphics and foil stamping. Fleer Ultra truly was the standard in baseball cards during the 90s and year after year they continued to put out a great product that collectors clamored for!

1990 Score #280

Type: Base Card

Acquired: Pulled From Pack

This is a pretty cool looking card from early in Bo's career. The shot on the front of the card perfectly captures that moment of action where bat is milliseconds away from hitting speeding fastball. The layout of the graphics is kind of blah, but not terrible. The back features an unimpressed photo of Bo followed by a great set of stats. I was on the hunt for this card for a long time as a kid and one magical day, I opened a pack of 1990 Score and BAM I was given this great card. Not a bad pull at all!

1994 Score Select #356

Type: Base Card

Acquired: Bought Online

I'm usually not a fan of the landscape style of baseball cards. They always look clunky when you put them in your binder next to the other cards, but I will give this Score release a pass due to how well it is put together. The front features two action poses of Bo. The main photo is large and in full coloe, while the other is smaller and monotone. I like this because the smaller photo doesn't feel like it distracts from the main focus shot and it's there more as an accent. The back features limited stats and a nice "candid" shot of Bo in the dugout. Not a bad card from Bo's forgotten days as an Angel.