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With the (quite literally) tons and tons of game- or event-used memorabilia cards being included with nearly every set in every sport made today, it’s hard to believe the concept is less than 10 years old.

While Upper Deck takes the credit for introducing game-worn jersey insert cards beginning with its base-brand 1996 football card set, it was really Press Pass that got the ball (or the wheel, in this case) rolling with its "Burning Rubber" insert cards released in January 1996 with that year’s Press Pass NASCAR set. An actual piece of a NASCAR race-used tire was applied to those insert cards, starting a trend that continues today.

This week, I want to take a trip back to the time just before the invention of game-used inserts changed the hobby forever: 10 years ago, 1995.

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-Bob