2000 33c Celebrate the Century,1990s: New Baseball Records
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US #3191a
2000 Baseball Records – Celebrate the Century (1990s)
• Part of the tenth and final sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Commemorates great moments in baseball during the 90s
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 33¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: May 2, 2000
First Day City: Escondido, California
Quantity Issued: 82,500,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.5
Tagging: Block tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To honor the epic achievements of different baseball players during the 1990s.
About the stamp design: Pictures artwork by Drew Struzan of a baseball flying through a newspaper with the headline “Records Broken.” Includes the following text on the back: “The pursuit of three important and long-standing records thrilled Major League Baseball fans. Players set new marks for career strike-outs, consecutive games played, and homeruns in a single season.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Village Amphitheater of San Diego Wild Animal Park in Escondido, California.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: A mix of talent and nostalgia rekindled America’s interest in baseball in 1998. That summer, Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr., Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa, and St. Louis Cardinal mark McGwire chased Roger Maris’s 37-year-old record of 61 home runs in one season.
By September, it appeared McGwire was on track to break this most revered of baseball records. Fans pulled for the humble McGwire, who as a boy hit a home run in his very first trip to the plate during a little league game. Crowds went wild each time “Big Mac” knocked a pitch out of the ball park with his powerful swing.
Steve Trachsel was pitching for the Chicago Cubs during the game on Tuesday, September 8. McGwire stepped up to the plate with no runners on base in the fourth inning. He hit Trachsel’s first pitch, an 88-mile-an-hour sinking fastball, so low toward left field that it appeared it would stay in the park. Instead, the ball cleared the wall by about five feet, ricocheting off an advertising sign. Maris’s children were a few of the first people who congratulated the new home run king.
Mark McGwire earned a place not only in baseball record books. His devotion to the game and his family renewed the country’s faith in baseball, and confirmed the suspicion that American heroes do still exist.
US #3191a
2000 Baseball Records – Celebrate the Century (1990s)
• Part of the tenth and final sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Commemorates great moments in baseball during the 90s
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 33¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: May 2, 2000
First Day City: Escondido, California
Quantity Issued: 82,500,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.5
Tagging: Block tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To honor the epic achievements of different baseball players during the 1990s.
About the stamp design: Pictures artwork by Drew Struzan of a baseball flying through a newspaper with the headline “Records Broken.” Includes the following text on the back: “The pursuit of three important and long-standing records thrilled Major League Baseball fans. Players set new marks for career strike-outs, consecutive games played, and homeruns in a single season.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Village Amphitheater of San Diego Wild Animal Park in Escondido, California.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: A mix of talent and nostalgia rekindled America’s interest in baseball in 1998. That summer, Seattle Mariner Ken Griffey Jr., Chicago Cub Sammy Sosa, and St. Louis Cardinal mark McGwire chased Roger Maris’s 37-year-old record of 61 home runs in one season.
By September, it appeared McGwire was on track to break this most revered of baseball records. Fans pulled for the humble McGwire, who as a boy hit a home run in his very first trip to the plate during a little league game. Crowds went wild each time “Big Mac” knocked a pitch out of the ball park with his powerful swing.
Steve Trachsel was pitching for the Chicago Cubs during the game on Tuesday, September 8. McGwire stepped up to the plate with no runners on base in the fourth inning. He hit Trachsel’s first pitch, an 88-mile-an-hour sinking fastball, so low toward left field that it appeared it would stay in the park. Instead, the ball cleared the wall by about five feet, ricocheting off an advertising sign. Maris’s children were a few of the first people who congratulated the new home run king.
Mark McGwire earned a place not only in baseball record books. His devotion to the game and his family renewed the country’s faith in baseball, and confirmed the suspicion that American heroes do still exist.