Finally more Astros exposure. It has been awhile since there has been an Astros figure made. I am so glad it was Biggio. I bet there will be a chase variant with the "rainbow uni's". Check the story out. More picures: MLB 16 LINEUP UNVEILED Six New Major League Players Coming to Stores in July February 24, 2006 Copyright 2006 TMP International, Inc. When the NBA and Stanley Cup Finals both finish up, America's pastime takes center stage and Major League Baseball takes over the major sports landscape every July. This summer, McFarlane Toys presents MLB 16, the latest Sports Picks series to showcase the very best players. The new series offers five players making their Sports Picks debuts, and one longtime veteran showing off his new look. It's been a few months since we announced the MLB 16 lineup -- now you get to enjoy the photography. Cameraman, ZOOM IT! CRAIG BIGGIO: Alex Trevino and Alan Ashby split the catching duties for the 1988 Houston Astros, but rookie Craig Biggio managed to snare enough at-bats to turn some heads. Eighteen seasons later, the 40-year-old mainstay enters Spring Training as Houston's starting second baseman. The seven-time All-Star spent four years behind the plate in Houston, before shifting to second base for 11 seasons (where he won four Gold Glove awards), then to center field for two seasons before returning to second base in 2005. Biggio remains a Houston fixture, and a key component to their quest to return to the World Series.
I would have liked to see a batting pose with the dirty helmet and the pine tar covered bat. For as great as a player as he has been, Biggio has never been that collectable in sports memorabilia. His cards have never been worth much, his SLUs have been commons, and he's just now getting a McFarlane made. I bet it will be a little tough to pick up in Houston, but I bet its as common as white tube socks in every other part of the country. Bagwell has been somewhat collectable, but never to the level of his playing ability. When Bagwell was MVP and putting up monster numbers, everybody collected Frank Thomas and Ken Griffey Jr. I guess its because they are Houston players maybe? Other small market stars are collectable, however.
They're Houston players, they're non-controversial, they don't play up to the media, they don't switch teams to get recognized in multiple areas, they're white (it does play a factor somewhat I think), they've been consistent for so long that people get used to their efforts, they don't let things come out of the locker room for the most part, they're not arrogant.. basically 75% of the reasons i like them are the same reasons they've never been that collectable
I was thiking the exact same thing. Bidge used to have a baby face, but he's getting fairly grizzled in his old age...
