1988 Pacific Eight Men Out trading cards

The second pack of this mini theme comes from 1988 and features pictures from the baseball movie 'Eight Men Out'. 

The movie is about the infamous 1919 World Series between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox (forever dubbed the 'Black Sox'). 

The cards are notable for a few reasons. The set has the only MLB licenced 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson card and also features cards of the actors, Charlie Sheen ( Major League), John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd ( Back to the Future) and for Walking Dead fans Michael Rooker.

I don't want to get in to some war about the best baseball movie, however 'Eight Men Out' stands very close to the top. Which makes me wonder why there hasn't been any other sets featuring baseball movies, besides this set and the recent Major League inserts. I would seriously consider a set based on 'The Natural' in the 1939 or 1940 Playball design.  

This Eight Men Out set has 110 cards showing pictures of the actors in the movie and actual pictures of the 1919 Reds and White Sox players. 

Each pack contains 10 cards and comes wrapped in a lovely wax wrapper shown above.  

The pack:

#8 Eddie Collins (Bill Irwin)

#9 Chick Gandil (Michael Rooker)

#20 Joe Jackson (D.B.Sweeney)

#50 Ray Schalk (Gordon Clapp)

#53 Chicago Stickball

#74 Not Guilty

#77 Who's Joe Jackson (D.B Sweeney)

#86 Bill Rariden Reds 

#97 Dickie Kerr White Sox

#102 Kid Gleason White Sox Mng

Just for the record-
1.The Natural
2. Major League 
3. For the Love of the Game
4. Eight Men Out
5. 42
6. Field of Dreams
7. A League of Their Own
8. Fever Pitch 
9. Bang the Drum Slowly 
10. Bull Durham
11. Moneyball
12. 61*
13. Million Dollar Arm 
14. Ken Burns Baseball documentary

1988 Donruss baseball

If you check the wants' lists on blogs, as I do from time to time. Nobody needs any 1988 Donruss cards. Did they over print or are there no real 'big' cards in the set? Either way it appears that everyone has all the 1988 Donruss they want or need. Still a pack is a pack.
There are 660 cards in the base set.
The subsets include: 27 Diamond Kings (#1-27), 20 Rated Rookies(#28- 47), 26 Bonus MVP's and 26 short printed cards (#648-660).
There are 15 cards and 3 puzzle pieces in a pack.

The pack:

Puzzle piece 34, 35, 36

#19 Gary Gaetti DK Twins

#54 Mark Gubicza Royals

#102 George Brett Royals

#103 Mickey Tettleton A's

#150 Terrence Kennedy Orioles

#186 Baudilio Diaz Reds

#234 Jose Oquendo Cardinals

#235 William Doran Astros

#283 Devon White Angels

#366 Jim Presley Brewers

#367 Lloyd Moseby Blue Jays

#416 Brain Dayett Cubs

#452 Guy Hoffman Reds

#499 Tracy Woodson Dodgers

#585 Jeff Sellers Red Sox

Hey, hey a Red Sox.

1988 Topps

Each pack contains 15 cards and 1 stick of gum.

The are 792 cards in the set which included the subsets Future Stars, Topps All-Star Rookies, Record Breakers, Turn Back The Clock, All-Stars, Team Leaders, Checklists and Manager cards.

The numbers and subsets are very similar to the 1987 set. Why change a winning formula?

Pack 1:

#7 '87 Record Breaker Benny Santiago Padres

#25 Andres Galarraga Expos

#132 Donnie Hill White Sox

#181 Dave Cone Mets

#197 Lance McCullers Padres

#273 Garth Iorg Blue Jays

#332 Jerry Reed Mariners

#389 All Star Alan Trammel Tigers

#429 Tigers Team Leaders

#455 Shawn Hillegas Dodgers

#549 Braves Team Leaders

#643 Rocky Childress Astros

#720 Tim Raines Expos
#747 Bobby Witt Rangers

#768 Dickie Noles Cubs

I received this pack as part of a trade with Ed. 4 inserts in the pack but not a Red Sox in sight.