Sports Cards Ate My Brain

I'm a traditionalist so I keep my over sized cards in a shoe box. While I was looking through it I came across four tickets from games I had attended.ITh We'll go through them in chronological order. March 17, 1994 The Atlanta Knights were a farm team of the Tampa Bay Lightning.  Best known at first for having a female goalie in their first season the Knights won the IHL's Turner Cup in the 1993-94 seascuon. I don't remember what happened this particular game but I'm sure the atmosphere in the old Omni was good like it always was. May 7, 1996 Good ole Atlanta - Fulton County Stadium hosted this game during it's Farewell Season (as noted on the ticket).  The Braves moved to Turner Field the next year.   According to the box score I looked up the Bravos won in the 10th on a double by fan favorite Javy Lopez. Hall of Famer Greg Maddux started the game for the Braves and pitched 8 innings. Here's a link to the box score:   https://www.baseball-reference.com/box...

I hit 50 today.  After a major health scare last summer I consider this a major achievement. I was thinking about things I used to like that I no longer even care about and started wondering why I don't watch hockey anymore.  Then I figured it out.... Bonus points to anyone that can tell why, based on these 3 images.

To recap:  These are the cards I would take with me if I could take ten 9-card pages with me to Mars. I decided that each part of my collection cannot have more than one page.  The cards must fit into a regulation page as far as height and width but I am taking liberties with how thick some of the cards are. And now it's time to take the ice: 1980-81 Topps #22 One of the heroes of the 1980 Miracle On Ice, Jim actually started his career with the Atlanta Flames.  I remember watching his first Flames game on TV.  The OPC cards from 1980-81 did not have the USA logo in the top corner.  This set featured black scratch off material over the player's name and are not considered mint if scratched but I had to scratch my whole set because it annoyed me not seeing the player's name on them. 1990-91 Upper Deck #54 No hockey page is complete without the Great One.  I chose this card of Wayne because I really like Upper Deck's first hockey set. ...