These are still super cool and still reasonable priced. They never grade well due to the thickness and edge chipping - but grade is not as important with these for me. Tip: never buy 2007 sweet spot autographs. That year they used odd ink and they all fade into obscurity.

Grade doesn’t matter too much on these for me. They are pretty rare and pretty cool. Like having an autographed baseball but in card size and slabs make them easier to enjoy!

Career Achievements

• Hall of Fame Induction: 2012 (first ballot, 86.4% of the vote)

• World Series Champion: 1990 (helped lead the Reds to a sweep over the Oakland A’s)

• National League MVP: 1995

• 12× All-Star: 1988–1991, 1993–1997, 1999, 2000, 2004

• 9× Silver Slugger Award: 1988–1992, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999 (most ever by a shortstop at the time)

• 3× Gold Glove Award: 1994–1996

• Roberto Clemente Award: 1993 (for sportsmanship and community involvement)

• Lou Gehrig Memorial Award: 1994

Notable Stats & Milestones

• Career Batting Average: .295

• Hits: 2,340

• Home Runs: 198

• RBIs: 960

• Stolen Bases: 379

• First shortstop in MLB history to join the 30–30 club (30 HR, 30 SB in 1996)

Tony Gwynn Sweet Spot Classics auto such a nice signature and a beautiful card

And another one! Cool Upper Deck Sweet Spot autograph of Kareem Abdul Jabbar #/10. I have most of the big ones now. Still missing LeBron. And a few others. But I’m patient and I’ll keep looking! No rush to build these in the collection. But they don’t come up too often. If anyone has any cool sweet spot autos or bat barrel nameplate cards (any company including Leaf and non-licensed) please shoot me a DM!