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Description

For the fourth consecutive year, the five MLB baseball card licensees joined forces to produce a five-card tribute set for the All-Star Game FanFest. This year's honoree, Jackie Robinson, was not a member of the home team (Cleveland), however.

To obtain each card, collectors had to rip open a selected number of packs at each company's corporate booth. Fleer/Skybox produced a sixth card of former Cleveland Indian Larry Doby.

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NOTE: Donruss' contribution to this set was a reprint of Jackie Robinson's 1949 Leaf card. They reprinted the same card for 1997 Leaf Series Two. The Leaf insert was serial-numbered to 1948 copies, while the FanFest card, which has the FanFest logo on the front, is not.

1 Jackie Robinson Pinnacle
2 Jackie Robinson 1952 Topps
3 Jackie Robinson Upper Deck
4 Jackie Robinson 1949 Leaf
5 Jackie Robinson Ultra
6 Larry Doby Ultra

Chris Berman Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame

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Upper Deck created a card of ESPN's Chris Berman that was given away at an event thrown by ESPN at the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame during All-Star Weekend.

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