Yankees Beverage Cup

Whenever I went to a baseball game as a kid, I always enjoyed the "free" plastic cup that came along with your drink. It was a great souvenir, plus you got 24 ounces of Coke! I have quite a few cups from the Oakland Coliseum, featuring Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire, and even Walt Weiss, but none of them ever featured Rickey.



I didn't get it from the stadium, but this "Collector's Series '87" cup from Yankee Stadium does feature Rickey, and probably came complete with a $10 beer. An artistic rendering of an action shot of Rickey is featured on one side of the cup, and in profile on the other.



I love the list of events that fans had to look forward to in 1987. I bet they had a sell-out crowd on the 4th of July for the Miami Sound Machine concert!

1987 Kraft Macaroni and Cheese Cards

In 1987 Kraft produced a 48-card set called "Home Run Heroes," which could be found on the back of Macaroni and Cheese boxes. The first two pictures below are of a complete box, still full of mac and cheese. I wouldn't be surprised it you could still eat it today!

The panels on the back of the boxes actually contained several different player combinations, four of which are shown below. Rickey (card number 31 in the set) is paired with Fernando Valenzuela (as in the full box), but also with Vince Coleman, Jeff Reardon, and Pete Rose.