1997 Pinnacle X-Press Swing for the Fences

Randomly inserted in packs at the rate of one in two, cards from this 60-card unnumbered set feature color photos of baseball's top long-distance hitters and are the player cards for the Swing for the Fences Game in which collectors accumulated points in order to win prizes. The object was to find the Home Run Champion from either the National or American League and match it with the exact number of home runs hit during the 1997 season by using a comb… [Read More]

Randomly inserted in packs at the rate of one in two, cards from this 60-card unnumbered set feature color photos of baseball's top long-distance hitters and are the player cards for the Swing for the Fences Game in which collectors accumulated points in order to win prizes. The object was to find the Home Run Champion from either the National or American League and match it with the exact number of home runs hit during the 1997 season by using a combination of Booster Number Point cards and one Base Number Home Run card. A Booster card was inserted one in every two packs and carried a plus or minus point total that allowed collectors to add or subtract points to get the winning homer total. The Base Number Home Run Card was found in the Home Plate Master Deck packs only and carried a predetermined number of Home Runs (between 20 and 42) assigned to each player. The first 1,000 winners received an autographed card of Andruw Jones of the Atlanta Braves. The next 3,000 winners received random 10-card packs of Upgraded Swing For the Fences cards produced on thicker card stock and printed with a special foil prize-winner stamp. After all redemptions were done, a drawing was held for the grand prize of a trip for two to the 1998 Pinnacle All-Star FanFest with tickets to the All-Star Game in Denver, Colorado. Five runner-up winners received a box of all Pinnacle Trading Cards baseball products for a full year. Since Mark McGwire led the majors in homers, his card was also deemed to be a winner although he did not lead either league in homers. [Collapse]