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For today's post, here are nine "throwaway" cards.  I call them promotional inserts and they have very little if any value but because I collect any card I don't already have of the players I collect, these have made their way into my collection. I suppose most people would just throw them out along with the wrappers. Beckett doesn't recognize them but if you were buying packs during these years you undoubtedly saw them show up in your packs.

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1999 Sports Illustrated Greats of the Game Offer Card #NNO Mark McGwire (I believe this card came in a pack of 1999 Sports Illustrated Greats of the Game. It is an offer to subscribe to Sports Illustrated the magazine and in so doing, you would receive a sheet of mock Greats of the Game cards that feature current players done up in the 2000 Greats of the Game design. I did not take advantage of this offer but nonetheless ended up with all the promotional cards.)
1999 UD Choice Draw Your Own Card #NNO Ken Griffey Jr. (I bought more than a hundred packs of 1999 UD Choice cards back in the day and I got one of these Griffey cards in every pack. I have been giving them out as an extra in most all of my new trades since then and still have several dozen left. Most of you who have traded with me have gotten one. It was a promotion to draw your own card of your favorite player and the winners appeared as an insert set in that year's Upper Deck MVP offering.)
2000 Upper Deck MLB 2001 #NNO Chipper Jones (These Chipper Jones cards were randomly inserted into packs of 2000 Upper Deck. Cards had either the letter M, L, B or the number 2, 0 or 1. All of them were pretty common except for the 2 of which there were only 200 cards. The object of the game was to spell out "MLB 2001" in order to win a PlayStation game.)

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2002 Topps Gallery Museum Edition Release Card #NNO Mike Piazza (This card was randomly inserted in 2002 Topps packs and promoted that year's Topps Gallery set.)
2002 Topps Series 2 Release Card #NNO Roger Clemens/Albert Pujols/Alex Rodriguez (Found in packs of 2002 Topps Series One, this card promotes the upcoming Series Two. I collect all three players on this card and have one of these in each of those player's collections.)
2008 Upper Deck StarQuest Lucky Spin Promo Card #NNO Derek Jeter (If you weren't lucky enough to pull a StarQuest insert out of a pack of 2008 Upper Deck, maybe you could pull a card promoting the StarQuest inserts. As a bonus, it informed you of the Lucky Spin game you could play online. It's got Jeter on it so what's not to love?)

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2010 Topps Attax #NNO Ryan Howard/CC Sabathia (I think you could pull one of these out of nearly every Topps pack back in 2010. Howard was a monster at that time and it looked like he was going to set all sorts of home run records but he ended up in the top 25 in strikeouts all-time after his relatively short career. CC is probably headed to the Hall. This was the first year of Topps Attax and it's second to the last year of Topps Attax, a card game played with baseball cards.)
2017 Beckett Sports Card Monthly #NNO Jose Altuve/Carlos Correa (I picked this card up for a nickel at a card show last year and can only assume it came in a Beckett magazine. It features Carlos Correa on the flip side and will always remind me of the year the Astros dishonestly took home a World Championship.)
2019 Topps Silver Pack Promotion/National Baseball Card Day Promo #NNO Bryce Harper (This card promotes Topps Silver Pack Chrome cards exclusively found in hobby boxes of 2019 Topps Update. The reverse promotes 2019 National Baseball Card Day.)