1980 Elmira Pioneer Red Sox Baseball #5, Brice Cote

Today's minor league mugshot's an alum of Mercer County Community College, a mild-mannered school in name that generated a notable 20 draft picks from 1976 to 1985, including Brice Cote and four 1st-rounders. Future MLBer Dave Gallagher went high in the 1980 draft twice, ultimately joining Cleveland in June after not signing with Oakland in the April phase.

Cote's bushy brows ride the optimism of rookie league ball, where Brice played two seasons in Elmira (NY) and Florida, then decided to move on to other things. These days, he heads the anti-shenanigans unit for New Jersey thoroughbred tracks, following a decade-long career as track investigator for their state police.

TCMA printed a whopping 44 players for Elmira's set, including future Boston fan favorite Oil Can Boyd and former Red Sox players Sam Mele and Frank Malzone.

1. Alan Barnes
2. Tom Bolton
3. Allan Bowlin
4. Dennis Boyd
5. Brice Cote
6. Steve Garrett
7. George Greco
8. Ty Herman
9. Ron Hill
10. Kevin Keenan
11. Jeff Hall
12. John Ackley
13. Mark Weinbrecht
14. Bob Sandling
15. Brandon Plainte
16. George Mecerod
17. Tom McCarthy
18. Mitch Johnson
19. Don Leach
20. Tim Duncan
21. Jeff Hunter
22. Tony Stevens
23. Ron Oddo
24. Wolf Ramos
25. Mike Bryant
26. Gus Burgess
27. Mike Ciampa
28. Simon Glenn
29. Dick Berardino, Manager
30. Parker Wilson
31. Brian Zell
32. Gilberto Gonzalez
33. Bob Crandall
34. Marve Handler
35. Bill Limoncelli
36. Bruce Butera
37. Sam Mele, Instructor
38. Frank Malzone, Instructor
39. Charlie Wagner
40. Jay La Bare
41. Charlie Lynch
42. Alan Mintz
43. Rodolfo Santana
44. Miguel Valdez

Value: This #5 cost $2 at MinorLeagueSingles.com and team sets run $20-40.

Fakes / reprints: TCMA reprinted several team sets, possibly including this one, for "collectors kits" in the late 80s. Those cards have black backs and originals use blue backs.