Retsy Series 1 · Card 0630 · 90-HNG

Fastball Cage Nine

Choke up. Swing late. Feel famous.

A row of chain-link batting cages where cage nine pitched a fastball nobody in town could hit.

Card no.: 0630 of 1,280
Set: 90s Hangouts · 90-HNG
Year: 1994
Type: Batting cage complex
Found at: Sluggers Row, next to the go-karts
Cost back then: $1 for 15 pitches

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Nostalgia7/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness5/10

Trade value4/10

The story · 1994

The story of Fastball Cage Nine

Cages one through eight threw softballs and slow pitches for normal humans. Cage nine was different: the machine hissed, the arm whipped, and the ball arrived before you finished blinking. Kids fed tokens into it all summer while their pals watched from the fence and judged. The one kid who finally connected got his photo on the snack shack wall.

Fun fact

Cage nine's pitching machine was nicknamed the Toaster because it launched balls like burnt bread popping up.

Six finishes

187 copies of Fastball Cage Nine exist

Fastball Cage Nine comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Fastball Cage Nine, Retsy card 0630 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Fastball Cage Nine, Retsy card 0630 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Fastball Cage Nine, Retsy card 0630 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Fastball Cage Nine, Retsy card 0630 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Fastball Cage Nine, Retsy card 0630 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Fastball Cage Nine, Retsy card 0630 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

90-HNG

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