By the page: 1983 Fleer

1983 Fleer for me epitomizes the phrase "less is more".  Simple design on the front, no frills.   The back has complete career stats, a bio and a "Did you know" section with tidbits on each player's career.

Top row:  Corner infielders

Did you know?  Neither Iorg or Mulliniks started their careers as 3rd basemen.  Iorg was a 2nd baseman, Mulliniks was drafted as a shortstop.
Did you know?  Willie Upshaw was a cousin of NFL players Marvin and Gene Upshaw.

Middle row:  the pitchers

Did you know?  that Joey McLaughlin was acquired by Toronto as part of the deal that sent Chris Chambliss to the Braves.
Did you know?  that Jim Clancy was credited with a win because the Baltimore Orioles deliberately walked off the field during a game in September of 1977.
Did you know?  that Roy Lee Jackson once sang the national anthem before a game (this was depicted on his '84 Fleer card)

Bottom row:   left, right, left

Did you know?  that Lloyd Moseby got his nickname "shaker" for his ability to elude defenders on the basketball court.
Did you know?  that Wayne Nordhagen was traded 3 times in 10 days during the '82 season, leaving the Jays and returning 10 days later.
Did you know?  that Ernie Whitt had 3 of the 10 HRs the Blue Jays hit against the Orioles in September of '87.

Did you know that I had to rescan the full page a 2nd time because I accidentally transposed the McLaughlin and Jackson cards?

Of course not, but you would have caught it if I hadn't...

193 cards out of the box.  Progress is being made, slowly but surely.

thanks for reading (if you still are), Robert

Getting the want list up has been well worth it

The Blue Jays want list was a lot of work.  But in the fortnight since I've had it active on the blog, it's presence has paid dividends.  I've already found a couple of sets that I failed to put on originally, and I'm sure that I'll find more as time goes on.

Another good thing has been the great cards that have come in to the house.   I received a great package this past Monday from Jeff at One Man's Junk (Wax), full of Blue Jays from many different sets. 

 I decided to divide the scans into those featuring Fleer...

Tom Henke was lethal when he dropped down to sidearm like pictured above.  Right handed batters suddenly were weak in the knees when the 6'5" giant came from the side.  

Yes folks, that's 5 different years of Fleer cards featured there, including the Yellow Monster that is the 1991 set.  I only need card #171 to finish the 1991 Jays team set (Pat Borders).

I also have a couple of scans of Bowman/OPC/Topps to show off:

All of a sudden I've started receiving the bigger '89 Bowman cards from other bloggers.  I'm now down to 2 cards to complete the '92 Stadium Club team set (372 Bob MacDonald and 555 Derek Bell). 

I guess I shouldn't be surprised that the want list is decreasingly rapidly now that I have it up.   Maybe I should keep working and get more lists posted.   Who knows what might come my way?

Thank you for the cards Jeff!!  Great envelope, very much appreciated.

Thanks for reading, Robert