Better than 1991 Fleer

You just never know what's going to strike your fancy when trying to come up with a blog post.  I'm rummaging through some cards and I come across this beauty...

Good ol' knuckleballer Phil Niekro shows up in the pile and instantly I think about a couple of things.

First, he should be in a rocking chair somewhere instead of on the mound.  He was probably 48-49 years old when this photo was taken in the late 80's (which is just a couple years younger than I am right now, and I enjoy a good rocking chair).  He only made one start for the Braves in the '87 season in case you were wondering, and that was in the last week of September.  He had made 3 starts for the Jays in August, and 22 for Cleveland earlier in the season, his swan song of a 24 year career.

Second, I'm thinking on a lark about picking up some starter lots and trying to complete some sets from the end of the 80's.  I'm sure there's a few billion cards out there that people are trying to unload, I'm sure that 3000 or so of them could end up on my doorstep just as easily.  I mean how hard could it be, right?

The yellow on this '88 Score looks better than 1991 Fleer, right?  Of course it does.  Thinking.....

Enjoy the hobby!!

Robert

By the page: 1988 Score

As I went through the box of Blue Jays and came across more and more of the '88 Score version, it just seemed that there was an easy way of putting together a page for this.

By color.

It was so simple, even I could put together a page quick and easy....

Top row:  Purple

Even though 1987 was Fred McGriff's first full season in the majors, this '88 Score was released 2 years after his RC ('86 Donruss).

Middle row:  Blue

Bottom row:  Red

I bet that I could have come up with one more card to make this a row of "faces obscured" cards.  At least you can see half of Mulliniks' face...

I wonder why Score used the white box inside the border for this set, kind of looks weird huh?

This brings the total up to 211 cards out of the box now.  With the massive influx of cards that have come in lately, I'm going to have to buy a bigger box.  I just can't keep the 3 row shoe box empty.

If you haven't voted on this week's semi final match up yet, you can head here and cast your ballot.  '74 currently has a slight lead on '63....

thanks for reading, Robert