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Friday, May 17, 2024

Random Wax: 1991 Fleer Baseball (4 Packs)

1991 Fleer:  Hard to believe Dave Stewart was only an All-Star one time.  He won 20+ games four seasons in a row with the A's.  Stewart made up for it by winning three World Series - one each with the Dodgers, A's and Blue Jays.  He was also known the intense look.  Unfortunately cards from the 80s and 90s were known for horrible centering like this one.  Such a disappointment.
Some key players from the era.  Ellis Burks is an all-time favorite of mine.  I tend to not give Sheffield the credit he deserves but looking at his baseball card helps remind me how good he was and I've been won over by his Hall of Fame argument.  
Everyone loves the stickers and the backs of these are great too showing off the all-time leaders for a team.
Out of the league for two years due to Tourette Syndrome, Jim Eisenreich still had a really good career hitting .290 over 15 seasons.  Nice Don Slaught photo.  Easy to imagine a play that just occurred as he looks back for the call.  I like this set for no good reason even with its eye pain inducing brightness and lack of logo on the front.
Zane Smith is a top-ten all-time favorite of mine.  Maybe it's that hair.  Nice look at Stewart's stats including the apex of his career.  Love the memories and I'll keep sharing these over time.

BREAKDOWN:
60 – Total Cards
4 – Stickers


6 comments:

  1. You don't see pine-tar covered rags on baseball cards much....

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    1. Very true but it takes center stage on that one.

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  2. Voting for Phillies legend Stewart over Phillies legend Eisenreich.

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    1. It's a shame things didn't work out with him in Philadelphia but he did okay in Oakland.

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  3. Stew is the man. He was a big reason the A's went to three World Series in a row. It's a shame that Fleer did him dirty with that centering job.

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    1. That card is about as uncentered as it gets.

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