30 Day Baseball Card Challenge

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Just Another Piece of Paper


The 1984 All-Star Program Inserts have haunted me for years.  Every time I browse the Tony Gwynn checklist over on Beckett, it's the seventh card listed.  The thing that has bothered me the most about this card was the fact that I had never seen one in person and (outside of what's written on Beckett) I knew nothing about it.  Finally I broke down and found a cheap copy of the program on eBay and added it to my collection.

1984 All-Star Game Program Inserts #52

The good news is I'm able to cross off this mysterious Tony Gwynn card.  The bad news is that it's not really a card.  It's part of an insert page (hence the name) in the program that includes other MLB players on the all-star ballot.  I decided to put the entire set of uncut sheets in my Gwynn binder, instead of taking my chances with my sub-par scissor skills.

Now this set isn't for everyone.  There's nothing special about the design.  The uncut sheets pose a storage issue.  And should you decide to cut them up, you risk damaging the cards... or should I say "pieces of paper".

However fans of oddballs might be able to appreciate that it's not your everyday set.  And if you collect rookie cards, the checklist includes a pair of famous Mets:

#77 and #69

Donnie Baseball was also featured on a separate sheet that included write-in candidates:

#183

Now remember... it's an all-star game program, so the set is loaded with some of the biggest names from the 1984 season:

#143, #113, and #86

And I'll wrap things up with my personal favorite (outside of the Gwynn):

#68

I absolutely love seeing Pete representing Montreal and hope to one day own every card of him featured in his Expos uniform.

Happy Wednesday and sayonara!

10 comments:

Yankeejetsfan said...

I may have to bite the bullet and pick one up one day. I love the oddball stuff and there is a Yankee to be had.

Very nice pick up, Fuji.

Man said...

A card is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. I picked up some Topps coins-what the heck am I going to do with them?

Corky said...

Come to the dark side and cut the sheet.

BobWalkthePlank said...

I always thought collecting All Star programs would be fun. Congrats on the pick up.

Reds Card Collector said...

Crap, another Rose I'll have to track down! Nice pieces of paper Fuji!

Fuji said...

Very true. Btw... I love those coins. Pain in the butt to store, but I like them.

Fuji said...

Maybe one day... after a few more years of scissor practice.

defgav said...

Those are pretty cool. Congrats!

Mark Hoyle said...

I just picked up the Boggs from this set

Fuji said...

Congratulations! Be careful... watch out for paper cuts ;)