Random Card of the Day

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Year: 1981

“ Nicely designed card. I've always been a Fleer fan. ” -Billy Kingsley

“ Sweet Lou! One half of one of the most successful 2B-SS combinations of all time. Part of the 1984 World Champion Detroit Tigers, from one of the sets that began a flood of new card makers in the 80's. Bless You Boys! ” -Kaline6

“ Lots of errors on this set, but overall it's not a horrible set to have, ” -addysdaddy

“ Hey, it's Sweet Lou! Always liked 81 Fleer. ” -wax_house

“ Cool The return of Fleer to the baseball card game. It is a true Fleer and not one of these retro Heritage/Archives things right? Like the design but early on it was confusing with the 1982 and 83 Donruss sets. ” -captkirk42

“ This is one of my favorite sets. I love the design, both front and back. It's also the set that got me my first job (card shop - collating sets). If you're a baseball set collector, this set should be in your collection - it's affordable and loaded with great players. ” -vrooomed

“ 1981, 18 years after Topps was first sued, their monopoly was finally busted. Having not produced player's cards since 1963, Fleer's comeback was lackluster at best. These boring desgins would continue for the next 5 years. ------ I love players who spend their entire career with one team. "Sweet Lou" and Alan Trammell were one of the best "double play" combos. ” -C2Cigars

“ I got a bunch of these cards for cheap and found some real gems in them. Some cool error cards too. ” -carthage44

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Vvvergeer

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Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:42 PM

See, this is why I've stuck with Topps, for all its flaws. This is a really boring card to me. Too much white space on both the front and back. No personality to the card at all. And really? "Pct" instead of "avg?" Lou had a fine batting percentage. He was low in RCTBS (You know, "Runs caused to be scored." I suppose others would call those "rbi." But that's so...traditional.)

But I can't knock the player or the love people have expressed for players who spend their whole career with one team.

Edited on: Oct 13, 2015 - 2:47PM

Tuesday, October 13, 2015 4:36 PM
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Random Card of the Day

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

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