80's Baseball Card Trivia

[robmpink]

If you could specifically name all of these 80's baseball cards, you were down with collecting. This is more or less a trip down memory lane. If you could do it w/o researching it, give yourself a pat on the back. Just realized there is a trick question involved.

[robmpink]

Just to head off some wise guys, not the players names.

[bigboydan]

Ah, memories of the 1982 topps traded Ripken rookie card.

[Bcatswin]

Old DonRuss Diamond Kings, great stuff

[flyingillini]

Remember when Gregg Jeffries was a hot card... nothing like opening the 83 donruss and getting the Boggs out of em.

[robmpink]

Ah, memories of the 1982 topps traded Ripken rookie card.

First off, congrats! But this is a multi question trip down memory lane.

[playersonly69]

1991 Score

1982 Topps Traded Rookie Card (was on a shared rookie card in regular 1982 set, I still have around 20 of the original rookie cards and they have lost about 80% of the value for their high)

1984 Donruss Diamond Kings (Maybe 1982)

1987 Donruss

1989 Topps

[robmpink]

Old DonRuss Diamond Kings, great stuff

C'mon. How did you know it was a diamond kind? We need specifics. If you don't know from a visual, don't feel bad.

[robmpink]

1991 Score

1982 Topps Traded

1984 Donruss Diamond Kings (Maybe 1982)

1987 Donruss

1989 Topps

2 out of 4 incorrect

[obamaismyuncle]

Remember when Gregg Jeffries was a hot card... nothing like opening the 83 donruss and getting the Boggs out of em.

yea I remember when Jeffries card was hot, maybe the hottest of all time.

[robmpink]

1991 Score

1982 Topps Traded

1984 Donruss Diamond Kings (Maybe 1982)

1987 Donruss

1989 Topps

Ok, your revised post now has 3 out of 5 incorrect.

[Bcatswin]

They all were rob had all sets from around then till 2000, Plenty of Upper Deck Baseball Heroes Sets as well.

[robmpink]

yea I remember when Jeffries card was hot, maybe the hottest of all time.

I remember the first time I got his autograph in 89 or 90. He was getting into a cab after a Mets/Phils game w/ his blonde wife and he signed a 1988 tidewater tides card for me and nothing after that. I was pumped. After the years I probably got his graph like 10 times more.

[playersonly69]

I could show you around 15 of the Cal Ripken **** Off cards from the early 80's

[flyingillini]

the 84 fleer update set was hot...

[robmpink]

I could show you around 15 of the Cal Ripken **** Off cards from the early 80's

? what do you mean **** off? Were there fakes of that?

[CarpeDime]

definitely not researching or reading others' answers.

What's the question? The Ripken one is not his real rookie card, his real rookie card was the one that had 3 future stars on it

maybe the donruss ones are the ones that had "errors" you remember that sh*t?? It made like a Bruce Sutter card 1000 times cooler cause they misspelled his name or whatever

man the fukin 80s DUDE!! heavy metal, baseball cards, tight jeans, small moustaches, huge glasses, vhs tapes, mtv, arcade games HELL YEAH DUDE!!!!

[robmpink]

#1 84 Donruss diamond king

#2 82 topps traded

#3 87 donruss opening day set-I remember this mostly sold in toys r us. Here is a photo of the set.

#4 1989 Topps Big

#5 1990 Score

[nosniboR11]

thats donruss 87 opening day barry bonds, the error is worth more,

[nosniboR11]

was fixing to give em to ya pink

still collect have a collect of over 2 million cards, its crazy,

[robmpink]

If you were able to identify them visually, congrats! You were a true collector like me. You also have a bunch of worthless cardboard that you spent thousands for. Ahhhh, the memories!

[CarpeDime]

humanity has never seen a bubble like I the one for 1984 Donruss rookie cards, esp Mattingly

[koz-man]

? what do you mean **** off? Were there fakes of that?

that was billy ..cals brother card. on the bottom of the bat it said fu_k face

[bigboydan]

the 84 fleer update set was hot...

Indeed it was sir. The Clemens rookie card was hotter than a firecracker back in the day.

[robmpink]

was fixing to give em to ya pink

still collect have a collect of over 2 million cards, its crazy,

I'm 35 and collected from the mid 80's until 1994. When you were a kid, it was the best when the new year's cards came out and you were the first to get them in your circle of friends. I still remember flashing the 87 Topps Canseco until my other buddy flashed a fleer one. WTF? Where did he get it? It was Feb or March.

[CarpeDime]

If you were able to identify them visually, congrats! You were a true collector like me. You also have a bunch of worthless cardboard that you spent thousands for. Ahhhh, the memories!

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HH!!!!!!

you mean they're not still worth a lot??? how do you know??

[obamaismyuncle]

I could show you around 15 of the Cal Ripken **** Off cards from the early 80's

The Billy Ripken "**** face" cards?

[robmpink]

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLYEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HH!!!!!!

you mean they're not still worth a lot??? how do you know??

lol

[nosniboR11]

it was awesome days, i even use to set up at malls and sell my cards, always had the fly threads and shoes in school, loved it

still collect now, its not as fun when you have money just to buy the cards

[robmpink]

I was an avid collector of starting lineups as well. Had quite a collection. Mostly older.

[robmpink]

humanity has never seen a bubble like I the one for 1984 Donruss rookie cards, esp Mattingly

This is the fake. Notice you can't read the word "Donruss".

[bigboydan]

Remember the days when this was the hottest card on the planet.



I remember buying a 200ct lot of them at $2.40ea. and selling them for $7.50 each. I'm still kicking myself that I didn't hold on to them until they hit the $65 mark.

[robmpink]

Remember the days when this was the hottest card on the planet.



I remember buying a 200ct lot of them at $2.40ea. and selling them for $7.50 each. I'm still kicking myself that I didn't hold on to them until they hit the $65 mark.

leaf, I had 2 boxes of the first series and second series. The Sosa one was a monster. I liked the series as well because of their thick stock, the card composition itself.

[obamaismyuncle]

this was probably thee hottest card of my generation

[bigboydan]

leaf, I had 2 boxes of the first series and second series. The Sosa one was a monster.

I do remember it fondly sir. I remember at one time I was paying $2,200 for case combos.