1990 Fleer #8 Ron Hassey

#8 Ron Hassey
Random Thoughts: Like most of the cards from this set we've seen so far, Ron Hassey was a bench player who benefited from being a member of some great Oakland A's teams of the late 80's and early 90's. Hassey's biggest claim to fame is that he is the only catcher in major league history to catch two perfect games. He was also a pretty effective hitter when given significant playing time and was Bob Welch's personal catcher during his 27 win season of 1990. Hassey also happened to be catching when Dennis Eckersley gave up Kirk Gibson's epic home run in game one of the 1988 World Series.

Hassey first broke in with the Cleveland Indians in 1978. In 1980, he led all catchers with a .318 average and had 8 homers and 65 RBI. The next season he would catch a perfect game by Len Barker against Toronto. Hassey was part of the Indians blockbuster deal that sent himself and Rick Sutcliffe to the Cubs to help in their '84 pennant drive in exchange for Joe Carter and Mel Hall. During that winter he was dealt again, this time to the Yankees where he had his best season hitting .296 with 13 homers in '85. Hassey would spend the next few seasons being traded back and forth from the Yankees and White Sox three times. He would wind up signing with Oakland before the '88 season and would stay there until '91 when he played his last year in the bigs with Montreal. There he would catch Dennis Martinez's perfecto against the Dodgers.

After his playing days, Hassey became the first base coach for the Colorado Rockies from 1993-95 and for the St. Louis Cardinals in '96. From 1997-2003 he served as a scout for the Arizona Diamondbacks. After managing the Carolina Mudcats in '04, Hassey served as bench coach for two seasons under Seattle Mariners manager Mike Hargrove.

The Card Itself: Typical card pose. Not much to see here.

Did You Know?: Hassey managed to lead the AL with 15 passed balls in 1985 despite only appearing in 92 games.

Where Are They Now?: He is currently managing the Jupiter Hammerheads, a single A farm team for the Florida Marlins.

'90 Fleer Counters:
HALL OF FAME: 1
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: 2
CY YOUNG: 1
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 2
ALL-STAR: 2
GOLD GLOVE: 0
SILVER SLUGGER: 1

1990 Fleer #7 Mike Gallego

#7 Mike Gallego
Random Thoughts: Now that I've finally got caught up on all my mail days, uploaded all the videos stored on my camera, sorted all the cards, and got my Heritage fix, I'm feeling rested and refreshed enough to get on with my Bataan death march through the 1990 Fleer set.

We resume with Mike Gallego. Gallego was another of those bit players on the great A's teams of the late 80's/early 90's who proved to be a useful reserve and spot starter for Tony LaRussa. Having made his big league debut in 1985, he was one of only a few holdovers from the pre-LaRussa era to survive into their winning years. His value as a bench player and coach was evident when he was picked to follow LaRussa to St. Louis.

After three uneventful cups of coffee with the A's, Gallego finally stuck as Oakland's regular second baseman from '88-'91. He was known more for his glovework than his weak bat. Gallego led the AL in sacrifice hits with 17 in 1991.

In 1992 he signed with the Yankees and spent the year as a utility infielder. The next season Gallego became more or less the starting second baseman and had his career year, batting .283 with 10 homers and 54 RBI. He would spend his last four seasons in the big leagues as a utility infielder/coach for the Yankees, A's and Cardinals. From '04-'08, Gallego served as the Rockies third base coach and infield instructor.

The Card Itself: I'm digging the ripped off sleeves on the warm up top. You don't see DIY practice wear on cards anymore.

Did You Know?: In 1995 his 28 hits, all of which were singles, remains the post-1912 MLB record for most hits in a season without an extra base for a non-pitcher.

Where Are They Now?: Gallego is currently the A's third base coach and infield instructor.

On This Date: On March 11, 1990 Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically elected Chilean president since 1970. Ironically enough, this just happened.

'90 Fleer Counters:
HALL OF FAME: 1
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: 2
CY YOUNG: 1
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 2
ALL-STAR: 2
GOLD GLOVE: 0
SILVER SLUGGER: 1

Mail Day: 2/25/10

Out of the blue I received an email from a fellow named Randall in New York state who came across my blog. Apparently he is in the process of moving and was looking to unload some of his cards. Randall was looking for people working on sets to donate them to. He asked if I could take some '92 and '93 Fleer off his hands and he sent me two packages worth! Thanks for your generosity, Randall and for getting me very close to my '92 Fleer set.
Here's my want list for 1992 Fleer baseball:
12,29,98,257,386,416,518,531,590,625,626,636

email: jeffwolfe2001@yahoo.com

1990 Fleer #6 Dennis Eckersley

#6 Dennis Eckersley
Random Thoughts: The first Hall of Famer we have come across in this set, Dennis Eckersley is one of a handful of pitchers who defined what the term "closer" has come to mean in modern baseball. If there were a Mount Rushmore of closers, Eck would most certainly be included and one can make a strong case that he might be the most important one in history. Ironically, but not unlike many accidental closers of his era, Eckersley began his career as starter and a former 20 game winner at that. In fact, he and John Smoltz are the only two pitchers in history with both 20 win and 50 save seasons to their credit. Despite all this, Eck is perhaps best remembered for the home run he yielded to Kirk Gibson and the Dodgers during game one of the 1988 World Series, one of the most dramatic walk offs in baseball history.

Drafted by the Indians, Eckersley was the 1975 AL Rookie of the Year going 13-7 with a 2.60 ERA. He pitched a no-hitter against the Angels in '77. After winning 40 games in his first three seasons Eck was abruptly traded to Boston. According to Terry Pluto's The Curse of Rocky Colavito the trade was necessitated by the awkward situation of Eckersley's wife leaving him for teammate Rick Manning. Joining a winning team helped Eck's numbers as he went 20-8 and 17-10. By 1980 Eckersley began experiencing what was then called a "dead arm" but what we now realize was likely a torn rotator cuff, tendons or ligaments. Pitching through the pain forced Eck to develop a slider, which later would become his signature "out pitch." Injuries caused his statistics deteriorate to the point that the Red Sox would trade Eckersley to the Cubs midway through the '84 season for Bill Buckner. Ironically, Eck was one of several key pickups that would catapult Chicago to their first postseason appearance since 1945. And Buckner, apart from being a great player, committed the most famous fielding error in baseball history, perpetuating The Curse of the Bambino for two more decades. Eckersley would lose his only start in the '84 NLCS to the Padres. Eck turned in a more than respectable '85 season, going 11-7 with 6 complete games and two shutouts. By 1986 however, he would hit rock bottom as the Cubs tumbled back down the standings. Following the season, Eck would check himself into a alcholism rehab clinic.

Eckersley was traded to Oakland before the '87 season and manager Tony LaRussa was using him as a veteran swingman until fate intervened. A's closer Jay Howell got injured, Eck Wally Pipped him and the rest was history. He would lead the AL in saves in '88 with 45 and '92 with 51. Eckersley was the AL MVP and Cy Young winner in 1992, a feat accomplished by only two other relievers (Rollie Fingers in '81 and Willie Hernandez in '84). Eck may have had the best season ever for a closer in 1990 when he saved 48 games while allowing five runs the entire year for a microscopic 0.61 ERA and became the only relief pitcher in baseball history to have more saves than base runners allowed (48 SV, 41 H, 4 BB, 0 HBP). In '96 Eckersley followed LaRussa to St. Louis where he would spend two seasons as the Cardinals stopper. In nine of ten seasons from 1988-97, Eck would post at least 29 saves. He made a brief return to Boston, retiring after the 1998 season.

Eckersley was inducted into the Hall on his first ballot receiving over 83% of the vote. LaRussa and Eck's specialization and impact on the modern bullpen cannot be overestimated. He is on the short list of relievers with perhaps Elroy Face, Fingers, Bruce Sutter, Lee Smith and others who created a new position, the concept of a ninth inning specialist. Because of pitchers like Eckersley, the complete game is now more rare than the save, which was not the case 50 years ago.

The Card Itself: This is the first really nice photo in the set. We see Eck right in the middle of his classic sweeping delivery with his trademark stink eye. When he was in his prime, Eckersley was as intimating a pitcher as any batter on a team hopelessly trailing the A's in the ninth inning could face. Game over.

Did You Know?: Eck notched 15 postseason saves.

Where Are They Now?: He currently works as a studio analyst for the Red Sox on NESN.

'90 Fleer Counters:
HALL OF FAME: 1
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: 2
CY YOUNG: 1
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 2
ALL-STAR: 2
GOLD GLOVE: 0
SILVER SLUGGER: 1

1990 Fleer #5 Storm Davis

#5 Storm Davis
Random Thoughts: While at times a quality right-handed starter, Storm Davis is probably best remembered for pitching on three American League pennant winning clubs, two of them World Champions.

After being drafted by Baltimore in 1979, Davis made his big league splash in '82, fashioning an 8-4 record while promising to be a big part of the Orioles rotation. He went 13-7 the following year playing a key role in Baltimore's championship run, pitching six shutout innings in a no decision in the ALCS against the White Sox and winning his only start during the World Series. Davis showed no signs of slowing down in '84 going 14-9 with 10 complete games, 2 shutouts and allowing only 7 homers in 35 starts. But by 1985 his ERA lingered near 5.00 and it would signal a gradual decline in Davis' career. He was traded during the off season in '86 to San Diego but the change of leagues made little difference. After going 2-7 with a 6.18 ERA for the Padres, Davis was traded again, this time to Oakland where a brief stay in the bullpen late in the year seemed to remedy his problems.

In 1988 Davis rebounded nicely pitching for the American League champs going 16-7 and received AL comeback player of the year honors. He pitched six shutout innings in a no decision against Boston in the ALCS but lost both of his starts versus the Dodgers in the World Series. Next season proved even better as Davis went 19-7. After losing the only game the A's lost to Toronto in the ALCS, Davis was slated to pitch game four of the World Series in San Francisco when the Loma Prieta earthquake hit. Game three would end up being postponed ten days. When play resumed rather than start Davis in game four, manager Tony LaRussa opted to reuse game one and two starters Dave Stewart and Mike Moore. Davis would have started game six if it was necessary. LaRussa's strategy worked as Oakland won the series but Davis was publicly upset, opting to leave for Kansas City as a free agent. Pitching for the losing Royals did little to help Davis' stats and he sank back into mediocrity. Traded back to Baltimore, Davis found a home in middle relief and turned in a respectable '92 campaign going 7-3 with 4 saves. After a brief return to Oakland, Davis finished his career in Detroit's bullpen in '94.

The Card Itself: Even when I pulled this card as a kid I thought the cropping of the photo was a bit odd. Although I have to admit it does give the cool appearance of Davis jumping out of the card.

Did You Know?: According to his 1987 Topps baseball card, Davis' nickname came from a character in a book his mother was reading while she was pregnant. His proper given name is George Earl Davis. Also, the day I posted this the east coast got slammed with a snow storm. No joke.

Where Are They Now?: Davis was named head baseball coach at The Bolles School in August 2008.

'90 Fleer Counters:
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: 1
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1
ALL-STAR: 1
GOLD GLOVE: 0
SILVER SLUGGER: 1

1990 Fleer #4 Jim Corsi

#4 Jim Corsi
Random Thoughts: Although Corsi's career in and of itself was rather inconsequential, he was one of those "witness to history" types who often found himself at the right place at the right time. To get an idea of what I mean, watch the video at the end of this post for a tour of some of Corsi's career memorabilia.

Cosri was actually drafted by the Yankees in the 25th round of the '82 draft. I know what your thinking, but no, he was not traded with other good prospects for some established star the Yanks needed. In fact, he was cut by New York in '84 before being signed and released by the Red Sox on two separate occasions from '85-'87 without catching a whiff of the bigs. Corsi's first big break occurred when Oakland picked him up in the spring of '87. A year later he finally got called up to the show and appeared in eleven games. In '89 Corsi finished 14 games for the A's (none of them saves) while posting an impressive 1.88 ERA. He spent all of 1990 in the A's farm system before being cut during the winter. Signing with Houston in '91, Corsi went 0-5 before being dumped again, only to re-sign with Oakland the following spring. There he had his best season going 4-2 with a 1.43 ERA in middle relief. Nevertheless he was left unprotected in the '92 expansion draft where he was selected with the 49th pick by the Marlins. His ERA ballooned over 6.00 and he was released only to re-sign with, you guessed it, the A's. He spent a couple decent years coming out of the A's pen, even vulture-ing his way to a 6-0 mark in '96. In '97 he signed with Boston, pitching a few more seasons before finishing his major league career with Baltimore in '99.

The Card Itself: Standard card pose but the place looks packed. Must have been a big game. I wonder if Corsi pitched that day?

Did You Know?: Corsi appeared in a total of five post season games during the '92 ALCS with Oakland and the '98 ALDS with Boston.

Where Are They Now?: Not sure what Corsi is up to but I did manage to find a few recent pics and video clips on the net.

'90 Fleer Counters:
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: 1
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1
ALL-STAR: 1
SILVER SLUGGER: 1

1990 Fleer #3 Jose Canseco

#3 Jose Canseco
Random Thoughts: In the grand old days before super gloss, sticker autos, patches, serial numbered parallels, inserts and yes, steroids, Jose Canseco was about as hot a card as you could pull out of a 1990 wax pack as a kid. The Oakland A's were in the midst of three straight AL pennants. As one half of the Bash Brothers, Canseco was coming off of the first 40 homer/40 stolen base season in history. Despite being limited to less than half a season in '89 due to a broken wrist, Canseco still managed to put up better numbers than most guys did in a full year.

A native of Havana, Cuba, Canseco and his family moved to Miami while he was still an infant. By the time he was in high school, Canseco was already showing amazing strength and power in sports and was eyed by many scouts. Forgoing college, he signed his first pro contract with Oakland in 1982 and quickly moved up the Athletics' farm system showing immense power at each stop. By the time he made it to AA Huntsville in '85, Canseco was already being dubbed "Parkway Jose" for his prodigious blasts that often ended up near a highway that ran past the stadium. Later that year he got called up to the bigs for a brief audition and hit .302 in 29 games. As a full time starter in '86, he ran away with the AL Rookie of the Year award, hitting 33 homers and 117 RBI while batting only .240 with 175 strikeouts. This would establish a career trend of monster home run and RBI stats with high strikeouts totals and a low batting average. After a similar '87 season, Canseco broke out with his MVP 40/40 year and it would be the last time he would hit over .300 during a season. Canseco would bounce back from a injury marred '89 to post back to back big years in '90 and '91, leading the AL in homers with 44 during the latter. Unfortunately a recurring back problem which began to manifest itself in 1990 would haunt him the rest of his career and rob him of what could have been historic numbers. One of my more vivid memories of Canseco was in 1992. Every day when I would get ready to catch the bus for school, I would have NBC News at Sunrise on the TV as background noise. I'll never forget the day they said Canseco had been traded to Texas. I thought it was a joke. How could a team that had so much success trade their best player? I thought to myself "well, that's it for the A's" and it was.

The only two memories I have of Canseco in Texas were when a fly ball bounced off his head for a home run in old Cleveland Stadium and three days later when he convinced his manager to let him pitch in a blowout and hurt himself so badly he required Tommy John surgery. To add insult to injury, Canseco was headed to a second AL MVP award when the '94 strike hit. He would have a few more decent years bouncing around the AL as a DH with Boston, a brief return to Oakland, Toronto and as a member of the Hit Parade with the expansion Tampa Bay Devil Rays (back when they were still called that.)

With his numbers and health petering out, Canseco would latch on briefly with the Yankees and the White Sox, but refusing to retire, he made several comeback attempts. In 2002 Canseco was cut by Montreal in spring training. In 2004 he was declined a roster spot with the Dodgers after a brief spring tryout. In 2006 Canseco would be found playing in the Golden Baseball League.

But it was during this time that Canseco made the headlines for which he is now best known for with his tell-all book about steroids, "Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits & How Baseball Got Big," which, despite initial ridicule has proven prophetic implicating among others Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, Jason Giambi, who after early denials have since admitted taking performance enhancing drugs during their playing days.

Canseco has also recently participated in a number of celebrity boxing matches of varying credibility including a loss to former Eagles return man Vai Sikahema (a man five inches shorter to Canseco in stature) and a draw to former Partridge Family star and current radio personality Danny Bonaduce. Canseco has also participated in professional mixed martial arts.

Canseco has often found himself getting into trouble off the diamond as well. In 1989, his first wife, Esther Haddad, whom he married in October 1988, accused him of domestic violence after he allegedly ran his car into hers. They divorced in 1991.
In August 1996, he married Jessica Sekely, whom he met while she was working as a Hooters waitress. He was arrested in November 1997 for allegedly hitting her. In January 1998, he was sentenced to probation and required to have counseling. The couple divorced in 1999. They have a daughter, Josiphene Marie, nicknamed "Josie". In October 2001, he and his brother got into a fight with two California tourists at a Miami Beach nightclub that left one man with a broken nose and another needing 20 stitches in his lip. Canseco was charged with two counts of aggravated battery. In May 2008, Canseco revealed that he had lost his house in Encino, California to foreclosure, saying his two divorces had cost him $7 to $8 million each. On October 10, 2008, Canseco was detained by immigration officials at a San Diego border crossing as he tried to bring a fertility drug from Mexico. He stated the drug was to help with his hormone replacement therapy, needed due to his use of steroids. On November 4, 2008, Canseco pled guilty in federal court to the misdemeanor offense of trying to bring a fertility drug into the USA from Mexico. He was sentenced to 12 months’ unsupervised probation by U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruben B. Brooks. Canseco told the judge he had gone to Tijuana looking for a substance to restore his testosterone levels in an attempt to reverse damage done by his admitted steroids use. He was detained at San Diego’s San Ysidro border crossing in October 2008 after agents searched his vehicle and said they found human chorionic gonadotropin, which is illegal without a prescription.

It's sad that Canseco's lasting legacy will that of a poster child for the Steroid Era rather than the prolific home run hitter he once was.

The Card Itself: Kind of a disappointing photo for a big star of the day. Hard to say what Canseco's laughing about. Did someone say something funny. Did he see something funny? We may never know.

Did You Know?: His identical twin brother Ozzie played briefly with the A's and Cardinals.

Where Are They Now?:Just days after posting this, Jose out-Cansecoed me. He has challenged Herschel Walker to an MMA fight, tweeting, "I guess I may have to show Walker who the real bad boy of the sports industry is," to which Walker responded, "He thinks it's going to be a circus, I will hurt him." Love it.

'90 Fleer Counters:
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: 1
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: 1
ALL-STAR: 1
SILVER SLUGGER: 1

1990 Fleer #2 Todd Burns

#2 Todd Burns
Random Thoughts: Burns had a brief but interesting career. He was one of those "catching lightning in a bottle" type call ups from triple A in the summer of '88 for Oakland. Out of nowhere he started 14 games at the back end of the AL champs rotation going 8-2 and showing much promise. He was one of those average prospects who benefited from being on a good team that was on a roll. Inexplicably, (but most likely because they found better candidates) Burns was pushed back to the bullpen in '89 and his numbers fizzled out before being signed by Texas in '91. After bouncing around for a few more years, Burns was cut by Seattle in spring training of '94 and his major league career was abruptly over.

The Card Itself: Not much to say about the photo again, just a run of the mill mug shot. But come to think of it, I miss average photography on cards lacking gloss and full color backs and foil stamping obscuring the design and player names and serial numbers and patches and autos. Maybe some day just plain old baseball cards will make a comeback.

Did You Know?: To give you some idea of how Burns' career numbers stack up, according to Baseball Reference, his stats compare with those of such luminaries as Manny Sarmiento, Joe Beckwith, Todd Frohwirth, Brian Holton and Scott Terry. Talk about a who's who of bummy 80's and 90's pitchers whose duplicates and triplicates haunted wax pack collectors of the era.

Where Are They Now?:He currently runs the Todd Burns School of Baseball in Huntsville, Alabama.

1990 Fleer #1 Lance Blankenship

Okay, first a little background. Ever since I started collecting cards again and started this blog back in September of '08 I promised myself that if I ever completed a set, I would do a card by card blog in loving detail much like the granddaddy of them all, the 88 Topps blog and also the excellent 75 Topps blog by Night Owl or the 72 Topps blog or the 80 Topps blog. So here goes. I'm just going to present the cards on my regular Card Junkie blog sporadically so I don't feel any pressure to keep this 90 Fleer thing going everyday which could doom me to quit like so many other card by card endeavors.

Now for a little background on my experiences with 90 Fleer. I remember when this set came out as a kid that it was the first Fleer baseball product that was readily available where I lived. You could always find Topps. By 1988 I could find Donruss at most places. But Fleer, Score and Upper Deck remained elusive until 1990, by which time you could find every brand of baseball card at every store you went thanks to the big baseball card boom. This was exciting even though I had a couple handfuls of old Fleer cards I got in trades, this was the first time I could get packs and packs of the stuff. I remember getting near a full set just from wax and cellos. I also remember several years later buying a sealed hobby set for a ten spot at a Toys 'R Us which would later get thrown in the trash. I actually liked the design and photography when this set came out (I was 14) of course I had no idea at the time but Fleer printed enough of this set to fill Yucca Mountain. That means today you can buy a wax box for roughly 5-6 bucks on eBay. Which is how I easily and cheaply completed the set once again. For my full remarks on 90 Fleer click here. For bonus points click here for my little soliloquy on why 90 Fleer looks strikingly like those old 80's M&M cards.

So let's begin...

#1 Lance Blankenship

Random Thoughts: One of the cool things I liked about the old Fleer sets is that each player appeared in the set alphabetically and grouped by team. An absolute orgasm for set collectors. And each team appeared in the set based on their record the previous year. Therefore, the World Series winner would appear first. In this case, the '89 Champion Oakland A's lead off with, wait for it, Lance Blankenship. Yup, if you were a bench player for the Champs with a last name that started with an "A" or perhaps a "B", you were granted card numero uno honors by Fleer.

Lance Blankenship strikes me as one of those "marginal guys on a great team." For example, Blankenship probably could have started on a number of bad teams and got his 150 games, 600 at bats and hit .270 with 12 homers and 60 RBI. But on the A's he was a great "role player" and much more valuable in this sort of role. Look through the annals of baseball and you can find a million Blankenships who won rings on the bench, then signed big money contracts to start for poor teams and not quite have the same success.

The Card Itself: Not much to say about this photo. Obvi a spring training shot. Gotta love the yellow practice tops. Could be Canseco in the background but could be one of 60 guys in spring training. No one will ever know.

Since the backs of Fleer cards of this era have little "Did You Know?" blurbs who am I to change the title?

Did You Know?: Blankenship spent his entire six year major league career with Oakland and actually played on two World Series teams, one winner in '89 and one loser the next year. In five post season series Blankenship contributed four runs scored and two stolen bases.

Chris Berman dubbed him Lance "you sunk my" Blankenship.

On This Date: On January 20, 1990 Soviet troops occupy Baku, Azerbaijan, under the state of emergency decree issued by Gorbachev and kill over 130 and wound over 700 protesters for national independence.

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Set Complete! 1990 Fleer Baseball

Thanks to reader Duane I've just completed my 1990 Fleer baseball set! The last two cards I needed, numbers 243 and 636, are on the way. To celebrate I'm going to take a crack at doing an "ongoing-every-card-from-the-set-shown-in-loving-detail-style" blog like Andy's 88 Topps and 78 Topps were. Wish me luck. Feel free to hit me up with any ideas.

1988 Fleer Baseball

Here's the eight packs of '88 Fleer I got off eBay. Let's see if I get any I need. I apologize for the feedback noise on the sound.


eBay seller id: culpy4me

Coming Soon: 1988 Fleer Baseball

I have 8 more packs of our old friend '88 Fleer on the way. Got these for $2.52 delivered on eBay, a real steal. I only need 41 more cards for the set so I'm hoping I can knock some of those out. I'm also still looking for the elusive Glavine rookie. I should have a vid of these packs by early next week.

1983 Fleer Baseball

Here's the '83 Fleer wax pack!

eBay seller id: steelers1979

Coming Soon: 1983 Fleer Baseball

I just won an eBay auction for a wax pack of '83 Fleer for $2.99 delivered! I should have a vid of this by the end of this week.

Mail Day: 12/10/08

I received an awesome package today from Daniel in New York state. I got over 300(!) commons I needed for '88 and '92 Fleer. Without a doubt my favorite of the bunch is this card right here.

I had no idea this card existed. Fleer really jumped the gun on this one as Jeff King wouldn't have another card until 1990 as he didn't make his ML debut until 1989. Jeff King was a number one draft pick by the Pirates in 1986. They had selected Barry Bonds number one in 1985 so they had pretty high hopes for King as well. After several false starts he finally showed signs of becoming a run producer in 1993 and then after a few big years in Pittsburgh he was traded to the Royals where he had a few more big years before calling it quits for his real love, hunting and fishing. I can't get over how young Kinger looks on this '88 Fleer card as I always remember the full beard he had as a big leaguer.
Anyways, big thanks to Daniel! Let me know what you would like in return...

1990 Fleer Baseball

So the two wax boxes of '90 Fleer came along with a ton of bonus junk wax! 4 packs of '91 Topps, 5 packs of '90 Donruss and 3 packs of '90 Score! I'll have those on future vids but first, the '90 Fleer.

eBay seller id: mikeytuba

Coming Soon: 1990 Fleer Baseball

Yes. I know what you're thinking. Why am I obsessed with crappy '90 Fleer? Well my rationalization goes like this. After busting the first box I'm 262 cards shy of the set. Yup that's it. Gotta complete the set. Oh and I don't have the Sosa rookie yet. Yup. Books for 3 bucks in Tuff Stuff. Okay you got me. These packs are so crappy and junky I can't help myself. Resistance is futile. So I bought two more. For just $6.88 a box delivered by the way. Anyway I should have vids of this box break by this time next week so stay tuned. It will be insanely great. And I promise not to buy any more '90 Fleer. Pinky swear.

1990 Fleer Baseball

Here it is. The moment some of you have been waiting for. A wax box of 1990 Fleer baseball in all of it's vintage junk wax glory.

1990 Fleer and 1987 M&M's ... separated at birth?


We're helping Steve @ The Easy Life w/ his set, check out his blog.
Also check out the 1990 Upper Deck blog.

eBay seller id: eggoman

Coming Soon: 1990 Fleer Baseball

I just bought a wax box of '90 Fleer baseball on eBay for $8.90 delivered. What a deal! I should have vids of this box break by this time next week so stay tuned.