Showing posts with label 1987 sportflics team preview. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1987 sportflics team preview. Show all posts

27 April 2015

the final active player pages from the steve garvey binders

twenty-five sheets are all i have in my steve garvey binders of cards from his playing days - excluding smaller and larger sized oddballs.  here is sheet 24:
those cards are:

1. 1987 m&m's
2. 1987 o-pee-chee
3. 1987 o-pee-chee stickers
4. 1987 ralston purina
5. 1987 ralston purina cookie crisp
6. 1987 sportflics
7. 1987 sportflics (factory set)
8. 1987 sportflics team preview
9. 1987 topps

the only difference between the 1987 sportflics card and the 1987 sportflics (factory set) card is that the factory set card has a copyright 1986 mark on the back, while the other card does not.

and, here are the backs
1987 sportflics was the first set to have color photos on the back. go figure.

and here is the last page of playing day cards of the garv - sheet 25
those cards are:

1. 1987 topps tiffany
2. 1988 score
3. 1988 score glossy

i recognize that garvey did not play in in 1988, but i include his final tribute card with the playing days cards.

here are the backs:
so, very soon we will start to see some of the way more than 25 sheets of steve garvey cards that have been issued after his retirement.  stay tuned.

04 April 2010

dodgers team preview

no, i'm not going to get into the makeup of the team and who's going to do what and where the dodgers are going to finish.  i'm talking about sportflics and their 1987 team preview cards.  12 players jammed onto one lenticulated card.

how many of the dodgers can you name?
top left:  mike scioscia, steve sax, fernando valenzuela
top right:  reggie williams, mike marshall, mariano duncan
bottom left:  orel hershiser, franklin stubbs, matt young
bottom right:  pedro guerrero, jose gonzalez, ralph bryant

the scan primarily shows the middle guys - sax, marshall and gonzalez.

despite the best efforts of the players listed above, the dodgers showed no improvement over their 73 win 1986 season, although it was good for a 4th place finish in the nl west as opposed to 5th place in 1986.

as for 2010, well, the dodgers have never lost in the playoffs 3 years in a row.  of course, they've never made the post season 3 years in a row either.  good thing hope springs eternal!