Card Number 743: Fleer Team Leaders, 1992; #7
This was another one of the half dozen cards from Jeff that arrived on Tuesday. It's green. It's got a bit of foil on it. It's really nice. (I find green cards really attractive for some reason.)
These cards were inserted into Fleer's rack packs at a rate of one per pack. Tony is making a catch on the warning track. Somebody's not getting a home run!
On the back, Tony is described as "Primre Padre" - I've not seen Spanish on a Fleer card before! (Although it's a bit weird because it means 'First Father' if translated literally. Maybe they would have been better with "Jefe de Equipo".)
In the write up, he is described as a "franchise player", which Fleer claim is a term that is "used in baseball lingo". (It feels like they should have added "Honest it is! No, really!")
Also in this write up there is a really lovely turn of phrase when whoever wrote this managed to go poetic, rhyming 'nation' and 'rotation'.
For this post, I've paired this card up with one that arrived in the parcel from France a few weeks back.
Card Number 744: Fleer Team Leaders, 1994; #27
I've always been drawn to early 90's Fleer inserts... like the Team Leaders. It's an attractive set. The 1994 version isn't too shabby either.
ReplyDeleteEarly 90s Fleer is underrated. So are the Fleer cards that came in the little box sets in the late 80s.
DeleteI always thought that fleer, and its products always had interesting inserts. These 2 don't disappoint.
ReplyDeleteI also like green cards. There just aren't enough of them in the hobby.
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