FFF - Sharing the Spotlight with Rickey and Griffey and Steve and Brett

Day three of the Fabulous Fleer Fortnight and today's theme is Tony sharing cards with other players.

Card Number 926: Fleer, 1994; #711

Tony poses with Brett Butler from the Dodgers on the front. 

This isn't the first card I've blogged where Tony is sharing the spotlight with Brett (read about the other one here).

Brett and Tony are the "Batmen" according to the cardback. 

Surely with a surname like Butler, the cardback writer should have made a reference to Alfred to keep in with the Batman theme?

Card number 927: Fleer All Star Game insert, 1995; #7

Breaking with convention and showing the back of the card first. Because that's the side with Tony on.

Technically the front of a card is the obverse. Ken Griffey Jr is on the obverse. He looks a bit worried in this photo as he tracks the flight of a baseball with his eyes. Where is that going to drop?

The Fleer set in 1995 was the most 90s card set of the 90s. These cards are positively boring in comparison. 

Card Number 928: Fleer Ultra Double Trouble insert, 1997; #19

I am pretty sure this is Fuji's ultimate base card of the 90s. 

Tony and Rickey played together in 1996 and for the first half of 1997 before Rickey got traded to Anaheim. They also were both on the Padres roster in 2001, Tony's final season before he retired.

The cardback has some trademark Fleer weird comments. It's hard to decide which player has the strangest description. (Have your say in the comments!)

Junior Circuit? Someone on the Fleer staff doesn't like the American League.

HOWEVER, 19 bonus points for this card for being card #19! Was that intentional? I hope so!

Card Number 929: Fleer Ultra Double Trouble insert, 1998; #12DT

Another 'Double Trouble' insert series. This time the cards are shiny!

One comment on the design of this card - if you had no idea who was who, would you know which player was Steve and which player was Tony based on the positioning of their names?

Steve Finley played in centre field for the Padres for four seasons from 1995, including 159 appearances in 1998, which is when this card was released and was the season the Padres last made it to the World Series. In the close season after the World Series he was traded to the Diamondbacks. 

The back is equally confusing design-wise. It looks like there are write-ups of Tony and Steve but in fact it's one write-up split over two columns. At least the names line up with the correct player.

Come back tomorrow as the Fabulous Fleer Fortnight continues!

Total: 929 cards