Card Number 1024: Fleer Platinum Grandstand Greats, 2001: #7GG
These insert cards had rounded corners as befitting an 'old timey' retro set. Fleer Platinum was marking Fleer's 20th year producing baseball cards - the base cards recalled the 1981 template. On this insert the picture of Tony has been laid over a vintage photo of a baseball stadium. I never visited Jack Murphy Stadium, but I know that isn't a picture of it. The same picture appears on all the cards in this insert set.
The cardback write up is remarkably restrained considering it's a Fleer card.
Total: 1024 cards
Oh man... Fleer missed a golden opportunity here. This insert would have been so cool had they used an image of Jack Murphy Stadium in the background (especially since they moved out a few years later).
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling Fleer were strapped for cash so they just went with one generic image on all the cards because it cost less.
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