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Some Cards Get No Respect
If you watched Happy Days back in the mid70's, then you might remember Chuck Cunningham. He was Richie and Joanie'solder brother who mysteriously disappeared and is often forgotten.
Today's post will be featuring the Chuck Cunningham of Greg Madduxrookie cards.
In 1987, Sportflics was in their sophomore season and were still trying to find their own niche in the card collecting industry. That year, their first release was a special boxed set of Team Previewcards. Using their Triple Action Magic Motiontechnology, they previewed12players on each team before the start of the season.
And just like Chuck, the Team Previewsdisappeared after one season.
I'll go ahead and assume that these weren't very popular, which is why they didn't produce a 1988set. These days, I'll see singles sitting in a dime box from time to time. But unless you're a big fan of oddball issues, I'm sure most collectors flip through these like they're 1988 Topps or 1990 Fleerbase cards.
1987 Sportflics Team Preview #22
But there are a couple of cool cards within this set. The Atlanta Braves Team Previewcard features Tom Glavinea full year beforeDonruss, Fleer, Topps, and Score issued their first cards of him. And Maddux appears on the Chicago Cubs Team Previewcard.
Now I totally understand that most collectors don't consider these to be true rookie cards, because they weren't distributed in packs.
But some of us accept first appearance cards from the Donruss Rookies, Fleer Update, and Topps Tradedsets of the 80's and 90's as rookie cards or XRC's.
Why can't we open our hearts and accept these too?
If you can, then consider this my Day #4submission to Tony's 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge.
If not, here's one of his "official rookie cards"...
1987 Donruss #36
As a bonus... here's a rookie year oddball issue to wrap up this post...
1987 David Berg Chicago Cubs #31
Well that's it for today.
Happy Maddux Monday and sayonara!
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Today's post will be featuring the Chuck Cunningham of Greg Madduxrookie cards.
In 1987, Sportflics was in their sophomore season and were still trying to find their own niche in the card collecting industry. That year, their first release was a special boxed set of Team Previewcards. Using their Triple Action Magic Motiontechnology, they previewed12players on each team before the start of the season.
And just like Chuck, the Team Previewsdisappeared after one season.
I'll go ahead and assume that these weren't very popular, which is why they didn't produce a 1988set. These days, I'll see singles sitting in a dime box from time to time. But unless you're a big fan of oddball issues, I'm sure most collectors flip through these like they're 1988 Topps or 1990 Fleerbase cards.
1987 Sportflics Team Preview #22
But there are a couple of cool cards within this set. The Atlanta Braves Team Previewcard features Tom Glavinea full year beforeDonruss, Fleer, Topps, and Score issued their first cards of him. And Maddux appears on the Chicago Cubs Team Previewcard.
Now I totally understand that most collectors don't consider these to be true rookie cards, because they weren't distributed in packs.
But some of us accept first appearance cards from the Donruss Rookies, Fleer Update, and Topps Tradedsets of the 80's and 90's as rookie cards or XRC's.
Why can't we open our hearts and accept these too?
If you can, then consider this my Day #4submission to Tony's 30-Day Baseball Card Challenge.
If not, here's one of his "official rookie cards"...
1987 Donruss #36
As a bonus... here's a rookie year oddball issue to wrap up this post...
1987 David Berg Chicago Cubs #31
Happy Maddux Monday and sayonara!
More...
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