Year: 1983
Manufacturer: Topps
Set: Flagship
Card Number: 350
Card Type: Base
Well here we are one of the greatest Topps sets of all time. It had been 20 years since Topps had put two photos on the front of the card and coincidentally, or maybe not so coincidentally, the set looks very similar to the last set that featured two player images, 1963 Topps. This set and the 1981 Topps set are my two favorite from the 80's. This is such a great looking design. With the dual color borders on the top and bottom. The two player photos. The back of the card features the card number high on the upper left hand side for easy collation. We also get a baseball graphic on the back and some stats from the previous year. Would have been nice to have some World Series stats back there as well. This year would be another first for Robin on cardboard, being featured on more than one card in the base set. As a matter of fact he's featured on 3 cards and I'll feature all of them in their own posts.
This was the last card I needed to complete the 83 base set last year. Only took 34 years!
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