1990 Topps Career Batting Leaders

Year: 1990
Manufacturer: Topps
Set: Topps Flagship
Card Number: 15
Card Type: Insert
Insert Set: Career Batting Leaders

Distributed as an exclusive insert to the K-Mart 100 card blister packs these Career Batting Leader cards are not all that easy to find.  Robin's 1990 card features the exact same photo and layout as his 1989 K-Mart card, except in red.  I found this well loved copy in the 50 cent box at Don's Sportcards, one of my LCS', here in Anchorage, Alaska.  The bottom part of the card has some issues, but I knew I didn't have a copy of this card or it's 1989 twin so picking it up for a couple quarters was an easy decision.

 

1988 K-Mart Memorable Moments

Year: 1988

Manufacturer: Topps

Set: K-Mart Memorable Moments box set

Set Type: Store Box set

Card Number: 33

The late 80's and early 90's were awash in store branded box sets.  The sets came in a pack that was about the size of a deck of cards.  So many of these were made that sets can still be found in the bargain bins of cards shops around the country.  But if you collect a star player that played during that time chances are they were in at least one and more likely multiple sets.  The 1988 K-mart set marked the middle of a 4 year run of consecutive sets put out by the company.  K-Mart put out a 20th Anniversary set in 1982 and then a 25th Anniversary set in 1987, with Memorable Moments in 1988, Dream Team in 1989, and Superstars in 1990.  Like most of the box sets the checklist is arranged in alphabetical order by last name, so Robin gets the last card in the set.  Robin's Memorable Moment was his 1982 AL MVP season.