1984 Donruss Baseball

[deweyinthehall]

A few years ago, after selling off some vintage and getting tired of spending more than I should on collecting, I turned back to the 1980s - I already had a full run of Topps master sets, but I started filling in all the Donruss, Fleer, Upper Deck and Score, 1981-1992. At some point in the past I had a good number of theses sets. It was a real kick - I love opening those Donruss factory sets where the cards were wrapped in the cellophane bricks - the smell of the cards really brought me back. There's so much variety from that time among the 5 manufacturers. I have all the puzzles, logo stickers, magic motion cards and holograms.

Back in the day I never had the '84 Donruss or Fleer Update, but I have them now and I love paging through them.

[Bigdaddy]

I recently ran across a hand-collated '84D set at my dad's house - I am sure that we put it together back in the day. And I did exactly what the OP did - I took it out of the box and put it in a binder. Really enjoyed going through and seeing those names and photos again.

Anyway, I've now taken to getting some of the cards signed, mostly through the mail. Not trying to go hard after them, but getting some signed as I have the time.

1984 is almost 38 years ago, and many of the players are unfortunately not with us anymore. In fact, approximately 10% of the players in the set have passed. Seems hard to believe.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

...enjoyed going through and seeing those names and photos again...

Agreed. It was a wonderful experience. While doing this, I played a game with myself. I looked at just the photo to see if I could remember the name. Easy enough for HOFers and players like Mattingly. I was only about 50% for the commons.

Originally Posted by Bigdaddy

...1984 is almost 38 years ago...

And, according to the copyright line, this set was printed in 1983; that is something I candidly never noticed before.