most disappointing card in a pack ?

[David W]

My friends and I collected by team and not by numerical order, so a checklist was despised and of no value.

Duplicates were a distant second unless they were a star player. Duplicates could be traded as well.

[Beercan collector]

F) Greg Minton .. 1978

[butchie_t]

Originally Posted by Beercan collector

F) Greg Minton .. 1978

That card is just plain UGLY.

[mikemb]

Originally Posted by butchie_t

That card is just plain UGLY.

+1

Mike

[mortimer brewster]

I second 1981 Donruss.

Back in 1981 I purchased an entire box from the corner store. The only players in the box were Yankees Tigers and Royals. I believe I pulled 15 John Wathan cards alone.

As far as pack opening. 1971 Topps football. It seemed like every other pack had the yard marker game insert.

I also experienced Yastrzemski and Carew overload in 1980. I must have opened several hundred packs that year and then ordered 4 vending boxes out of the Sporting News and I still did not have a complete set.

[Bill77]

For me and my brother it was Al Toon in 88 Topps football. Seemed like every other pack we opened had one. Other than that, my little trip down memory lane both boxes of 88 Topps baseball every hall of famer was the card stuck to the gum in every pack.

[Tere1071]

Two disappointments, both from 1972. From the first series baseball cards that year I purchased two packs that only contained six cards and the Yaz was ripped as well. For the football set that year (1-263, I didn't know about the high numbers at the time), it took me at least 20 packs before I found the Roman Gabriel In Action card as it was the last card I needed.

Phil aka Tere1071