Kind of an odd set, this one. I was reminiscing about the 1990 World Series championship year, so I felt the need to post that year's flagship. Topps went way off base with this design (Hey! That's a baseball phrase!) Overcompensating for the white-border-dullness of '88 and '89, I suppose. Though those sets were pretty alright. All the color on this one, however, is off-putting. Perhaps it's an early preview of the Topps Finest line and their year-to-year color vomitorium. Or it's an homage to grade-school arts and crafts.
The Reds in the set more than make up for any design flaws. This ragtag bunch of hooligans just whooped everyone on their way to their sweeping of the A's in the Fall Classic. Here's a fun fact. The Reds have won 9 straight World Series games. Game 7 in 1975, Games 1-4 in 1976, and Games 1-4 in 1990. A bittersweet record indeed, in that we haven't even had a chance to break the streak in over two decades.
STATS:
Cards - 35
RC's - 2 (Mike Roesler, Tim Layana)
All Stars - 15 (Barry Larkin, Rob Dibble, Tommy Helms, John Franco, Mariano Duncan, Eric Davis, Paul O'Neill, Norm Charlton, Tom Browning, Danny Jackson, Jack Armstrong, Johnny Bench, Chris Sabo, Randy Myers, Lou Piniella)
Hall of Famers - 2 (Barry Larkin, Johnny Bench)
Reds Hall of Famers - 7 (Ken Griffey, Eric Davis, Jose Rijo, Tom Browning, Barry Larkin, Chris Sabo, Ron Oester)
Clashing Colors - 5,000
Checklist:
10 Barry Larkin
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46 Rob Dibble
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94 Herm Winningham
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110 Tommy Helms MG
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120 John Franco
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151 Rick Mahler
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176 Luis Quinones
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203 Mike Roesler
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234 Mariano Duncan
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260 Eric Davis
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289 Norm Charlton
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332 Paul O'Neill
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364 Rolando Roomes
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402 Eric Davis AS
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418 Tom Browning
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445 Danny Jackson
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492 Ron Oester
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516 Tim Leary
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553 Scott Scudder
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581 Ken Griffey Sr.
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604 Ron Robinson
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627 Jose Rijo
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642 Jack Armstrong
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664 Johnny Bench TBC
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668 Joe Oliver
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687 Tim Birtsas
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712 Todd Benzinger
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737 Chris Sabo
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772 Jeff Reed
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38T Billy Hatcher
55T Tim Layana
76T Hal Morris
78T Randy Myers
96T Lou Piniella MG
Go Reds.
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