1984 Fleer

Like the '84 Topps, it's hard to be objective about these because of the nostalgia associated with them. Also like '84 Topps, they are plain and mediocre. In hindsight they were a precursor to many of the Limited Edition 44 card box sets that Fleer would mass produce in the latter half of the 80's. At least the blue stripes on the cards were the same color as the blue in the Tigers logos. I can't imagine an A's or Reds fan being all that wild about these.

Sure, I'll be glad to tell another story from the wonderful summer of '84. I had just finished my 10th grade year at Anchor Bay High School. I got my first job that summer working for a landscaper making $3.50 an hour cash under the table to the tune of about $60 a week. I invested most of it in cassette tapes and baseball cards, but there was plenty left over for trips to Tigers games too. All total I went to twelve games in 1984. I was 0-8 on the season in August before finally seeing my first win, a blowout against the A's.

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1984/B08200DET1984.htm

My brother, my buddies Jim and Gary from high school, and I regularly went to games that summer. But since none of us was old enough to drive, Jim's dad would tote us all to the games and drop us off and my dad would be waiting on Trumbell in front of the bleachers entrance for us after the games. I could go on for 1,000 more words about how much fun those nights were and the smile it brings to my face to think about them now all these years later, but I won't. Suffice it to say that if you were there, you know what I'm talking about.

Hey, enough already. Let's get on with the 1984 Fleer Detroit Tigers:

74 Glenn Abbott

75 Howard Bailey

76 Doug Bair

77 Juan Berenguer

78 Tom Brookens

79 Enos Cabell

80 Kirk Gibson

81 John Grubb

82 Larry Herndon

83 Wayne Krenchicki

84 Rick Leach

85 Chet Lemon

86 Aurelio Lopez

87 Jack Morris

88 Lance Parrish

89 Dan Petry

90 Dave Rozema

91 Alan Trammell

92 Lou Whitaker

93 Milt Wilcox

94 Glenn Wilson

95 John Wockenfuss

637 Super Star Special Lance Parrish

650 Team Checklist

Fleer introduced their first Update set in 1984. I have none of these, since they were very scarce and at one time you could bankroll your kid's college education cheaper than you could pick one up. But since the stars have all dimmed on the three rookie cards that made this so expensive (Clemens, Gooden, and Puckett) I may just try and hunt one down one of these days.

11U Dave Bergman

36U Darrell Evans

42U Barbaro Garbey

51U Willie Hernandez

59U Ruppert Jones

66U Rusty Kuntz