He was a flawed man, but he was my first favorite baseball player. I consider his 1979 Topps Burger King Phillies card as the first official baseball card in my collection, added after a trip to Burger King in Vineland, New Jersey. I've been hooked on baseball cards ever since.
That's a great card to start off your collection. I'm pretty sure my first baseball cards were a pack of 1981 Topps or Donruss. But have no idea which. The first Pete Rose card I owned that stood out in my collection was his 1982 Fleer Pete and Re-Pete card.
ReplyDeleteThat Pete and Re-Pete card was gold in my collecting circles in 1982. That card and the 1981 Fleer card with Schmidt/Rose/Bowa were the must have cards of the summers of '81 and '82.
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