1988 Sportflics #82 - Jeffrey Leonard

• Jeffrey Leonard wasn't the most well-liked guy, but he was fun to watch.
• He had one of the greatest nicknames of his era: "Penitentiary Face"
• Jeffrey had a famous (or infamous) home run trot called "one flap down"
• Here is a video of him talking about how "one flap down" came to be:

1988 Sportflics #126 - Candy Maldonado

• After having several not-so-hot years with the hated Dodgers, Candy Maldonado had a couple of productive seasons with the Giants
• Candy's two best seasons were 1986 (.252, 18 HR, 85 RBI) and 1987 (.292, 20 HR, 85 RBI)
• Maldonado's production started to wane in 1988 and after a poor season in 1989 he left the Giants and signed with the Cleveland Indians as a free agent

1988 Sportflics #24 - Robby Thompson

• The next few posts will highlight cards that I got from the Buck a Box break
• These Sportflics cards don't scan well, but they look great!
• It's too bad Kellogg's and Sportflics aren't doing cards anymore --- the 3D look is unique
• The backs have a lot of good elements: Easy to read, a picture, yearly stats, and a good write-up.

Goodies from a break -- part 1

Dave over at Indians Baseball Cards and Random Wax did a "Buck a Box" break last  month.

• Dave made his own "custom wrapper" for the cards. Pretty neat!

• I didn't realize that's what it was until I had already opened it. I tore through part of the message -- kinda like when we were little and ripped right through the mail-in offers that were on the Topps wrappers.

• Here are the cards I received.

• Dave sent the cards in their wrappers. I didn't see this set when it came out in 1990, so it was pretty cool to see 'em

• Will the Thrill and Kevin Mitchell. The things sticking out of the cap emblems are the anchors for the suction cup on the other side. These were meant to be stuck on walls or other flat objects. Maybe I'll stick these in my classroom near my desk.

• The rest of the cards I received are pictured above. I'll be posting about them in the coming days.
• Cool break Dave!!!!