12-26-2017, 11:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuck9788
I've always felt that the Topps 1985 set is final "vintage" year.
The 1985 set included the last player/manager card (Pete Rose), a farewell to Yogi Berra and great HOF veterans (Ryan, Carlton, Fingers, Reggie Jackson). Gary Carter as an Expo, I could go on forever. Anyway, it was the final set that had the "vintage feel". It also passed the torch to the next talented/bad behavior generation (Gooden, McGwire, Clemens, etc..).
Anything after 1989 can not be accepted as vintage anytime soon.
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I believe Pete Rose actually had a separate player and manager card in the 86 and 87 sets as well.
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