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100 Days of Barry Larkin
I'm trying to reduce purchasing, but at the same time increase appreciation of my collection. There are roughly 100 days until New Years, so I've decided to share 100 days of Barry Larkin cards and memorabilia.
Leading off is a 1986-87 rookie era bat with PSA Cert. In 1986, he would play 41 games; he collected 45 hits, 1.5 WAR, with just 21 strikeouts. 20240921_162233.jpg Sent from my SM-S926U using Tapatalk
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo Last edited by todeen; 09-21-2024 at 10:14 PM. |
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Love it! Barry Larkin was kinda underappreciated in his era and pretty much disrespected by the Reds at the very end of his career, but still handled it all with class. An excellent shortstop and I always enjoyed watching him. He was a great one!
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I've posted this before, but here's my one Barry Larkin item. 1985 Press photo, pictured while still with the University of Michigan.
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo |
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Day 2: The Cincinnati Reds have routinely released a team set through Kahns hot dogs. The 1987 Kahns set includes a Larkin RC and is one of the most popular sets of the last 4 decades. Time will tell if the 2023 & 24 sets including Elly de la Cruz will overtake 1987 and 2008 (Votto).
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo Last edited by todeen; 09-22-2024 at 11:25 AM. |
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Day 3: 1987 Classic Green. There is also Classic Yellow Update. Many young collectors might find board games with sports card and a finger flicker unusual, but it was common for kids when we still had to use our imagination pre-video game consoles. I got SNES in 1995. Classic is just one of many baseball themed games that have appeared throughout the decades. New sets were produced for many years.
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo Last edited by todeen; 09-23-2024 at 05:55 PM. |
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Day 4: 1987 Donruss Opening Day. A junk wax gimmick that still continues today, Opening Day has spread to Topps and other brands. But the crimson border looked great, rather than just a foil stamp.
Edit: it was brought to my attention that Topps ended their opening day set in 2022! I'm certain it'll come back as an insert somehow. Sent from my SM-S926U using Tapatalk
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo Last edited by todeen; Today at 05:43 PM. |
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Will be looking forward to updates to your thread. Being a Reds fan, Barry was my favorite active player for much of his career.
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo |
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Day 5: 1987 Donruss Rack Pack w/ Mattingly. These rack packs, and cello packs, were exciting to find with star players on the front or back. Displayed in grocery stores, drug stores, KMarts, etc, card companies were offering window shopping for cards. In 1987, the draw of this pack was Don Mattingly, on his way to a HOF career. But with the presence of time, Barry Larkin went on to have his own fine career and beat Mattingly to the gates of Cooperstown.
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo Last edited by todeen; Yesterday at 09:01 AM. |
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Man, I never got to the packs in time to ever see a Mattingly on the front in my neck of the woods. Hell, the 1984 Topps racks were so notorious for being easily searchable, it was nearly impossible to find a pack with a Mattingly in it, even if he was in the middle of a pack, forget the front.
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Anybody else find it odd that Barry's only updated set release in 1986 was by Sportflics, and his regular issue 1987 cards didn't contain a "Rated Rookie" or "Future Stars" insignia?
He was a highly touted 1st rounder, so it's not like he was sliding under the radar.
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todeen - love the Barry and Donnie rack.
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I absolutely love these types of threads when someone shows off their collection of their favorite player.
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo |
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Day 6: 1987 Donruss with rookie era autograph. When I first saw this card I thought it was a fraud. After investigating, I discovered that this was his rookie auto, and he inscribed it with his rookie jersey #15 (also identified on his Kahns RC). I couldn't buy it fast enough.
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo Last edited by todeen; Today at 05:41 PM. |
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati Successful deals with: Banksfan14, Brianp-beme, Bumpus Jones, Dacubfan (x5), Dstrawberryfan39, Ed_Hutchinson, Fballguy, fusorcruiser (x2), GoCalBears, Gorditadog, Luke, MikeKam, Moosedog, Nineunder71, Powdered H20, PSU, Ronniehatesjazz, Roarfrom34, Sebie43, Seven, and Wondo Last edited by todeen; Today at 05:50 PM. |
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