Continuing with the 80'sness of Ripken oddball cards, I've got this 1986 Sportflics card #57 which Cal Ripken Jr. shares with Don Baylor and Reggie Jackson. Being of my age I shouldn't have a real clue who Baylor is and should only know Jackson through various World Series references to Mr. October. But, I happened to have a Baseball Almanac as a kid and basically had it memorized. Then I got more almanacs and felt I had to memorize those. Plus, Ken Burns baseball and baseball cards that have a whole lot of history on their back, which I memorized. At one point I could claim to be a wiki of baseball. Now, it's absurd to claim that considering the vastness of wikipedia. But, I digress. While I could care less about Don Baylor and Reggie Jackson was long past his collectibility when I began, I like this card nonetheless. Call me a sucker for everything 80's.
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