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Saturday, January 9, 2021

Year: 1984

“ A set that escaped me in my early years. I like it. ” -muskie027

“ One of the most iconic modern sets. If only Mattingly could have avoided the back injury and Strawberry would have just said no. ” -trauty

“ Probably the best design of the 11-year run of 1981-1991 for Donruss. Unfortunately, the back is pretty much the same from 1982-1991. ” -vrooomed

“ You know, I've always preferred to have full career stats on the back of the cards (likely because that's what Topps always did in my childhood). But as I age a bit I have to give Donruss props for a consistency with their 80s card layouts. Of course, these were pre-internet and it would have been really, really hard to get this card and say "hmm...I wonder what his career stats were before this" and easily dig up the information. Well, unless you had one of his Topps cards, I guess. Oh--never cared for the front side design on the 84's. I like swooshes, but I like legibility more. ” -kents_stuff

“ Yesterday I said it was hard to say anything good about an Astros card. This card proves me wrong. Way before the trashcan scandal. And 1984 Donruss is one of my favorite sets ever. So I must admit I do like this card. ” -switzr1

“ I really like the design of this set. The back gives you just what you want and the front has a great full action shot. Then the team name swirl just finishes it off. Very nice card. ” -Camstone

“ I like the pre-super overproduced years Donruss. The 1984 design I didn't like at first, but like it now. ” -captkirk42

“ Petitioning the Astros to bring back these uniforms and the shooting star jerseys. ” -IfbBirdsCards

“ I've always loved the 84 Donruss set for some reason. When I was a kid and these came out, I could not find any anywere! I think I only ever opened a handful of packs. I love the simple design, I wish Topps would rethink their design process sometimes! ” -cckeith

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NJDevils

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Saturday, January 9, 2021 9:36 AM
"recent major league performance"----BLAH. First of all, they are stats, not performance. Secondly I want ALL major league stats.

NJDevils

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Saturday, January 9, 2021 9:36 AM

kcjays

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Saturday, January 9, 2021 10:20 AM
I traded my factory sealed 1984 Donruss set for a 1973 Mike Schmidt rookie card.

vrooomed

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Saturday, January 9, 2021 10:26 AM

Depending on the condition of the Schmidt rookie card, I'd say that was a good trade. Speaking of trades with Schmidt and/or 84 Donruss, in 1991 I almost traded a case of 1989 Star Company Minor League wax (series 1) for the 84 Donruss Mattingly RC. Instead, I traded it for a mint 1974 Schmidt. (I didn't get the Mattingly until about 3 or 4 years ago.)

kcjays wrote:

I traded my factory sealed 1984 Donruss set for a 1973 Mike Schmidt rookie card.

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BaseballNerd10

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Saturday, January 9, 2021 10:48 AM
Thumbs up to this set!

captkirk42

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Saturday, January 9, 2021 12:49 PM

I too prefer the ALL STATS, not just RECENT, or ONLY LAST SEASON. OK OK with super veteran players that have been around 15 or more years it gets crowded on that back of the card.

NJDevils wrote:

"recent major league performance"----BLAH. First of all, they are stats, not performance. Secondly I want ALL major league stats.

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Onemorepoint

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Saturday, January 9, 2021 2:26 PM
Pretty standard back but a good effort on the stats.

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