The cards:
1981 Squirt 1
These cards were sold with the Squirt soft drink. I can't say it is one of my favorites and I don't remember seeing it in 1981. I had to get this card on ebay. These cards were sold in strips of 2. George had two different combos, both of which I have. The cards were produced by Topps.
1981 Topps 700
Usually with Topps having a card number that is a multiple of 100 means you are one of the best players in the set.
1982 Spotbilt 5
I believe Topps produced these for a sports shoe company. I know I have seen Spotbilt ads of other players.
1982 Donruss 34
I like the bat and ball design on these cards even though they are pretty basic.
1982 K-Mart 38
Topps produced this set for K-Mart which highlighted MVP winners from both leagues over the years. It pictures the card from George's MVP year of 1980.
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1982 Kellogg's 3
Kellogg's went back to the smaller card size after the full size ones from 1981. The thick border is not my favorite.
1982 Squirt 3
Unlike the 1981 set I do not own any of the strips of cards so I'm not sure how many players were featured on each one. The card is not as tall as a standard card.
1982 Topps 200
Another multiple of 100. Not my favorite Topps design. They came out with a similar design for 2019.
1982 Topps 201
The In Action cards were a repeat of a subset they did in 1972 for most of the star players.
As usual here are the card backs:
You can definitely see from the backs that Topps produced the Squirt cards. With their 1982 set Donruss started putting 5 years of stats. Still annoying to me but better than only one year.
The next page in the album will feature 1983.
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