The year was 1985, I was just starting first grade living in Enid, OK when I got my first baseball cards. It just so happened that my first baseballs card I ever owned are considered "oddball" cards. I did a little research with my parents and they think they bought this 44-card set for $2.99 just before Christmas '85. Being only six years old, I had little knowledge of baseballs past or present, with the exception of what I had just witnessed in the fall watching the Cards and Royals World Series. This set of cards was my first time I heard of Willie Mays, Nolan Ryan, and the current rookie phenom Dwight Gooden.
Today this set still isn't worth much, you should be able to find this boxed set for $3-5 online. Something about the look of the card, it is a basic design but yet it is a very clean and attractive design! As I do each week I use the best photo program in the world...MS-PAINT! Here is an example of how I would like to see this card used today! I randomly picked a player...Congrats Tim Berry, here you are in a 1985 Woolworth Design Baseball Card!
So if by some chance a Topps designer sees this and uses, I would definitely buy these cards! Does anyone else like this design, or am I the only one?
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