Rollie Fingers 1981 Donruss
What is normally one of the more dull sets of issued in the 1980′s, I am loving this card of Rollie Fingers from the 1981 Donruss set.
First, you have the backdrop of a day game at Wrigley Field happening – that tarp on the center field bleachers is unmistakable!
And then you have those sweet, old San Diego Padres uniforms. From the Brown and Yellow combo to the vintage ‘SD’ logo ballcaps…
Lastly, you have Rollie wearing a batting glove on his non-throwing hand. You never see this anymore, but as a Little Leaguer, I did this! And I thought I was so cool for doing it. Just like Rollie Fingers!!
Serially great card, tarp ‘n all. Mr. Fingers looks about as wild as they came in the majors for any era, let alone ’81 (looks as though he barely made it out of the 70′s). Brown and yellow… The Friars, all the way. I love this card and need to add this to my Padres collection asap.
Underdog- Fingers has some great looking Padres cards!
And they can be found pretty inexpensively…