Don Mattingly Forum

I posted my article about Sammy Sosa's rookie cards recently and got some nice conversation and hopefully stirred some nostalgia for collectors. Figured I'd share my Mattingly article: 

https://cardlines.com/don-mattingly-rookie-cards/

What's your favorite Mattingly rookie card? Are you, like me, old enough to remember a time when these were "holy grail" cards in the hobby?

As a Mets fan, I've always preferred Keith Hernandez. But hey, whatever works for you. LOL!

But yes, I do - and the thing I remember is trading his 1984 Topps every chance I got to my Yankees fan best friend for his Darryl Strawberry 1984s!

I have a fondness for his 1984 Topps Nestle card, thats where my vote goes

I have '84 Fleer & Topps, but my favorite was the '84 Donruss.  No regrets trading it back in the day for this card https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/9736/cid/408747/1936-Goudey-Wide-Pen-Premiums-(R314-Type-1)--NNO-Charlie-Gehringer

Nice, I vividly remember trading his Fleer rookie and a Puckett Topps rookie for a ‘57 Hank Aaron at a card show as a kid. It was a surreal moment for little me. Anyhow the Tiffany and Nestle rookies were like mythical cards you never even saw. The Donruss certainly got the most price guide play but from a cool factor standpoint the Topps rookie still outshines the rest as a true classic in my opinion. Donnie Baseball was a god. 

Good stuff, all. I really enjoy hearing about the trades people made, especially while young, of the "hot cards" for something old and cool. 

I still have the Yaz rookie card I traded for when I was somewhere around 14. I'm pretty sure the dealer was happy to be getting a bunch of modern cards, but also part of him was just pleased that some kid really wanted that old baseball card. I got it graded two years ago, and it's now in a PSA 3 slab. 

I was lucky enough to get the Fleer one from a pack back in 84, so that one is my favorite, and I eventually got the Topps one later on when I was able to complete that set.