Joel Youngblood - PC Checklist

by Bowersbird - 80 cards (Last updated on Dec 27, 2023)

This is for me to figure out and remember the order I want my Joel Youngblood cards to go into their binder pages. I'm ignoring postcards (and maybe a variant or two), so I need something better than just a list of all his cards on the site. This seemed like the best idea.

Background: I was buying some cards on eBay and only needed a few more for free shipping (or some deal like that). I picked out Joel's RC because he was a Red & I thought his name was interesting. When it arrived, I went to put it away, and discovered I had his 1990 Score card, when he was also a Red. Was he really a Red for all those years and I didn't know about him? Turns out, no! 1976 and 1989 are his only years as a Red. I was intrigued, so I did a little research. The more I learned, the more fascinated and amused by this guy I was. So, I decided to start collecting his cards. It's fun to have this ongoing quest as well as become a little more familiar with the different sets of this era.

11. 1981 Donruss #277 Joel Youngblood

I like the Career Highlights on the back.

12. 1981 Fleer #331 Joel Youngblood

Front design is meh but I love Fleer's grey, black & yellow backs

13. 1982 Topps #655 Joel Youngblood

1982 Topps - Blackless #655 Joel Youngblood Front

14. 1982 Topps - Blackless #655 Joel Youngblood

You know, I kept reading this as "Backless" until I added it to this list. I was always confused why it was backless even though the backs looked the same. Turns out there's just no black ink & I sometimes can't read.

1982 O-Pee-Chee #189 Joel Youngblood Front

15. 1982 O-Pee-Chee #189 Joel Youngblood

Nice use of the two hockey sticks to separate the French & English words for his position.

16. 1982 Donruss #613 Joel Youngblood

"Originally the property of the Reds"... I'm glad we don't take about players that way any more.

Oh, and nice photo used here

17. 1982 Fleer #543 Joel Youngblood

Once again, I think I like Fleer's back design more than the front

18. 1983 Topps #265 Joel Youngblood

I really like this Topps design

1983 O-Pee-Chee #265 Joel Youngblood Front

19. 1983 O-Pee-Chee #265 Joel Youngblood

It took me awhile to realize that the O-Pee-Chee version has Joel listed with the Giants, while the Topps still has him on the Expos. Just another one of those cool differences between cards that makes this exercise interesting.

20. 1983 Donruss #572 Joel Youngblood

I have fond memories of buying Expos cards from street vendors when we'd have parades/festivals in my hometown. I just liked their uniforms and the players often had goofy mustaches. So I'm sort of nostalgic for this uniform.

Comments

Apr 24, 2022 - 10:14PM
elninopadre

You may also want to add any checklist his name appears on to make your collection complete!

May 3, 2022 - 10:35PM
Bowersbird

That's an interesting idea. I currently have one checklist as a placeholder and plan to get his team photo appearances (which are often checklists). I might have to consider picking up regular checklists as well

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