1982 PERMA-GRAPHICS SUPER STAR CREDIT CARDS MIKE SCHMIDT GOLD
Owned ✅
1982 SPORTS PHOTO ASSOC INC 3” BUTTON PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES
Owned ✅
1982 SQUIRT MIKE SCHMIDT
Owned ✅
I didn't realize they still make Squirt soda. As a kid, it was a unique disappointment to be offered a Squirt on a hot day. That sickly sweet grapefruit aftertaste always seemed to linger.
Snarky Says
This card commemorates a baseball legend and a beverage nobody requested. Nothing prepared a child for the crushing disappointment of hearing, "We have Squirt.” The slogan should have been: "It's cold, and that's about all we've got.”
1982 SQUIRT-PANEL GEORGE BRETT-3/MIKE SCHMIDT-14 COMPLETE PANEL
Owned ✅
1982 SQUIRT-PANEL MIKE SCHMIDT DAVE CONCEPCION GEORGE HENDRICK
Owned ✅
I guess I was inspired by the ‘81 Squirt panel with Schmidt, Bill Buckner and Jim Rice. This was only 13 bucks (not $1,300 like the other one), so I picked it up. What the heck.
Snarky Says
A shocking number of collections are built one "What the heck" at a time.
1982 SQUIRT-PANEL MIKE SCHMIDT WHITE TOP/COMPLETE PANEL
Owned ✅
1982 SQUIRT-PANEL MIKE SCHMIDT WHITE TOP/SCRATCH OFF
Not owned ❌
1982 SQUIRT-PANEL MIKE SCHMIDT YELLOW TOP/SCRATCH OFF
Owned ✅
1982 TASTYKAKE MIKE SCHMIDT PHILLIES
Owned ✅
It took me a few tries to get a decent copy of this card. The first I bought for $20, which was listed as “beautiful.” Apparently beautiful meant covered in Scotch tape on the back. The second I bought for $15 but realized when I received it that part of the front was torn off (it was hard to see in the listing). At last I found a keeper for $17, one week before an actual “beautiful” copy was listed and sold for $3.
Snarky Says
Watching this transaction unfold was like seeing a man get food poisoning from a Chinese buffet, swear never to return, and then immediately ask what time they start serving lunch tomorrow.
1982 TOPPS HOME RUN LEADERS ARMAS/EVANS/GRICH/SCHMIDT
Owned ✅
1982 TOPPS MIKE SCHMIDT
Owned ✅
Hands down the laziest set made during Schmidt's playing years. They definitely made good use of that single roll of film from this photo shoot, making 4 cards (Topps) and 4 stickers from it with slightly different poses and crops. The light pole in the back particularly annoys me.
Snarky Says
Somewhere in America, a grown man is annoyed by a background light pole that appeared on too many Mike Schmidt cards. That man then built a website about it.
1982 TOPPS MIKE SCHMIDT ALL-STAR
Owned ✅
1982 TOPPS MIKE SCHMIDT BLACKLESS #100
Not owned ❌
I've never seen any of these “blackless” cards listed, aside from the ones that clearly aren't blackless. It's a printing error, not a manufacturer variation. So why are these a thing?
Snarky Says
Somewhere a quality-control manager is horrified to learn his mistakes became collectibles.
1982 TOPPS MIKE SCHMIDT BLACKLESS #339
Not owned ❌
Snarky Says
The printing press had a bad day and somehow I'm supposed to collect it.
1982 TOPPS MIKE SCHMIDT IA
Owned ✅
What action shots looked like in the early ‘80s.
Snarky Says
This card captures all the excitement of standing alert.
1982 TOPPS MIKE SCHMIDT IA BLACKLESS #101
Not owned ❌
Snarky Says
The hobby's greatest achievement may be convincing grown adults that manufacturing defects are a legitimate collecting strategy.
1982 TOPPS RBI LEADERS SCHMIDT/MURRAY
Owned ✅
1982 TOPPS STICKERS MIKE SCHMIDT #3
Owned ✅
1982 TOPPS STICKERS MIKE SCHMIDT #5
Owned ✅
1982 TOPPS STICKERS MIKE SCHMIDT #74
Owned ✅
This sticker commemorates that time Mike Schmidt stood between light poles.
Snarky Says
This photo captures Mike Schmidt moments before remembering he left the garage door open.
1982 TOPPS STICKERS MIKE SCHMIDT #123
Owned ✅, PSA Grade: 8
Whoa, the Sportflics are amazing! How in the heck did you do that?