1984

I bought some of these packs so that I could open & scan them for your entertainment & enlightenment. Here's the contents of two of them (duplicated cards omitted):

"Printed in Italy" means, of course, printed by Sodecor.
I did not attempt to eat the gum, so I'm afraid there's no taste test report.
1985
The 1985 series is essentially identical in format to the 1984. There were thirty-two rub-downs in each year, & Hank Landry very generously sent me a complete set of all thirty-two cards from 1985 — so here they all are!
1985 Photo Rub-Downs Players:
- Tony Armas [Red Sox] — Lonnie Smith [Cardinals] — Harold Baines [White Sox]
- Ron Kittle [White Sox] — George Hendrick [Cardinals] — Don Baylor [Yankees] — Johnnie LeMaster [Giants]
- Tony Gwynn [Padres] — Lloyd Moseby [Blue Jays] — Buddy Bell [Rangers]
- Atlee Hammaker [Giants] — Bruce Benedict [Braves] — Frank White [Royals]
- Johnny Ray [Pirates] — Rod Carew [Angels] — Carlton Fisk [White Sox] — Mike Boddicker [Orioles]
- Rick Dempsey [Orioles] — Wade Boggs [Red Sox] — Keith Hernandez [Mets]
- Paul Molitor [Brewers] — Andre Dawson [Expos] — George Brett [Royals] — Alan Wiggins [Padres]
- Tom Brunansky [Twins] — Pedro Guerrero [Dodgers] — Darryl Strawberry [Mets]
- Mike Schmidt [Phillies] — Bill Buckner [Red Sox] — Ryne Sandberg [Cubs] — Tim Raines [Expos]
- Bob Horner [Braves] — Steve Carlton [Phillies] — Dan Quisenberry [Royals]
- Gary Carter [Expos] — Phil Garner [Astros] — Ron Guidry [Yankees]
- Hal McRae [Royals] — Lance Parrish [Tigers] — Jack Clark [Giants] — Damaso Garcia [Blue Jays]
- Fred Lynn [Angels] — Dave Concepcion [Reds] — Cecil Cooper [Brewers] — Jesse Orosco [Mets]
- Jose Cruz [Astros] — Jim Rice [Red Sox] — Jack Morris [Tigers] — Rick Sutcliffe [Cubs]
- Greg Luzinski [White Sox] — Steve Kemp [Yankees] — Alvin Davis [Mariners] — Kent Tekulve [Pirates]
- Kent Hrbek [Twins] — Ron Davis [Twins] — Juan Samuel [Phillies]
- John Denny [Phillies] — Carney Lansford [Athletics] — Lou Whitaker [Tigers] — Mario Soto [Reds]
- Willie Hernandez [Tigers] — Steve Sax [Dodgers] — Leon Durham [Cubs]
- Dwight Gooden [Mets] — Dwight Evans [Red Sox] — Julio Franco [Indians]
- Gary Redus [Reds] — Bobby Grich [Angels] — Gary Gaetti [Twins] — George Foster [Mets]
- Jerry Remy [Red Sox] — George Wright [Rangers] — Bill Russell [Dodgers] — Steve Garvey [Padres]
- Dave Stieb [Blue Jays] — Kirk Gibson [Tigers] — Rich Gossage [Padres] — Don Mattingly [Yankees]
- Andre Thornton [Indians] — Moose Haas [Brewers] — Bruce Sutter [Cardinals] — Dickie Thon [Astros]
- Dave Righetti [Yankees] — Pete Rose [Reds] — Rickey Henderson [Athletics]
- Steve Henderson [Mariners] — Alan Trammell [Tigers] — Bill Madlock [Pirates]
- Nolan Ryan [Astros] — Larry Parrish [Rangers] —LaMarr Hoyt [White Sox]
- Reggie Jackson [Angels] — Eric Show [Padres] — Jason Thompson [Pirates]
- Eddie Murray [Orioles] — Tom Seaver [White Sox] — Terry Kennedy [Padres] — Ozzie Smith [Cardinals]
- Ben Oglivie [Brewers] — Mark Langston [Mariners] — Darrell Porter [Cardinals]
- Jeff Leonard [Giants] — Dale Murphy [Braves] — Dave Winfield [Yankees] — Gary Matthews [Cubs]
- Craig McMurtry [Braves] — Cal Ripken [Orioles] — Willie Upshaw [Blue Jays] — Steve Rogers [Expos]
- Fernando Valenzuela [Dodgers] — Tony Pena [Pirates] — Robin Yount [Brewers]
Complete set of Rub-Downs provided by Hank Landry
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