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Not a lot to write home about in the 1982 Topps Padre set. You get a final Ozzie card, a Future Stars card of non-future stars, and a Padres Leaders cards with Luis Salazar (.308 avg) and Juan Eichelberger (3.51 era).

A couple bonus Fleer/Donruss included. My favorite being the Ozzie Diamond King.

Also not much to write home about for the Padres in 1982 except for the debut of Tony Gwynn on July 19, 1982. He went 2-4 with an RBI and run scored.

Tim Loller had a good season in the mound going 16-9 with 150Ks

Notable for future Padres teams Ozzie was traded to St. Louis for Gary Templeton. Also Benito Santiago was signed as an amateur free agent in 1982.

Ruppert Jones was an All-Star Game reserve for the Padres. He did mange to hit a triple in the game. He was hitting .312 with 11 hrs at the all-star break, but would hit only 1 more HR the rest of the season and finished hitting .283.

1981 gives you your last Randy Jones, Rollie Fingers, Dave Winfield and Ozzie (82 Fleer and 82 Donruss still included Ozzie).

81 Topps you get the Ozzie Record Breaker card for his SS assist record in 1980. The usual team card and future stars. Also shown is a Topps scratch off card with Ozzie. I think the Ozzie card is my favorite.

81 also introduces Fleer and Donruss cards. So we will start to see some of other random stuff I collected over years. But not necessarily full sets like Topps.

I like the 81 Fleer design but most of the photo quality looks like they had Vaseline over the camera lens. The Star Stickers were fun to get something different form the other manufacturer than Topps standard cards.

Probably most notable in 1981 is the Padres drafting Tony Gwynn. John Kruk was also drafted by the Padres in 81.

In 81 Ozzie won a gold glove, tied for the league lead in games played (110), and lead the league in at-bats (450).

Ozzie and Terry Kennedy were both All-Star reserves

In honor of the sheets 2 HR game and the walk off my Gavin Sheets gold card collection. Most are out of /50. Some lower. The backwards ones are the golden mirror cards.

Living in the 80s!

I like the 80s Topps Design.

Padres get a mix of Action Shots (Ozzie's card this year is a favorite of mine) and candid shots.

Dave Winfield gets the All-Star banner. The team card features Padres broadcast legend Jerry Coleman as manager.

On the future stars rookies card you get Tim Flannery. Also an extra Gene Tenace art card auto.

in 1980 Ozzie Smith set an MLB record for most assists by a short stop with 621. He also won his first gold glove in 1980.

Dave Winfield was elected to his fourth all-star game as a Padre and won a gold glove.

1980 was the last season as a Padre for notable Padres Rollie Fingers, Randy Jones, Gene Tenace, and Dave Winfield

This is a fun set. The card design is not my favorite. But all the players look grizzled and way older than their ages, great afros and mustaches. It's a great way to send out the 70s.

Of course you get the Ozzie Smith rookie card. Two league leaders cards with Rollie Fingers on the fireman card and Gaylord Perry on the victory leader card. We also get our first Gaylord Perry player card in a Padre uni.

Not much to write home about in the 79 season. Winfield and Perry were all-stars and Dave Winfield had another great year at the plate. .308/34HR/118RBI.

But Randy Jones, Gaylord Perry and Rollie Fingers all regressed in 79 compared to their previous year.

Tim Flannery made his MLB debut for the Padres in 1979 at 21 years old.