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This blog will discuss the 1980s and the baseball card collecting hobby, with a focus on the Chicago Cubs. Contrary to vintage baseball cards, the majority of modern cards are affordable. The various sets will be considerably simpler to obtain. So, with thousands of cards in between, we'll start with 80 Topps and end with 89 Upper Deck. The apex of this period was represented by the Sandberg Rookie of the Year in 1983.


Monday, November 21, 2022

1989 Topps Baseball Talk Billy Williams

Number of Cards

1989 Topps Baseball Talk set has 164 cards which there are 7 Cub players

Card Dimensions

The cards are the following dimensions: 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" slightly oversized

Basic Features

Most cards featured a picture of the baseball player's Topps rookie card on the front. The player's entire statistics were listed on the back of the card, and a plastic phonograph disc was adhered to the card and played about two and a half minutes of audio.

The front of this card shows Billy Williams' 1961 Topps rookie card.

The battery-powered LJN Sportstalk player was a basic gadget. When the card was inserted, a stylus rotated beneath to play the disc while the image on the card was displayed under a clear plastic cover.



Chicago Cubs 1989 Topps Baseball Talk Checklist


Number Player
11 Billy Williams
17 Ernie Banks
26 Lou Brock
69 Ryne Sandberg
75 Rick Sutcliffe
78 Andre Dawson
101 Rich Gossage






All of the recordings in this odd set were expertly compiled by the Daclyde YouTube channel. Click here and check out all of his recordings.