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Barry Larkin
Year: 1998
Brand: Leaf Rookies and Stars
Card number: 21
By 1998, Donruss was one of the first brands to kind of go "off the rails" in terms of set concepts, and in this case set names. Of course, you can't really "blame" Donruss here since it was actually Playoff who released this set after acquiring Donruss earlier in the year. Oh sure, the folks at Donruss were the ones that designed most of the set...but still, that bankruptcy has to earn them a tiny bit of leeway, right?
As for the card itself, if you couldn't tell, the less said the better. This is classic Donruss fair: boring, yet confusing. I do appreciate the full career statistics on the backside of the card, but otherwise this is one boring dud of a design. Larkin's card in particular is poor...neither photograph chosen has any sense of life or interest. The entire thing looks like it was slapped together in a hurry with no real care...and based on what happened to the company in question that year, that's probably exactly how the set design went down!
Year: 1998
Brand: Leaf Rookies and Stars
Card number: 21
By 1998, Donruss was one of the first brands to kind of go "off the rails" in terms of set concepts, and in this case set names. Of course, you can't really "blame" Donruss here since it was actually Playoff who released this set after acquiring Donruss earlier in the year. Oh sure, the folks at Donruss were the ones that designed most of the set...but still, that bankruptcy has to earn them a tiny bit of leeway, right?
As for the card itself, if you couldn't tell, the less said the better. This is classic Donruss fair: boring, yet confusing. I do appreciate the full career statistics on the backside of the card, but otherwise this is one boring dud of a design. Larkin's card in particular is poor...neither photograph chosen has any sense of life or interest. The entire thing looks like it was slapped together in a hurry with no real care...and based on what happened to the company in question that year, that's probably exactly how the set design went down!
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