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In 1986 I graduated broadcasting school and turned my internship at the local tv station into a full-time job and was directing morning updates before the year was done. I was also hired at WWMJ radio in Ellsworth, Maine and began doing a Sunday afternoon shift playing the "hits of today"; Lionel Richie, Whitney Houston, Banarama, Madonna and Mr. Mister.

The Red Sox made it to the World Series that year and then the Mets beat them. Buckner happened. Once again I managed to get complete sets of Topps, Donruss and Fleer as well as their Update sets. Here are nine cards from my collection all released in 1986.

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1986 Book Promotional Cards #16 Mickey Mantle 1986/The Mick (This card was given away at bookstores as a promotion for Mick's autobiography.)
1986 Donruss #28 Fred McGriff RC
1986 Donruss #39 Jose Canseco RC

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1986 Donruss Rookies #11 Barry Bonds XRC
1986 Drake's #11 Cal Ripken CS (Cut from the back of a box of coffee cakes, Yodels, Ring Dings, Devil Dogs or some other snack that I consumed too much of throughout the early to mid-80s and then quit cold turkey once they stopped issuing cards.)
1986 Drake's #33 Nolan Ryan CDD

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1986 Fleer Update #14 Barry Bonds XRC
1986 Sportflics Rookies #13 Barry Bonds (From one of Sportflics first sets utilizing the 3-D technology that Kellogg's had previously perfected.)
1986 Topps Traded #11T Barry Bonds XRC (This set was stocked with first cards of many potential stars when it came out including Will Clark, Jose Canseco, Bo Jackson, Bobby Bonilla, Andres Galarraga, Wally Joyner, Pete Incaviglia and Kevin Mitchell but it was Bonds who ended up being the "big" card in the set.)