Here are a few more from my spending spree. I meant to spread the super-duper stars out a bit but whatever. Still some pretty nice cards.
Lotta power in these smiling Pirates.
If there was anyone on the '69 Mets I liked it was Donn Clendenon. Probably because he'd been a member of the original Expos, even if for only a few months. I'd latched on the Expos as my NL team. I have always had an affinity for expansion teams in baseball. I'm not sure why. I dug the original Padres as well.
I remember what an interesting time it was. Clendenon had refused to report to the Astros earlier that year after the Bucs dealt him this way.
Lou Brock. All Class. RIP
Denny McLain recently had a big garage estate sale of much of his memorabilia. He invited people to browse through his house and promised refreshments. I didn't have to wonder if Pepsi was on the menu. He served hot dogs as well.
Bob Uecker sure got a lot of mileage out of a six-year stint in the majors.
The Braves moved to Atlanta in 1966. Maybe...well, I have no idea why that would make Topps use the shot they used. and not crop out the background.
Some good news...after just north of four months, today I received an email from COMC...my order from the first of July is being shipped. Glory be.
I placed my shipment request on the 1st of August. It was suppose to be shipped out yesterday. I figured worst case scenario... they'd ship it out by the end of the week, but after seeing your announcement... I guess it might be a month late. If that's the case, I'm gonna be a little annoyed.
ReplyDeleteSorry. Got distracted with my frustration. Awesome card Commish!
DeleteI’ve mentioned on a couple of other posts. My recent COMC order took less than 2 weeks. Very odd
ReplyDeleteIt's weird that Topps made multi-player cards for only 11 of the 20 teams in 1967. Two teams (Orioles, Indians) had 2 cards each, while 9 teams had none.
ReplyDeleteA few other oddities in the 1967 set:
ReplyDeleteBraves team card didn't have cropped background (as you said).
No team card for the Astros.
The team name on the Harmon Killebrew, Sox Sockers, and Twin Terrors cards didn't follow the team color scheme used on all other cards.
The back of the White Sox team card has the stats for the Cleveland Indians.