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Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 08:49 AM

1. The condidtion of the spring training practice field --- no better than your standard 1970s Little League field. 2. The moustache --- so neatly trimmed, but pointless --- yielding an effect no more impressive than that of a milquetoaste high school chemistry teacher (no insult meant to chem teachers). You will never be a Swingin' Oakland A, Mr. Harrison. 3. The apparently lower-case a, telegraphing just how modest the ambitions of the 1970s Braves were. 4. The squinty sad eyes, crying "defeat" even before the pitch is thrown --- or even before the non-pitch of this posed photo. 5. The two-tone hat, another seventies leftover that will forever cry "bush league," even when retro-revitalized for the 2011 MLB patriotism hat. 6. The prominent adam's apple, the telltale sign of a hapless Braves pitcher --- or sometimes even a good one, actually. 7. Everything about the 1974 set, part one: The font is some 1974 version of calibri --- the font of a designer who has been crushed by the world. 8. Everything about the 1974 set, part two: The utter lack of variety in the font, all a similar face, all in all-caps. 9. Everything about the 1974 set, part three: The pennant/arrow frames boxing in the names of the teams above and below, the colors almost but not quite matching the secondary color of the team, but smokier, and more repressed. Those flag arrow frames cling for security to the sides of the curved frame --- the signature design element on cards humbly designed to deliver to a humbed nation. 10. "Roric"?

batmagadanleadoff Sep 19 2011 08:55 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 19 2011 09:00 AM

1. The condidtion of the spring training practice field --- no better than your standard 1970s Little League field. Isn't that Shea Stadium? Compare the light tower:

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 08:59 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

That would look bad for me. The lighting tower and blackout screen in center suggest shea, but the lack of any cityscape beyond and the Brave in home whites says spring training to me.

metirish Sep 19 2011 09:01 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Roric meaning and name origin Roric \r(o)- ric\ as a boy's name is a variant of Roderick (Old German), and the meaning of Roric is "famous power".

batmagadanleadoff Sep 19 2011 09:03 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 19 2011 09:04 AM

Niekro's card was probably shot on the same day as Roric's. You can see Mets in their home unis in the background. And that definitely ain't St. Pete. The Braves are in road blue.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 09:04 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

I figured a variation of Rory, or Ruari. Looks like the same almost white on the road as at home for the '74 Bravos. That sure can be Shea, I guess. What a dump.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Sep 19 2011 09:07 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Were Adam's apples, like, 30 percent bigger during the '70s, or were necks just a lot skinnier?

batmagadanleadoff Sep 19 2011 09:11 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Shea's light tower in surrounding context.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 10:05 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Oh, I accept that is Shea, in her more-chewed-up, tuftier days. Perhaps a wrestling event had just come through. What other cards are great for ten reasons?

batmagadanleadoff Sep 19 2011 10:18 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Edgy DC wrote: Oh, I accept that is Shea, in her more-chewed-up, tuftier days. Perhaps a wrestling event had just come through. What other cards are great for ten reasons? It's all good. That Roric's at Shea should enhance your opinion of his card.

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2011 10:25 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

I remember that the Braves of that era getting special permission to wear white on the road.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 10:29 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Edgy DC wrote: Oh, I accept that is Shea, in her more-chewed-up, tuftier days. Perhaps a wrestling event had just come through. What other cards are great for ten reasons? It's all good. That Roric's at Shea should enhance your opinion of his card. Absolutely, even if I didn't recognize it as such. Look at all that foul territory. No wonder Yogi Berra re-retired after four games. A ball went to the backstop at old Shea, you needed to hail a cab to go get it.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 19 2011 10:44 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

1. Sideburns. 2. The angle. It's as though Larry is towering over the poor shooter. 3. The expression. It's as though he wants to tell you to fuck off, but knows he doesn't need to. You're gonna get the F out of his grill any second now, and if you don't, well, you might be introduced to this club casually draped over his shoulder. 4. White batting gloves. 5. Last year before the Rainbow Gut jerseys for the Astros. Not the most exciting things out there but some dignity to it. 6. The jersey appears to zip up. 7. There's a Johnny Lunchbucket quality to the whole thing: He's got his safety helmet on and tool of the trade close by. 8. The trophy. First of many for sure. 9. Yet as tough as this card makes Larry Milbourne out to be, he was actually a noodle bat, author of 11 home runs in as many pro seasons. 10. All-Star Rookie sure, but as his expression shows, he'd already seen much. By this point in his career he'd already been property of the Orioles, Giants, and Angels -- and his future would take him to Seattle (twice), the MFYs (twice), Twins, Indians and Phillies.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 10:47 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

That's like the point of view of the victim. Great contribution. Lot's of subtext there. The noodle bat thing is what got me. I'm thinking "This is the Yankees just-passing-through reserve infielder." But everything about the stance says, "I'm fucking cleanup-hitting rightfielder... when I'm not under suspension for fucking some motherfucker up."

metirish Sep 19 2011 10:49 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

7. There's a Johnny Lunchbucket quality to the whole thing: He's got his safety helmet on and tool of the trade close by Great stuff, even before I got to # 7 I imagined Larry could be heading to the building site for a days labour.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 10:52 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

I'll add a note about the signature. He seems to be forsaking one of the r's in Larry, like Lary Sorenson. He also added an extra hump to the M in Milbourne, because a dude like him always had time for one more hump.

metirish Sep 19 2011 11:04 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

1. The Look 2. The Glasses 3. The Bottom look 4. The composition of the image with the overhanging stand 5. The mustache 6. The Dimple 7. The Lens Glare 8. The Long Finger 9. The Glove hold 10 ?????

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2011 11:08 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

10. The redundancy. (What year is that card from, 1982? 83? Pretty much the only years I can identify for sure are those from the 1970's.) Anyway, the closeup in the circle was designed to give us a look at the guy's mug that we couldn't get from the action shot, but for this card, that doesn't come into play at all.

Centerfield Sep 19 2011 11:20 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Not exactly within the rules on the first two, but I'll post anyway... Musings #1: I never quite understood the school-photo type of baseball card. I guess times were different then and it was hard to get an action shot of every player. But how about Orel Hershiser? Hershiser who went 19-3 with a 2.03 ERA? I mean, something is wrong when Hershiser and Tom Niedenfuer have the same exact card right? Musings #2: Has anyone aged more between baseball cards than Tom Paciorek between 1985 and 1986? I didn't realize it at the time, but I think sometime in the fall of 1985, Tom relinquished his ring of power to his nephew Frodo. Musings #3: Ten reasons 1. This is his rookie card. 2. "He's a future Hall of Famer! Let's feature a shot of his ass!" 3. The uniform. A testament to how many different shades of brown, orange and yellow we can squeeze on while staying predominately white. 4. The socks: Different colors no? 5. "Mr. Gwynn, will you sign your ass for my son?" 6. Topps Design Meeting: "I think we should have little insets for their portraits, see, this way we can feature more ass-shots" 7. The ass-shot may actually be the more flattering of the two pictures. 8. Every time I see a picture of Tony Gwynn, I think of his voice. 9. After this picture was taken, the ass would only get bigger and bigger, but he would still find a way to steal 319 bases in his career. Good for 143rd all time. That's more than Lenny Dykstra, and only 8 less than Mookie Wilson. EIGHT! 10. Would have been better off with the school-picture type card.

Centerfield Sep 19 2011 11:24 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Benjamin Grimm wrote: 10. The redundancy. (What year is that card from, 1982? 83? Pretty much the only years I can identify for sure are those from the 1970's.) Anyway, the closeup in the circle was designed to give us a look at the guy's mug that we couldn't get from the action shot, but for this card, that doesn't come into play at all. Exactly. "Ok, this time, let's try it meaner, but no glove."

attgig Sep 19 2011 11:30 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

batmagadanleadoff wrote: Niekro's card was probably shot on the same day as Roric's. You can see Mets in their home unis in the background. And that definitely ain't St. Pete. Is it just me or does this look photoshopped (before photoshop existed)? The foul line doesn't seem to go down evenly(from the left side of his body to his right side), and if anything, kinda gets chopped into grass right near his glove.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 19 2011 11:33 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

The first thing that pops out to me in that Gwynn card was that he's not wearing No. 19

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2011 11:37 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

attgig wrote: Is it just me or does this look photoshopped (before photoshop existed)? The foul line doesn't seem to go down evenly(from the left side of his body to his right side), and if anything, kinda gets chopped into grass right near his glove. I think, on the right side of the card, you're seeing the foul line, and on the left side of the card you're seeing the corner of the coach's box.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2011 11:39 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Musings #1: I never quite understood the school-photo type of baseball card. I guess times were different then and it was hard to get an action shot of every player. I love those posed cards. To me, that's what a baseball card oughta look like. (I guess I'm a product of my times; the only cards I ever cared about were those from the 1970s.) One of the challenges I have in making my "retro" cards is getting good non-action shots that replicate the look of the 1970's cards.

G-Fafif Sep 19 2011 11:43 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

"I don't know why they always take my picture batting here. They should really see what I can do with a glove at Shea."

Centerfield Sep 19 2011 11:44 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

G-Fafif wrote: "I don't know why they always take my picture batting here. They should really see what I can do with a glove at Shea." Do you see how he's squinting? I think he just had trouble seeing things in this ballpark.

metirish Sep 19 2011 12:00 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Were a lot of card pictures taken in old Shea?, seems like it.

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2011 12:03 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

And at Yankee Stadium. I think Topps figured that since most players come through New York during the course of the season, they'd save money on travel.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 12:10 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

G-Fafif wrote: "I don't know why they always take my picture batting here. They should really see what I can do with a glove at Shea." Why did we always need to know what a guy looked like hitting setting up to hit line drives into the dugout (and presumbly terrorizing his opponents), or pitching into the box seats? Was the budget so tight that they couldn't set up a photo shoot a little early and get some shots on the mound or at home plate? Buckner kind of looks like a righthanded hitter screwing around batting lefty there.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 19 2011 12:21 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Picture taken indoors at Astrodome, prompting the question why he's wearing a size 54 Long satin windbreaker in the first place: Is he covering up a spaghetti-sauce stain on his jersey? Is we wearing a jersey at all? Why is he so happy?

metirish Sep 19 2011 12:41 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

I'm sure he was thrilled to have his face blown out by the flash.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 12:50 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

1. The whole inset photo paradigm turned on its ear, with the portrait photo the main shot and the inset photo being an action shot. 2. The unibrow. 3. The rim of the hat betraying a white lining, in contrast to the dark green underbill. 4. Most unibrows at least thin out or grow narrower between the eyes. Wally's doesn't and may, in fact, grow thicker. 5. We're between eras on cards here, where the inset photo displays Sport magazine design values where figures were cut out and placed against solid background, where the main photo displays the Sports Illustrated aesthetic of framing the whole lovely composition. 6. He's got some nice, chiseled fingers, and could pretty much pass for a handsome, athletic guy, if he could do something about the unibrow. 7. The frame of the inset photo comes right up to the edge his knuckles and hat. Somebody thought that buffers were for suckers. 8. The first couple of glances, you think the guy is wearing glasses. 9. The bill of his cap shows it's exact function, providing just enough shadow to spare his eyes the glare of the sun. 10. Dipping down in the middle and at the corners, it's kind of flying like a bird.

Frayed Knot Sep 19 2011 01:24 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Benjamin Grimm wrote: And at Yankee Stadium. I think Topps figured that since most players come through New York during the course of the season, they'd save money on travel. I suspect some of them were super-imposed also. "Hey Joe, some team just sent me photos of some of their new players, get me that generic stadium backdrop outta the file would ya"

Benjamin Grimm Sep 19 2011 01:41 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Hmmm....

Ceetar Sep 19 2011 01:54 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Those don't even look like shots of Shea from this century.

Edgy MD Sep 19 2011 02:07 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Duda also looks about 25 feet tall. (Which is kinda great.)

metsguyinmichigan Sep 19 2011 06:55 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

I love those old Braves uniforms! The feather on the sleeve is neat.

Fman99 Sep 19 2011 07:43 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

This card gives me a humor induced boner. You could rest a pitcher of Schlitz on that fucking shelf of a brow.

Edgy MD Sep 20 2011 09:26 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

1. Foster looks like a 14-year-old. (He was 25!) 2. He looks about 130 pounds. 3. The real signature lends validity to the print one, but he's picked up some flourishes along the way. 4. Uniform patch, probably celebrating the 1976 centennial of the National League. 5. Kinda looks like a Darryl Strawberry baby brother. 6. Lousy cutting in the Topps factory that day leaves us a quarter inch border to the west but a mere millimeter to the east. 7. Looks like shaving isn't a big concern of his. 8. Elven ears. 9. "3B"? Who would put this bantamweight at third? Might as well just forfeit. 10. Despite all these juvenile traits, he nonetheless looks like a focused student of the game, trying to pick up tips as he carefully watches a batting practice that you know the big kids only begrudgingly let him participate in after they were all done. Good photo.

metirish Sep 20 2011 09:34 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

10. Despite all these juvenile traits, he nonetheless looks like a focused student of the game, trying to pick up tips as he carefully watches a batting practice that you know the big kids only begrudgingly let him participate in after they were all done. Good photo. be that as it may in his five year career he hit 2HR and had 26RBI. in 1978 he was traded to the Red Sox for this guy 1. WTF is in his pants? 2. Seriously, he's got a boner 3. He has that look on his face that says I hope the photographer doesn't notice my hard on 4. Is that awful hooped stripe on the pants or top? 5. Angels stadium? 6. What's with the uni? 7. 8. 9. 10.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 20 2011 09:48 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

1. Sideburns. 2. The angle. It's as though Larry is towering over the poor shooter. 3. The expression. It's as though he wants to tell you to fuck off, but knows he doesn't need to. You're gonna get the F out of his grill any second now, and if you don't, well, you might be introduced to this club casually draped over his shoulder. 4. White batting gloves. 5. Last year before the Rainbow Gut jerseys for the Astros. Not the most exciting things out there but some dignity to it. 6. The jersey appears to zip up. 7. There's a Johnny Lunchbucket quality to the whole thing: He's got his safety helmet on and tool of the trade close by. 8. The trophy. First of many for sure. 9. Yet as tough as this card makes Larry Milbourne out to be, he was actually a noodle bat, author of 11 home runs in as many pro seasons. 10. All-Star Rookie sure, but as his expression shows, he'd already seen much. By this point in his career he'd already been property of the Orioles, Giants, and Angels -- and his future would take him to Seattle (twice), the MFYs (twice), Twins, Indians and Phillies. 11. This badass'll steal your Big Kahuna Burger. Or blow your brains out. It's all the same to him.

Edgy MD Sep 20 2011 09:55 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

metirish wrote: be that as it may in his five year career he hit 2HR and had 26RBI. That's why I like it. If you have a guy who's just good enough to make it to the bigs and consistently fail once he gets there, how do you photograph him? Do you show him in action --- an action that any astute observer will know was likely just another in a string of failures? Or do you get a posed shot --- the figure shown paused on the mound or in the batters box, assuming a stance that, if you're paying any attention at all, you know has never intimidated anybody? This photographer has found a third way --- capturing the real narrative of the fringe player, watching from the (literal) fringes, searching for a clue to the edge that's going to get him over the hump as a big-leaguer, pricking his elven hears hoping to pick up a piece of the magic formula as Dave Kingman and Mike Schmidt guffaw around the batting cage. Your photo link, I'm sorry to say, isn't working for me.

batmagadanleadoff Sep 20 2011 10:05 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Edgy DC wrote: metirish wrote: be that as it may in his five year career he hit 2HR and had 26RBI. That's why I like it. If you have a guy who's just good enough to make it to the bigs and consistently fail once he gets there, how do you photograph him? Do you show him in action --- an action that any astute observer will know was likely just another in a string of failures? Or do you get a posed shot --- the figure shown paused on the mound or in the batters box, assuming a stance that, if you're paying any attention at all, you know has never intimidated anybody? This photographer has found a third way --- capturing the real narrative of the fringe player, watching from the (literal) fringes, searching for a clue to the edge that's going to get him over the hump as a big-leaguer, pricking his elven hears hoping to pick up a piece of the magic formula as Dave Kingman and Mike Schmidt guffaw around the batting cage. Your photo link, I'm sorry to say, isn't working for me. I dunno. I bet that the only thing on that photog's mind when he snapped Foster's picture, was whether he was gonna have Pizza or Chinese for dinner.

Edgy MD Sep 20 2011 10:10 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Sometimes meaning seeps through the holes in our intentions.

metirish Sep 20 2011 10:24 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Edgy DC wrote: metirish wrote: be that as it may in his five year career he hit 2HR and had 26RBI. That's why I like it. If you have a guy who's just good enough to make it to the bigs and consistently fail once he gets there, how do you photograph him? Do you show him in action --- an action that any astute observer will know was likely just another in a string of failures? Or do you get a posed shot --- the figure shown paused on the mound or in the batters box, assuming a stance that, if you're paying any attention at all, you know has never intimidated anybody? This photographer has found a third way --- capturing the real narrative of the fringe player, watching from the (literal) fringes, searching for a clue to the edge that's going to get him over the hump as a big-leaguer, pricking his elven hears hoping to pick up a piece of the magic formula as Dave Kingman and Mike Schmidt guffaw around the batting cage. Your photo link, I'm sorry to say, isn't working for me. loving this thread.... maybe this image link works for you

Edgy MD Sep 20 2011 10:27 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Wow! What's in his pants?!

Edgy MD Sep 20 2011 10:33 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

1. WTF is in his pants? 2. Seriously, he's got a boner 3. He has that look on his face that says I hope the photographer doesn't notice my hard on 4. Is that awful hooped stripe on the pants or top? 5. Angels stadium? 6. What's with the uni? 7. Is there an earthquake under way? 8. I'm just now noticing that on 1976 cards, for pitchers, they included an illustration of a lefthanded pitcher for lefthanded pitchers and righthanders for righthanders. Did they have a separate illustration or just a reverse a single one? Did they do this for lefthanded outfielders and firstbasemen, too? 9. Them's some spindly legs in some baggy polyester pants. Almost looks like they're on backwards. 10.

SteveJRogers Sep 20 2011 10:34 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

1. Met scrub for most of his 18 seasons, but still garnered a Topps card for many of those seasons, right to the bitter end. But this was a time when third string catchers like Ron Hodges were getting regular issue cards. 2. Eddie doesn't quite look his age, and gives a look of "Hey, I could still play some more years." 3. Until the Shea Goodbye ceremony, this was what Ed wore every time a pre-game thing (OTD or whatnot) called for him to don a uniform one more time. 4. Probably a rarity for the era of a In Game Shot that could very well be one of their usual pre-game shots. 5. It's the shading of the scan I'm sure, but the photo does look like it's taken from a year into the future when those behind the backstop panels were turned blue from their 1970s green. 6. I may be the only person here who will defend the blue & orange trims, as well as the racing stripes that were to come, but gosh darn it, they looked cool to me! 7. You gotta wonder if he's getting instructions, or if something strange is going on in the dugout with the way he's looking back in there. 8. Also, it does give off a wary look, as if the depths of the de Lorinda/Grant era has been taking it's toll on the veteran. 9. Simple classic Topps design to kick off the decade of the baseball card explosion. 10. Come on, it's the namesake of this site!

Edgy MD Sep 20 2011 10:41 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Benjamin Grimm wrote: And at Yankee Stadium. I think Topps figured that since most players come through New York during the course of the season, they'd save money on travel. Or, for two years there, they could get everybody at Shea Stadium, including the Yankees at "home." Lefty^!

metirish Sep 20 2011 10:45 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

And the thing about that illustration is that at first glance it looks like it would be a side arm hurler.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Sep 20 2011 10:55 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

The compelling thing about that Kranepool card is figuring whose leg is making an appearance on the left.

metirish Sep 20 2011 10:57 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: The compelling thing about that Kranepool card is figuring whose leg is making an appearance on the left. long and skinny right?

HahnSolo Sep 20 2011 11:32 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

metirish wrote: 5. Angels stadium? Oakland Coliseum I think, before they enclosed the outfield.

seawolf17 Sep 20 2011 01:56 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

They went through a Chicago phase in the 80s too; lots of Wrigley (and I'm assuming Comiskey) shots.

SteveJRogers Nov 15 2011 09:07 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Nov 15 2011 10:02 PM

1) Despite a latter era photo Topps is honoring Seaver's being an All-Star Rookie in 1967. 2) Very much the same photo used on Topps 1977 Seaver card. 3) Despite my personal distaste for the concept of constantly producing more product featuring long since retired players, even the legends, kind of cool to see long since retired players on current card designs. 4) Fine example of Seaver getting ready to rock a fastball, even includes the dirt on the pants there. 5) Picture is clearly from 1976 as the Joan Payson/Casey Stengel armband is visable. 6) Dig the late 1970s look of Shea with that brick wall out there, and green fences. 7) Pretty decent set that this card is from called Lineage which features both retired and active players from each team. 8) Photo clearly got cleaned up as the the classic clean pinstripes seem to pop a bit more and there is more clarity in the 2011 version as opposed to the 1977 one. 9) The 1977 one was a rare action shot of Seaver as a Met in the base Topps set during his first Met tenure, 1974 is the only other time. Strangely enough he does have a card in the 1972 In Action subset, but his card is of him reacting to something off the mound at Shea. 10) Fuck it, I only have 9, it's a good fucking card.

Edgy MD Nov 15 2011 09:58 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

10) Look how nasty his shoes are. Some marine. If Gil Hodges were alive, he'd slap Tom in the nutsack.

batmagadanleadoff Nov 15 2011 11:12 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Benjamin Grimm Nov 16 2011 03:51 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

I guess that's one of the very few existing photographs of Tom Seaver.

SteveJRogers Nov 16 2011 11:50 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Or as I suggested, one of the few featuring him in actual action, and in full profile during his prominent Met tenure Here is the other base set one from 1974 set 1972 In Action Not great pickings for image reuse. Though thinking now, that IA card looks ripe for this thread!

Edgy MD Nov 16 2011 11:54 AM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

"Or, as I suggested..."

G-Fafif Nov 16 2011 12:56 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

Because Tom used to peer into the plate that way, I used to peer into the plate that way, albeit in my backyard, much to my best from second grade's amusement. Love In Action cards that dare you to detect the action.

Edgy MD Nov 16 2011 01:31 PM Re: Ten Reasons This Card is Great

This is the sort of behavior that got Tom evicted from Zuccotti Park.