- #254 Milt Pappas
- #363 Dave Johnson
- #460 Harmon Killebrew
- #569 AL Rookie Stars Rod Carew & Hank Allen
- #581 Mets Rookie Stars Bill Denehy & Tom Seaver
1967 Topps
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If you want to nominate cards that you don't see on any of the posts, feel free to include them here. Up to five cards (there has to be a limit) will be added to the existing five cards when it comes time to vote.
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I like getting the Pappas in there - it's a UER as it has no signature. Overall, this is a really nice set. Got to include the 2 big RC's, and I think the others included are good.
ReplyDeleteI disagree with lifetimetopps about the Pappas and Johnson cards.
ReplyDeleteBeing the only card w/o a facsimile signature does not make it a great card.
Also, Johnson has a shiny trophy, but so do 9 other cards.
The Killebrew is good, because, well, it's Harmon Killebrew - slugger of the most homers in the 1960s. (Also, it's a UER card in that the name 'TWINS" is not in green, like all the other Twins cards.)
I'd replace Pappas and Johnson with 2 from this bunch:
Curt Simmons - final card of a 20-year career which began in the 1940s
Joe Nuxhall - final card for someone who began his MLB career at age 15
Wille Mays - no explanation needed
Card #1 - The Champs (Orioles' multi-player card)
Whitey Ford - final card of his storied career
How could you not include Maury Wills' Rookie Card? Those of us who collected in the sixties kept wondering how many packs we'd have to buy to get a Maury Wills card. It was a trick question, of course, as Wills refused to sign with Topps for many years. Finally, in 1967 there he was...as a bloody Pirate. Oh, the humanity!
ReplyDeleteYou're clearly going for significance as opposed to aesthetics. That's fine. And that's why I went to Wills. But, fwiw, when I think of the 67s (and, mind you, I'm a die-hard Mets fan), the first card that always pops into my head is Vada Pinson. Just sayin'.