For years I have always wondered why, at the zenith of Topps
airbrushing, they didn't seem to bother in 1974 with two
players who were traded for each other: Glenn Beckert (#241) and Jerry
Morales (#258).
Does anyone know why?
Beckert was traded to the Padres from the Cubs along with Bobby
Fenwick on November 7th of 1973 for Morales, so I figured it was early
enough to try and do an airbrush job on the two. However, there they
are, showing their new, correct, teams but still
in their "old" uniforms. Odd.
The mid-70's were such an era of airbrushing (both good and bad)
that I'm really stumped. It also does bring up the question: why didn't
Topps spare themselves all the airbrushing disasters and just do what
they did here? Pretty easy to figure out that
a player was traded in the off-season and the only images available are
with the previous team. Right?
Anyway, one of those childhood questions that lingers to this day…
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| Beckert in San Diego...ummm make that Washington D.C., or Chicago?! |
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| Morales sporting an oddly San Diego-like Cubs uniform (??) |