Here's a new thread I'm starting, thanks to idea of reader "baseballbrent" (Thanks Brent!!).
I'll slowly be filling out the 1972 "In Action" cards that really should have been.
It was always so freakin strange to see "In Action" cards of
relative "unknowns " line Bob Barton, etc), yet have stars and SUPER
stars without one.
So today, for the first post on this new series, I present (at the
time) budding superstar Cesar Cedeno of the Houston Astros, sliding into
home plate during a game back then.
Check it out:
Really fun in-game shot of him here. Look at the umpire right in the play. Awesome picture…
Cedeno really was an incredible talent back in the early to mid-1970's.
His combination of power and speed, as well as hitting for average was a sight to behold.
If he were playing for a big-media organization, he would have been a household-name I believe.
Nevertheless he did finish with a wonderful, impressive career,
topping 2000 hits, 500 stolen bases, just under (199) home runs, and
five Gold Gloves.
