Wednesday, December 20, 2017

A GUEST CONTRIBUTION! THE 1975 WORLD SERIES PROPERLY PRESENTED IN THE 1976 SET

I am MORE than happy to bring you a 1976 World Series sub-set graciously contributed by Bob Jonas, who sent these to me a little while back.
I just had to post them up here so we could FINALLY have a decent World Series sub-set in the 1976 set since Topps really dropped the ball after such an incredible Fall Classic:


After a World Series that gave us dramatic moments in almost every game, from the all-time post-season blast from Carlton Fisk, to the Ed Armbrister “non-interference” bunt, to Tony Perez’s two-homer game. All leading to the first of two straight championships by the “Big Red Machine”, this World Series was instantly one of the classics.
Yet when the (glorious) 1976 set game out, we were given this lame post-season sub-set that left you wondering where on earth the fine folks of Topps were during the month of October in 1975!
Hey Bob! I decided to go with the original Game 7 card you designed, with the awesome photo of Will McEnaney in Johnny Bench’s arms. The look on his face is priceless!!!
Thanks to Bob for these! Hope you all like them as much as I do!

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