Hey,
I know I’m straying a bit here, but thought it’d be fun to look at the
1978 image that was used on the Dave Kingman Hostess card, showing the
paint job executed to have him suited up as a Chicago Cub, his new team
after an insane 1977 season that saw him suit up for four OTHER teams:
Actually not really a bad job I have to say. I like the lighting/shadowing done on the batting helmet! Great work there.
“Kong”, the enigma. After slugging for the Mets, Padres, Angels and
Yankees in 1977 he found somewhat of a home on the North Side of Chicago
where he’d play for three years before returning to Queens in 1981.
The poster child for “all or nothing”, he’d finish his career with 442
homers, including a whopping 35 in his final MLB season in 1986, along
with 1816 strikeouts in only 6677 at-bats, which paired up with his .236
career average tells you where his game was at!
But I loved the guy. Really an odd bird as far as players are concerned, and I’m all for that!
Seems today’s game could use some “Dave Kingmans” sprinkled throughout the league.
I’ll be covering some other Hostess cards from the 1970’s, as they had
some whoppers of paint-jobs on the images used. Just too good to pass
up!