Today's blog post has us moving on to the 1973 Major League All-Star game with a highlight card for the 1974 set, something Topps (for some reason) never did:
Held in Kansas
City, MO at Royals Stadium, the National League once again came out on
top, with a commanding 7-1 win where they doubled the American League
with hits, 10 to 5.
The N.L. actually trailed 1-0 going into the third inning after an Amos Otis RBI single in the bottom of the second.
However,
they proceeded to score all seven runs unanswered, hitting three
homers: Johnny Bench in the fourth, Bobby Bonds (pictured here on the
card) in the fifth, and Willie Davis in the sixth accounting for five of
the seven runs.
Bert Blyleven, Bill Singer and Nolan Ryan
were the A.L. pitcher tagged for all the runs, while N.L. starter Rick
Wise gave up the sole A.L. run, giving way to shutout ball from the rest
of the N.L. staff.
The A.L. didn't know it yet, but they'd
have to wait another TEN years before they would win their next All-Star
game in 1983, and as an A.L. fan myself growing up in that period, it
was frustrating to say the least!
