Monday, March 6, 2023

1965 MISSING WORLD SERIES SUB-SET IN 1966 SET: GAME 1

Today on the blog, we begin a 1960's "missing" thread, this one the missing cards from the 1966 set covering the 1965 World Series:


For some reason in 1966, Topps decided to scrap the popular World Series sub-set from their set, which a few of us were discussing on Twitter a few months back, so I thought it's be fun to whip-up a quick set highlighting each game, seven in total since the Series went the full seven games.
The Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Minnesota Twins in the World Series, a match-up that had the Dodgers who had their aces Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale battling the heavy-hitting Twins, with players like Harmon Killebrew and young stud Tony Oliva.
In Game 1 at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, Drysdale would open the series up against Jim "Mudcat" Grant, and by the time the game was over the Twins surprised everyone with an 8-4 win, knocking Drysdale out of the game by the third inning.
Grant would toss a complete game, allowing only two runs on ten hits, while Drysdale was roughed up, allowing seven runs in 2.2 innings, three of those runs earned.
The hitting stars of the Twins that day had Don Mincher and 1965 A.L. MVP Zoilo Versalles with both hitting homers, Versalles also driving in four runs.
The lone stand-out batter for L.A. would be Ron Fairly, who hit a solo-homer in the 2nd inning, while Maury Wills would go 2-for-5 at the plate.
Next week, a Game 2 highlight card!