On the blog today, we add the great Johnny Bench to my on-going 1977 N.L. Centennial sub-set, celebrating the league's 100th anniversary of 1976 designated with a patch you can see in all the photos used in these cards:
Bench already had two MVP’s under his belt by the time this card would
have hit the market, and was also a two-time world
champion with two straight World Series wins in 1975 and 1976 against
the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees respectively.
He would put together a career rarely seen by ANY player, let alone a catcher: 14 all-star games, 10 Gold Gloves, two home run titles and three RBI titles, all while donning the “tools of ignorance” for 17 seasons, all with the Reds.
He would put together a career rarely seen by ANY player, let alone a catcher: 14 all-star games, 10 Gold Gloves, two home run titles and three RBI titles, all while donning the “tools of ignorance” for 17 seasons, all with the Reds.
Arguably, he rewrote the catching position from both sides of the plate, with his incredible offense as well as his defense.
Legend!
