Let’s
cap-off former catcher Hal King’s seven-year career with a 1975 “not so
missing” card after he played the last of his MLB games while with the
Cincinnati Reds:
King, who was in his second year with the Reds after coming over from
the Texas Rangers, appeared in 20 games for Cincinnati, hitting .176
with three hits in 17 at-bats.
Aside from spending all of the 1969 season in the Minors, King was a
catcher off-the-bench his whole career between 1967 and 1974, playing
for the Houston Astros, Atlanta Braves, Rangers and Reds.
His final numbers: a .214 batting average with 146 hits in 683 at-bats
with 67 runs scored and 82 runs batted in over 322 career games.
Showing posts with label Hal King. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hal King. Show all posts
Friday, March 15, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
WHEN AIRBRUSHING GOES TERRIBLY WRONG"- PART IV
This airbrushing job on Topps' part is just awesome! Here we have a 1972 #598 Hal King.
This reminds me of one of those kids' activity books where they give you a dotted outline to "color-in", with the further instruction to "stay withing the lines".
Now, I get the fact that the Texas Rangers were a new team, and perhaps Topps didn't have their official logo yet to airbrush in. But was this the best way to address the issue?
I would sooner have just airbrushed out the Braves logo and left it at that. This "solid" paint-job, without ANY attempt at shading or dimension gives the card an instantly classic appearance!
Always loved this card!
This reminds me of one of those kids' activity books where they give you a dotted outline to "color-in", with the further instruction to "stay withing the lines".
Now, I get the fact that the Texas Rangers were a new team, and perhaps Topps didn't have their official logo yet to airbrush in. But was this the best way to address the issue?
I would sooner have just airbrushed out the Braves logo and left it at that. This "solid" paint-job, without ANY attempt at shading or dimension gives the card an instantly classic appearance!
Always loved this card!
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As-is release by Topps |
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What I get reminded of... |
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1972,
Airbrushing,
Astros,
Hal King
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