NOT REALLY MISSING IN ACTION- 1977 LARRY MONROE

Now HERE is a fun card I wish Topps would have had out in 1977, a “not so missing” card for former Chicago White Sox pitcher Larry Monroe, in that famously short-lived experiment of a uniform:

Here we have the eight-game Major Leaguer in those White Sox uniforms with the shorts, pretty much the epitome of the “wild-70’s”.
I previously created a “Nickname” card for Ralph Garr a while back with an image of him in shorts, but this is the first with a “base card” for a player.
As for Monroe, he appeared in all eight games of his brief Major League career in 1976, going 0-1 with an ERA of 4.15 over 21.2 innings of work.
He stuck around pitching in the Minor Leagues through the 1979 season, but never was able to make it back to the “Big Show” before retiring.
Nevertheless, here he is, some 40 years later, still a Big League pitcher in this fan’s eyes.