About
three years ago I created a 1976 Ed Goodson card featuring him as an
Atlanta Braves, to mark the 1975 season before his trade to the Los
Angeles Dodgers as part of the “1976 Project” for my buddy “Reader Jim”.
Recently I found the airbrushed image that was used for his actual 1976
Topps card, so I decided to post it here along with the card I created
way back when. Check it out:
Goodson was part of the trade between Atlanta and Los Angeles that
included Dusty Baker going West while Lee Lacy, Tom Paciorek, Jerry
Royster and Jim Wynn went East.
Seems like a lopsided deal no?
Anyway, Topps had to scramble for all those players to get them on their
“current” team for the 1976 set, giving us some memorable airbrushing.