On the blog today, a new addition to my ongoing "On Card All-Star" series, where I imagine if Topps always had the "All-Star" designation on a player's base card through the 1970's, and today it is the great Reggie Jackson:
Sure, his 1974 card is a
classic no-matter-what, but how awesome would it have been to have THIS
coming out of a pack back then?!
The man was in his prime come
1974, coming off an MVP season where he helped the Oakland A's win
their second straight World Championship, defeating the New York Mets.
And he wasn't nearly done yet!
The
1974 season would see him lead the A's to a third straight
championship, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers, before he would
eventually help the New York Yankees win two straight in 1977 &
1978, where the legend of "Mr. October" was born, and I was GLAD to be
growing up in NYC as a kid at that time to see it all!
The man made 14 All-Star teams, and was certainly an icon of the sport, AND of the era!
