Very happy to introduce what will be a great new thread, "1970 In-Game Action", a sub-set of action cards for the otherwise drab 1970 set had Topps jumped the gun a year earlier, using action photos like they did in 1971.
We begin with the great Willie Mays. using an image of him up at bat, showing the swing that got him to the Hall of Fame as one of the all-time greatest to ever pick up a bat:
This is a set I have created to actually print up in two series, and should see the light of day early in 2022.
There
will be 50 cards total, showing the game's best players of the era, and
will come in a printed box ala those Topps $0.25 33-card boxes that
were used at the time.
As for Mays, really at this point what else needs to be said about arguably the best all-around player
in baseball history. 3000+ hits, 660 homers, 1900+ R.B.I.'s., 1951
Rookie of the Year and N.L. M.V.P. in 1954 and 1965. But he was much
more than just stats. He was the "Say Hey Kid".
By the time the 1970's hit, he was a walking legend of the sport, and being enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 was the cherry on top of it all.
Hope you will enjoy this thread as much as I had creating it!
By the time the 1970's hit, he was a walking legend of the sport, and being enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979 was the cherry on top of it all.
