Thursday, September 1, 2022

1970 "IN-GAME ACTION": JOE MORGAN

On the blog today, we go and add Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan to my thread highlighting the cards that make up my two-series 1970 "In-Game Action" set released over the past few months:


 
Really fun custom set to produce, and it does look "snazzy" when paired up together in their respective cases with printed wraps!
Anyway, as for Mr. Morgan, the man was just beginning a run that would send him straight to the Hall of Fame, while helping eventually build a juggernaut of a team forever known as the "Big Red Machine" when he was delato to Cincinnati before the 1972 season.
Those Reds teams would win two straight World Series in 1975 and 1976, and field teams with the likes of Pete Rose, Johnny Bench, George Foster and Ken Griffey Sr.
By the time he retired after the 1984 season at the age of 40, he finished with two MVP Awards, 10 All-Star nods, five Gold Gloves, 2517 hits, 1650 runs scored, 268 homers and a cool 689 stolen bases with 1865 walks.
One of the all-timers right there at second base!

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