Today on the blog, we begin a 1960's "missing" thread, this one the missing cards from the 1966 set covering the 1965 World Series:
For
some reason in 1966, Topps decided to scrap the popular World Series
sub-set from their set, which a few of us were discussing on Twitter a
few months back, so I thought it's be fun to whip-up a quick set
highlighting each game, seven in total since the Series went the full
seven games.
The Los Angeles Dodgers faced the Minnesota Twins
in the World Series, a match-up that had the Dodgers who had their aces
Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale battling the heavy-hitting Twins, with
players like Harmon Killebrew and young stud Tony Oliva.
In
Game 1 at Metropolitan Stadium in Minneapolis, Drysdale would open the
series up against Jim "Mudcat" Grant, and by the time the game was over
the Twins surprised everyone with an 8-4 win, knocking Drysdale out of
the game by the third inning.
Grant would toss a complete
game, allowing only two runs on ten hits, while Drysdale was roughed up,
allowing seven runs in 2.2 innings, three of those runs earned.
The
hitting stars of the Twins that day had Don Mincher and 1965 A.L. MVP
Zoilo Versalles with both hitting homers, Versalles also driving in four
runs.
The lone stand-out batter for L.A. would be Ron Fairly,
who hit a solo-homer in the 2nd inning, while Maury Wills would go
2-for-5 at the plate.
Next week, a Game 2 highlight card!
