SPECIAL: MISSING 1973 KELLOGG'S HANK AARON

Hello all.

On the blog today, my special 1973 "missing" Kellogg's card for the great Hank Aaron, which was included in my Series 13 set as an insert:

The card was true to the original cards in the set way back when, the only non-3D/Lenticular set that Kellogg's had out during the 1970's.

This card also had full statistics and bio on the back, really making it look like it was right out of your favorite cereal box!

The man was simply out of this world...

Let his numbers do all the talking: 2174 runs scored, 3771 hits, 624 doubles, 98 triples, 755 home runs, 2297 runs batted in, a .305 batting average no less than 21 all-star selections!
Just tremendous!
He also had eight top-5 finishes for MVP, including taking home the award in 1957, as well as three Gold Gloves won consecutively between 1958-1960.
It's incredible to look at his 15 years of topping 100 or more runs scored, 11 seasons of 100 or more runs batted in, five more seasons of 90+ RBI's, and TWENTY STRAIGHT years of 20 or more home runs.

Rest in Peace to one of the absolute greats of the game, Mr. Henry Aaron...aka "Hammerin' Hank"!

SPECIAL FEATURE: 1973 "MISSING" ROBERTO CLEMENTE KELLOGG'S CARD

Good day everyone.

Special card featured today on the blog, my "missing" 1973 Kellogg's Roberto Clemente tribute I had as an insert in my Series 12 set, memorializing the great man after his tragic death:

As we all know, after the 1972 season, a season which saw him attain his 3000th career hit on the last at-bat of the regular season, Clemente was was killed on December 31, when the plane he was a passenger on crashed on it's way to deliver relief packages to victims of a massive earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua.

A tragic end to one of the game's greatest players of the post-war era.

It's even more tragic when you read that the only reason Clemente was on the plane in the first place was to ensure the supplies would reach their intended target, since the previous three planes full of supplies were diverted by corrupt politicians.

Clemente's career is the stuff of legend: His fiery play on the field, his good deeds, and his absolute adoration by teammates and fans alike.

On the field Clemente's numbers were incredible: four batting titles, five seasons batting over .340, four 200 hit seasons, 12 all-star nods, 12 Gold Gloves and a Most Valuable Player Award in 1966.

And a prime example of Clemente's importance to the game was his immediate induction into Cooperstown by special committee in 1973, waiving the standard five-year wait before a player joins the Hall ballot, as well as the establishment of the "Roberto Clemente Award", given every year to the player that exemplified "outstanding baseball playing skills who is personally involved in community work."

The man was incredible, and I'm not even thinking of his baseball prowess.

Just incredible...