#28 - Mike Ryan If Mike is on the Phillies, then why is he at Yankee Stadium? And where is his hat?
#29 - Dave Morehead Our first Royals player, hatless Dave was acquired from the Red Sox, which explains the red piping on the jersey.
#30 - Bob Allison A pretty nice looking card with Allison at spring training in the standard, kneeling batter pose.
#31 - Mets Rookies Both of these players made it, although Otis made it big with the Royals, not the Mets. Gentry was only in the Mets organization and Otis had been with the Mets since 1966 so I'm not sure what Topps had to airbrush out.
#32 - Sammy Ellis This member of the California Angels is wearing a Cincinnati Reds uniform while playing the Mets at the Polo Grounds, circa 1963. Why would Topps have to use a five year old photo? And Ellis looks mad that they made him take his hat off.
#33 - Wayne Causey Our fourth hatless player on the page, Wayne is wearing a White Sox uniform. You can make out the "C" at his buttons, the second C in Chicago.
#34 - Gary Peters While initially the card looks ok, it's not. Peters is in a uniform that the Sox ditched after the 1966 season, making the photo at least three years old.
#35 - Joe Morgan Copyright issues kept Topps from showing the Astros logo or using the team name, which is why the card says "Houston" instead of "Astros." That is why Joe is shown hatless. And yes, I can't stand him on ESPN. Does anyone like Joe?
#36 - Luke Walker If only his middle name was Sky! This is a nice shot of young Luke at spring training in Bradenton, Florida. And may the force be with you.
Overall Set Totals (player cards only)
Hall of Famers - 3
Hatless - 12
Airbrush - 3
Cubs (includes past, present, or future) - 1
Babbling idiots on ESPN - 1
Yes. Joe's got to go.
ReplyDeleteOne thing about the '69 cards is that a lot of the images are not centered because of the name/position circle, like the Ellis card. If you eliminated the circle and left the photo as is, you'd have a bunch of uncentered cards.
That's a good point. If the images were centered, you would have a lot of players with pink and orange and green circles on their faces.
ReplyDeleteThe Mike Ryan card intrigued me so I headed over to Baseball-Reference.com . . . I hadn't realized Mike started his career with the Red Sox (1964-1967). I had just assumed he had always been with the Phils.
ReplyDeleteJoe Morgan barely gave me 30 seconds when I tried to interview him at Dodger Stadium. By comparison, Peter Gammons gave me 3 minutes and Jon Miller gave me 5 (both would have gone longer, but I ended the interviews, grateful for the few minutes).
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