tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post1464595029979591023..comments2024-03-28T09:31:43.676-04:00Comments on Wrigley Wax: I Learned Something New About the 1967 SetWrigley Waxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04609243184562074109noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post-44940507805329103722011-11-29T13:18:54.832-05:002011-11-29T13:18:54.832-05:00(By the way, anytime you can work John Boccabella ...(By the way, anytime you can work John Boccabella into a post, it's a good day)Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post-26886017542249556502011-11-29T13:16:53.594-05:002011-11-29T13:16:53.594-05:00Another "innovation" that Topps institut...Another "innovation" that Topps instituted after 1967 was to hire a fleet of chimpanzees to airbrush the cards of traded players, and the Astros and Athletics cards. <br /><br />In 1967, there were only 4 airbrushed cards. After that, it became an epidemic, with laughable results.Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post-57136380977846005332011-11-29T13:12:20.716-05:002011-11-29T13:12:20.716-05:00I think maybe someone thought his full name was Ge...I think maybe someone thought his full name was George Altman Outfield, and couldn't find a match on the checklist. :DJim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post-58475527505105434302011-11-29T10:30:14.419-05:002011-11-29T10:30:14.419-05:00This is cool! From a designers perspective, you re...This is cool! From a designers perspective, you really should have something to separate the name from other meta data (as we'd call it nowadays). It just makes things cleaner & easier on the eyes. Pretty cool to see Topps make changes in the middle of a set like this. I never knew.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-916244525704951667.post-49631604790258552082011-11-29T10:26:13.042-05:002011-11-29T10:26:13.042-05:00Probably not the reason but the way I see it there...Probably not the reason but the way I see it there were a whole lot a cousins from the Outfield family in 1967, not the mention the Pitchers, the Catchers and the Infields. "Hi my name is David Allen Infield."Hackenbushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507810776309048794noreply@blogger.com