Post Your Favorite Baseball Cards

[Richie Allen]

Topps being lazy again. 1970 Rich Allen and 1972 Rich Allen. I could possibly understand it if Topps recycled a picture of Phil Gagliano or someone but Dick Allen? Hank Aaron? Ridiculous. Apparently, if Allen was traded to any team that wore red, this picture (as a Phllie) was the one to use. And where did the name "Rich" come from?

[cards2468]

inspired by this thread I picked up a few packs of Topps cards when I was at Best Buy getting a new headset for my 360. didn't really get much, but I did get a Tommy Hanson rookie card

[Radbird]

These '62 cards were hot commodities in my 9-yr old social circle, but none of us had any idea they'd be worth money someday.



My favorite Mantle card was the '63 version, though, with the Stadium in the background

[in5in06]

Barry Bonds Rookie Card:

[Adrian Wapcaplet]

Who else owns this book?

The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book is almost 40 years old, but it's an endlessly entertaining look back at some of the greatest and quirkiest cards through the years. The commentary is absolutely hilarious. (Next to a card of a second-string Pirates catcher: "Jesus McFarlane, on the other hand, was proof that naming your child after a famous celebrity doesn't always help.")

Unfortunately I can't find my copy--I just remember it as a book I read over and over as a teenager.

[mcgee51taguchi99]

NSFW

[SHOW]

[Richie Allen]

Who else owns this book?

The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book is almost 40 years old, but it's an endlessly entertaining look back at some of the greatest and quirkiest cards through the years. The commentary is absolutely hilarious. (Next to a card of a second-string Pirates catcher: "Jesus McFarlane, on the other hand, was proof that naming your child after a famous celebrity doesn't always help.")

Unfortunately I can't find my copy--I just remember it as a book I read over and over as a teenager.

I had/have it. But would also have to look to find it. I know it's just a little paperback book. At the time (when I bought it) I was probably looking for a more serious publication. This kind of thing. I'll have to look for that book and give it a re-read.
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[st.lewis11]

As a kid, I had built up my collection up to over 14,000 cards, ranging from about 1968 through 1979. I still suspect my mom had disposed of them after I left home.....they disappeared.

[Richie Allen]

The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading, and Bubble Gum Book is almost 40 years old, but it's an endlessly entertaining look back at some of the greatest and quirkiest cards through the years. The commentary is absolutely hilarious. (Next to a card of a second-string Pirates catcher: "Jesus McFarlane, on the other hand, was proof that naming your child after a famous celebrity doesn't always help.")

Unfortunately I can't find my copy--I just remember it as a book I read over and over as a teenager.

Thanks for bringing that book up. I owned it for about 30 years before finally reading it. Never realized how funny of a book it is. A great read!

[Richie Allen]

One of the worst, and therefore one of my favorite, cards of all time! Is there any possible way he gets around on that pitch?

[SHOW]

Another creepy artwork example from Topps that I owned as a kid. I knew that Klu had some pipes on him but that is just ridiculous.

[SHOW]