1968 Topps Baseball

My 2nd year of collecting baseball cards, and the last card set before expansion to 24 teams and divisional play. I have completed the whole set. (Series 1-5, and 7 during 1968. In my neighborhood, the 6th series was unavailable. I completed this in the 1980s.) -- 28-SEP-2009

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Chuck Hartenstein (#13)

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Chuck Hartenstein (nicknamed “Twiggy” because his slender build was similar to the British model of that era) was strictly a relief pitcher ...
Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Willie Stargell (#86)

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Here is Pirates' OF-1B Willie Stargell, who came to be known as "Pops" later in his career. Stargell was signed by the Pirat...
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Rich Reese (#111)

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Rich Reese played 866 games in a 10-year career spanning 1964-73, all with the Twins, except for 59 games with the Tigers in 1973. Reese w...
Sunday, November 10, 2013

Bill Singer (#249)

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Here’s Bill Singer’s first solo card.  He previously appeared on Dodgers Rookies cards in 1966 (with Don Sutton) and 1967. Singer was a ha...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Phil Niekro (#257)

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Phil Niekro was signed by the Milwaukee Braves in 1958. Phil played 4 seasons in the minors (1959-62), as a reliever, then missed the 1963 ...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

Bob Gibson (#100)

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Last week, I was surprised to realize that I hadn’t featured Willie McCovey on any of my blogs so far. This was corrected immediately with ...
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Saturday, October 12, 2013

Bud Harrelson (#132)

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When I was collecting cards back in the late 1960s, I would keep them sorted by team, with each team rubber-banded and stacked in either my ...
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Saturday, October 5, 2013

Back on Topps' Radar: Tony LaRussa

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Wow, I haven’t had a “Back on Topps’ Radar” post since 9/24/2011 ! Tony LaRussa (#571) returns to a Topps set for the first time since ...
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