Welcome! This blog is a tribute to the 1975 Topps set, the first set I ever collected, the best set I ever collected, and my favorite set of all-time. I love the '75 set for its over-the-to...
I started this blog for one reason: The 1975 Topps set deserved a blog. When I first started reading card blogs in the early summer of 2008, I came across several set-related blogs. They ca...
No, this is not a repeat of yesterday's post. It's not even the same image. But a comment on yesterday's post guessed at what this post -- and the surprise -- would be. Sort of. I receive...
http://75topps.blogspot.com/2011/09/little-something-extra.html
Every 100 cards, I conducted an update of the 1975 Topps set. From the time I was a kid, there were always elements about the set that I wanted to quantify, and this blog was the perfect oppo...
CARD FACT: Hank Aaron is airbrushed into Brewers gear after the Braves dealt him to Milwaukee on Nov. 2, 1974. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: Not much. I traded the Aaron card in order...
CARD FACT: This is Bob Apodaca's first solo card. He appears on a four-player rookie card in the 1974 Topps set (there is both an error version and corrected version of his '74 card. His name ...
CARD FACT: This is Vic Harris' last Topps card until the 1978 Topps set. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: Never saw it. WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS CARD NOW: I know the Harris 1978 card well...
CARD FACT: This is the last Topps card issued of Bob Oliver during his career. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: This is one of the first cards I ever saw in 1975. It came out of my brothe...
CARD FACT: We're getting down to the wire here. This is the last card featuring a photo of a player posing with a bat. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: I never saw it. WHAT I THINK ABOU...
CARD FACT: Rico Carty is airbrushed into an Indians cap and uniform. I can only guess at what uniform he was really wearing. He played for Texas, the Cubs and Oakland in 1973 and in 33 games f...
CARD FACT: This is the last card in the set of a player wearing a powder blue uniform. Yup, we're really nearing the end. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: I didn't see it. However, Jerry ...
CARD FACT: This is another name spelling error in the set. On par with the Cuellar/Cueller goof, Lee Richard has no "s" on the end of his name. Thanks to the addition by Topps, I thought his ...
CARD FACT: This is the final Topps card issued during Lindy McDaniel's career. His last major league season was in 1975. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: My brother had this card. To us,...
CARD FACT: This is John Morlan's only Topps card. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: I never saw it. No clue who John Morlan was until completing the set in 2004. WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS C...
CARD FACT: This is the last of five players with the last name "May" in the set. The others were Lee, Carlos, Milt and Rudy. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: My brother had this card. We ...
CARD FACT: This is the only Topps card of Jack Heidemann in which he's featured wearing long hair and a mustache. From 1970-73, he's clean-shaven. When he reappears on a Topps card in 1977, he...
CARD FACT: This is Dave Pagan's first solo card. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: I didn't see it. WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS CARD NOW: He looks like a guy who we would have made fun of as ...
CARD FACT: Well, well, rookie cup, where have you been? It's been 135 cards since the last rookie cup. And this is the final Topps All-Star Rookie cup card in the set. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT TH...
http://75topps.blogspot.com/2011/09/647-claudell-washington.html
CARD FACT: This is the final checklist card in the set. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: No idea. WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS CARD NOW: Nothing that I haven't said already. Checklists don't ...
http://75topps.blogspot.com/2011/09/646-checklist-529-660.html
CARD FACT: This is the final Topps card of Danny Cater issued during his career. WHAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: My brother had the mini card. I thought Cater looked old and British. WH...
CARD FACT: This card seems to illustrate to me, more than any other in the set for some reason, how difficult it is to be a catcher -- simply from the stance that the position requires. Person...
CARD FACT: Brent Strom is wearing an airbrushed Padres cap (a not very accurate one, too). He was likely wearing an Indians cap, or less likely, one from a minor league team. WHAT I THOUGHT A...
CARD FACT: This is the only Topps card of Mike Phillips in which he is wearing a mustache. He has 11 Topps card and in 10 of them, he is clean-shaven. In fact, he looks so different on this ...
CARD FACT: This is the final Topps card issued of Jim Northrup during his career. He retired after the 1975 season. WHAT I THOUGH ABOUT THIS CARD THEN: Never saw it. WHAT I THINK ABOUT THIS ...
CARD FACT: This is the final Topps card issued of Harmon Killebrew during his playing career. He had appeared in just about every Topps flagship set from 1955-75 (he's not in the 1957 set). W...
http://75topps.blogspot.com/2011/09/640-harmon-killebrew.html