1966 Topps Baseball

I decided to fill the only gap between 1965 and 1969 by starting this blog. I didn't collect baseball cards in 1966, but in the 1980s I obtained all the Phillies cards (and a few others) from the 1966 set. Since the fall of of 2008, I have collected over 450 of these cards. I now have 533 of the 598 cards (89%). -- 16-OCT-2009

Monday, May 30, 2011

Jim Fregosi (#5)

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Two posts ago, I mentioned that all the Braves' cards were hatless, since the Braves had just moved to Atlanta in the off-season. I just...
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Final Card: John Herrnstein

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This is the last of John Herrnstein's 4 Topps baseball cards (#304). John was signed by the Phillies in 1958, and began his career in 19...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Joe Torre (#130)

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Today I'm posting another disaster from the 1966 set known as an Atlanta Braves card. Because the team had moved from Milwaukee to Atlan...
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Friday, January 21, 2011

Willie Mays (#1)

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Here's the Say Hey Kid, occupying the #1 card in Topps' set. I received this card from DeansCards.com. This is the 2nd Willie Mays...
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Sunday, November 7, 2010

Joel Horlen (#560)

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Joel Horlen was one of the White Sox' "Big Three" starting pitchers in the mid-1960s. (No, the Orioles didn't invent that ...
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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Brooks Robinson (#390)

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Recently, I received a surprise package of 1966 and 1970 cards from the folks at DeansCards.com. Thanks, Dean! Over the past few years, I h...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Final Card: Howie Koplitz

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My 1966 blog resumes with the final card of Senators' pitcher Howie Koplitz (#46). Howie was signed by the Tigers in 1956, and pitched f...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Roland Sheldon (#18)

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Like Gil Blanco in my recent 1967 post , Roland Sheldon was a former Yankees pitching prospect who rode the Kansas City/New York express (bu...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Final Card: Chuck Schilling

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Chuck Schilling (#6) had a short career with the Red Sox in the early 1960s. Chuck was signed by the Red Sox in 1958, and made his major-lea...
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Final Card: Merritt Ranew

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Merritt Ranew (#62) first came to my attention as one of the characters in Jim Bouton's book Ball Four . A backup catcher, Ranew began a...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Multi-player Cards

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It's hard to figure out Topps' logic when it came to multi-player cards in the late 1960s. In 1966, there were 5 such cards, all ...
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