I know, in a previous post I put this as one of my least favorite cards but that was strictly personal - it is the #1 card in this set so I must. Interesting to note that in 1970, 71 and 72 Topps decided to put the Team card of the World Series winner as the first card. (they also did this in 1967). I like that tradition rather than a random card placed first - though I dont like having the Mets as the World Champions for 1969 it is a nice honor to have for the team.
The back of the card is interesting as well, listing all the "all-time" Met leaders in several categories (their first year as a franchise was in 1962, just a mere 8 years of history). Tom Seaver litters the pitching record list, go figure. Also on the back gives a year by year record of the team since 1962; tenth, tenth, tenth, tenth, ninth, tenth, ninth and . . . . first.
One down . . . 719 to go . . .
One down . . . 719 to go . . .
I still like my version better. Stupid Mets!
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ReplyDeleteSomebody's joy is somebody else's pain. First card I can ever remember plucking from a pack (one of those accordion or "rack" packs) was this very card, the WORLD CHAMPIONS of 1969, which made me very happy as a seven-year-old Mets fan who discovered the Mets at age six en route to the N.L. East title. Not here to rub it in almost forty years later, just to share the excitement of the '70 set all over again. Still one of my favorites. Good luck completing and chronicling it.
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