Back in the 1970s there were four divisions in baseball. The Cubs played in the NL East with the Mets, Cardinals, Pirates, Phillies and Expos. In the Ron Santo story that I mentioned recently, Steve Swisher was one of the guys traded by the White Sox to obtain Santo.
Swisher was one of my favorite Cubs. He was even an all-star in 1976. He was one of the few NL players to not appear in the All-Star game that year.
How did he become and all-star? Each team got an all-star and the Cubs weren't having a great season.
Can you think of other NL East players who got a Kellogg's card and never made an All-Star Game?
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