Guess what? I can read the card numbers on the back without magnification or straining my eyes. I really enjoy these cards. The colors seem to be resistant from fading better than some other years.
At first I didn't like the departure from the blue cards. Now I like the uniqueness.
What don't I love - the player selection. There are lots of ways to look at it. Here are the number of total All Star game selections for players in each Kellogg's set.
1975 - 252
1976 - 277
1977 - 187
1978 - 235
1979 - 255
That's a lot less for 1977 that some of the years around it.
The following 12 players from 1977's set never made an all-star team - Fred Norman, Doug Rau, Rick Manning, Lyman Bostock, Wayne Garland, Bill North, Tom Poquette, Sixto Lezcano, Jay Johnstone, Garry Maddox, Cesar Geronimo and Ed Figueroa.
Only seven players from the 1976 set never made an all-star team and 14 players from 1978 missed the summer classic in their entire careers.
The 1976 players were - Don Gullett, Al Hrabosky, Marty Perez, Eric Soderholm, Von Joshua, Paul Lindblad and Greg Gross.
I'm pretty sure Bostock would have eventually played in the Mid Summer Classic had he lived longer :(
ReplyDeleteThat stuck out when I was going through the cards. His death was big news since he was from the area and it happened after a game at Comiskey Park.
ReplyDeleteKellogg had a strange affinity for high batting averages, even if the guy didnt have power and/or speed, and in some cases really wasnt even an everyday player.
ReplyDeletesome of those guys had high batting averages early in the season when Kellogg's was deciding on who to include in their sets.
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