This is a card from the terrific 1978 TCMA set, "The 1960s." I received it from Dime-Box Nick , and the gesture has me half interested in chasing this set. Not only was it issued during a period when I was a youngster engrossed in every last baseball card issue -- there weren't a lot of them in the 1970s -- but it covers a period of time in baseball that's always been a mystery to me, 1960-69. It's not as much a mystery as the 1930s or 1910s or 1880s, mind you, but this is the '60s we're talking about here. I was BORN in the '60s. I should know something more about the guys who played baseball then, shouldn't I? A lot of this is my fault, of course, obsessing over '70s and '80s dudes while also trying madly to keep up with what's taking place on the diamond today. But a lot of it is other folks' fault, too. When people bring up baseball in the '60s, what do you always hear? Sandy Koufax. Bob Gibson. Roberto Clemente. ...
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