I have no intention of going back on my promise to create a 1985 Topps set blog. But I can't say I'm not disappointed about waiting a whole two years -- even longer if I throw in the '85 traded set (and I will) -- to begin a 1971 Topps set blog. Two years is a long time. Who knows if I would ever get to a '71 Topps blog? Anything could happen. I could develop amnesia. I could join a virulent anti-computer cult. I could sell all my baseball cards to pay for cell phone bills. You just don't know. Which is why I am going to start a 1971 Topps blog in January, too. I mean look at the card that I have posted. Topps put three prospects named Reynolds on a single card and left it there without any additional comment. No quirky write-up on the back to link all three. No Fleer-like "Reynolds Riflemen" on the front. Just three guys with the same last name on a card. Figure it out for yourself. I cannot possibly avoid blogging about a set with cards like t...
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