This is the first card I pulled out of a pack of 1977 Topps cards. It was a rack pack. My dad bought it for me from a store on the other side of town. The store was a couple blocks down from a hospital. We were coming home from visiting my mom there. I don't remember why she was in the hospital. It wasn't anything major, because I don't remember feeling alarmed or anything. In fact, I remember the entire ride home as a very pleasant, comforting experience. Just me and my rack pack of brand, new 1977 cards. It was going to be a heck of a collecting season, what with me pulling a Dodger in my very first card out of a pack. And it turned out to be a terrific collecting season. One of the best. I've recounted it once or twice . Probably more. The way I collected cards that year -- the communal nature of the collecting process during that season -- makes the 1977 set very special to me. It is why it is the next set I am collecting during my bid to complete all of ...
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