It's difficult to shift gears so quickly after completing a set with so much meaning to me and one known for its challenges. So after yesterday's post , I'm going to remain stay on 1972 Topps and discuss the strangest subset ever made. I've written about the "awards subset" before and mentioned it in passing several other times. But I've never devoted an entire post to it and shown all the cards. So get ready for the only subset that I know of that features no people . The Strangest Subset begins in the fifth series (cards 526-656) with card No. 621 and the Commissioner's Award, misspelled as "Commissioners" Award on the front of the card. The Commissioner's Award at the time went to "the player who best typifies the game of baseball on and off the field," according to the back of this card. This is the only card in the six-card subset that includes all text and no list. As you can see, it was such a new award t...
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