First of all, I want to apologize for putting that song in your head. As I wrote a couple of posts ago , I have no use for Bryan Adams songs -- outside of the Cuts Like a Knife LP, and that's solely a nostalgia thing as it was released my senior year in high school. But the song, as infuriatingly popular as it still is, sums up this summer quite well for my collection. There have been '69 Topps all over the place. I didn't expect to be pursuing this set so immediately this year, but the stack of '69 Topps that I bought while reviewing an acquaintance's collection in July kicked off that "hey, I have more of these than I thought" feeling. Then came a couple trade envelopes and now we arrive at this past weekend's card show. My primary mission for this show was to get closer on my 1970 Topps mission, not 1969. Maybe I would even find a Reggie Jackson or Johnny Bench card that would take all my money but be worth it. Well, none of that happe...
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