A couple of different things I've read or observed lately, on top of currently collecting the 1979 Topps football set made me compare '79 Topps football and '79 Topps baseball in my head. The main thought was: "why do I like '79 football so much and am so blah about '79 baseball?" There are a few reasons I can come up with off the top of my head: 1. I was immediately unimpressed with 1979 baseball when I bought my first packs. It was my fifth year of buying baseball cards and I was also a brand-new teenager. I was ready to criticize the status quo. I do like '79 Topps, but I can see its issues pretty clearly and saw them then. 2. 1979 football is just the second year I bought packs of football cards (1977 was the first). You tend to have affection for the first couple of years of buying cards. Unlike the fifth year. 3. 1979 football is heavy on colorful design elements, while the '79 baseball set is relatively reserved for a '70s set....
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