Night Owl Cards

Bobby Shantz is a familar player from my childhood. No, I'm not 72 years old. But I did collect baseball cards in 1975 and as you know that was one of the first Topps flagship sets to feature players of the past in a current set. The '75 MVP subset, as Topps congratulated itself for making it through 25 of years of creating baseball cards, displayed a card of the AL and NL MVP for each year between 1951 and 1974. This is one of the cards I pulled during my first collecting year in '75: Well ... that's not entirely accurate. THIS is one of the card I pulled during my first collectin year in '75: Even with the thoroughly rounded corners, you can see Bobby Shantz on the left. He was named the MVP after winning 24 games for the Philadelphia A's in 1952. This is what the card said about that season: I am impressed with the mention of the walks-per-inning on a card from 43 years ago. All in all, certainly a great year for Bobby Shantz. Bu...