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1981 ... you son of a gun

I am on the verge of completing the 1981 Topps set. Normally, this would be a good thing. Heck, it still is a good thing. Just not as good as it could be. That's because I thought I had already completed my '81 Topps set. Generous reader Denis sent me the two cards that I thought had killed off the set. You'll see them in a minute, but first some other cards that he sent in yet another set quest. Yes, he sent me some glorious 1971s, including this wildly off-center photo of the former Dodger great. Those are the other ones. Aren't those tremendous? It really is a tragedy that Bill Hands was traded away from the Cubs seven years before catcher Barry Foote arrived in Chicago. I would pay good money to see a Hands-Foote battery in action. The addition of these 1971 needs means I'm 44 cards away from finishing off the set. It is now 94.1% complete. I get all tingly thinking about it. But back to the more serious matter of the '81s. Denis sent the las...