View Full Version : Hammerin' Hank, Topps did it to ye at least twice!!!!
JollyElm
05-14-2015, 09:18 PM
We all know that Hank Aaron's 1957 card was a reverse negative error and mistakenly showed him as a lefty batter…but I only realized today that Topps messed up and did the same thing 7 years later on the NL Batting Leaders card. He's batting lefty there, too!! It's been staring us right in the face for over half a century, but I have never heard it brought up before (could be wrong). That symmetrical 'M' on his hat really screwed over the fine folks at Topps, methinks. Weird.
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brewing
05-15-2015, 05:34 AM
Wow, good catch. Of course there is the possibility that he was toying with the photographer ala' Lew Burdette.
Gr8Beldini
05-15-2015, 12:25 PM
Wow, good catch. Of course there is the possibility that he was toying with the photographer ala' Lew Burdette.
No, because this is they same picture they used for his '64 Coin Insert. He is batting righty on the coin.
JollyElm
05-15-2015, 03:28 PM
And his face and teeth look markedly 'off,' so it is definitely a reverse negative.
brewing
05-15-2015, 07:30 PM
I was just saying it was plausible.
Great catch Darren.