1972 Cards That Never Were, HOF Edition...

[JollyElm]

Here are my latest workings of 1972 'In Action' cards. I'll end up putting together as many of the 'ignored' HOF'ers as I can. First off, I'm going with these three guys, with an additional Nolan Ryan thrown in, because let's face it, most people love him…

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[JollyElm]

And who could ever forget these two fellahs…

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[JollyElm]

And then there's Mr. Tiger…

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And an additional Mr. Perez…

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[KCRfan1]

Those look great Darren!

[JollyElm]

And, of course, 'The Splendid Splinter'…

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[JollyElm]

And I did this Say Hey Kid a while ago, but it fits nicely into this thread…

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[stlcardsfan]

So cool. Thanks Darren.

[JollyElm]

Perhaps you remember this guy…

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[Mark70Z]

VERY NICE!

Wish, back in the day, Topps took more time to select decent photo's. Also, question who they selected in some of these IA cards.

[1963Topps Set]

The 1972 Topps In Action cards remains my favorite sub set of all time. Great work on these cards that never were, is there any way of getting copies?

Thanks...

[ullmandds]

great stuff!!!!! love that subset too. 72' was a doosy of a set!

[JollyElm]

To make this thread whole, I'll bring in some cards I created in previous posts. First off, the Cardinals…

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Edited to add a pair of new Gibsons:

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[JollyElm]

And then the Orioles…

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[JollyElm]

A couple of knuckleballers…

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And Lefty…

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[JollyElm]

Three versions of a card that would've been a beautiful (and expensive) high number. He was basically traded for Jim Fregosi, and Fregosi ended up on a 'TRADED' card, but the Ryan Express did not?? Huh?? (It's 44 years too late, but still) Come on, Topps!!

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[ALR-bishop]

Great cards Darren

[stlcardsfan]

Nice Ryans. You are right, that would have been a $100 card.

[Zach Wheat]

Darren,

Nice cards Darren. I think you should do a special green tint variation on at least 1 of the cards.

Also I have a request for a Mantle card. Every set should have a Mantle, in my opinion.

Z

[ALR-bishop]

There is a rabble rouser in every crowd :)

[JollyElm]

A couple of more additions…

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And save a place for 'The Baby Bull'…

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[JollyElm]

Two guys who used a lot of spit to their advantage…

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[JollyElm]

A pair of hurlers for anyone still paying attention to this thread…

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[Mark70Z]

You got my attention "again" when you broke out the Weaver...

Of course the Brooksie one's are my favorite. Did you try the picture I sent of Brooks in the other thread to incorporate in the '72 IA?

[JollyElm]

You got my attention "again" when you broke out the Weaver...

Of course the Brooksie one's are my favorite. Did you try the picture I sent of Brooks in the other thread to incorporate in the '72 IA?

It came across as nothing but thumbnail size. Tiny. If you can get me a larger version, I'll pop it into the Brooksie template I created and post it here.

[frankhardy]

Ironically, I was going through my 1972 Topps set the other day, and being a Cardinals team set collector I noticed for the first time that the In Action cards did not feature a Cardinals player. I had never noticed that before. The Brock, Gibson, Torre, and Carlton are very nicely done. Very impressive.

Are those hard copies or virtual copies?

[ksfarmboy]

Love the look. Keep them coming.

[bnorth]

Very nice cards. Did you design backs also or just the fronts?

[JollyElm]

These are all just virtual creations and they only include the fronts. Wish I had a time machine to go back to Brooklyn or Duryea, PA in late 1971 and knock some sense into the Topps folks!!

I didn't for a moment put any effort into doing the backs, though. These take a long enough time to create as it is.

[David W]

A pair of hurlers for anyone still paying attention to this thread…

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I'm paying attention. Very cool.

[HRBAKER]

Very nice work

[Mark70Z]

Will this one work?

[JollyElm]

By special request…

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[Mark70Z]

By special request…

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Now that's a COOL IA card...

Thanks so much for the post!

[KingFisk]

By special request…

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These are great! I keep checking back looking for a true Carlton Fisk rookie, since his rook was shared with two other guys in that set. The latter day Archives versions of the card from Topps are lame....though I did find this one out on the web..

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GMkkn_273Tk/UMj0b6PJ2BI/AAAAAAAADJ4/dpq-DKVDiQs/s1600/1972+Topps+Carlton+Fisk.jpg

[JollyElm]

It's really tough finding somewhat contemporary photos on this web of ours, but I did what I could with Pudge…

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[bnorth]

It's really tough finding somewhat contemporary photos on this web of ours, but I did what I could with Pudge…

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Really like the middle one. Nice work!

[Bigdaddy]

Awesome cards, let's put you in the 'Way-Back Machine' and send you to the Topps factory (with your computer of course).

Very nice.

[JollyElm]

And then there's Bert…

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[JollyElm]

And sadly, I believe, this will be my final offering in this thread, because the only guys left are a couple of other managers and Tony La Russa as a Braves infielder.

But this guy was tremendous, so I had to give it up for ole Sparky…

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[jason.1969]

Fantastic work! Were there an encore, I bet you could have fun with Dock Ellis!

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[jmoran19]

Love the blyleven card.

Shouldn't the sparky card be an "inactive" one though LOL

John

[Rickyy]

These are fantastic! I sure wish they were actually produced! :D

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[JollyElm]

Love the blyleven card.

Shouldn't the sparky card be an "inactive" one though LOL

John

You have the entire city of Cincinnati ready to riot!!!!

[KingFisk]

It's really tough finding somewhat contemporary photos on this web of ours, but I did what I could with Pudge…

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Hey, just saw these, somehow I had missed them. These are really, really slick! Nice work, Darren. Love them all, but the middle one is definitely my favorite. Thanks for doing these.
It's really tough finding somewhat contemporary photos on this web of ours, but I did what I could with Pudge…

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[chris6net]

The 1972 set is my favorite.
I was always puzzled why the Mets had 11 IA cards and the Giants had 10 and many teams had 5 (no other team had more than 5) while the Orioles,Cardinals,Rangers,Indians, Brewers and Astros had none.
The Orioles and Cardinals had many stars that year.
My only guess is that the photographer for Topps was not available when they came to NY
Bob Barton or George Mitterwald vs Lou Brock and Brooks Robinson just doesn't do it for me.

[paleocards]

Terrific work, so much better than many of the real '72 "In Actions"!

[JollyElm]

Ok, one more to celebrate The Say-Hey Kid's birthday…

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[JollyElm]

This version's probably a little better…

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[Mark70Z]

I like the last version; real cool looking.

[Harliduck]

These are great! Thanks...

I love the 72s for many reasons. I was 9 in 79 and started then, so every once in a while I would have a 72 card surface among friends and it was considered ancient and cool. When I was 10 I got a 72 Mays and I was the coolest kid in the neighborhood. Cost me a wrinkled 76 Babe Ruth (the sporting news card, completely coveted then, haha) and a 78 Reggie Jackson. I'll never forget all the negotiations that went into that trade! Now I love them because it's the last year of the 70's sets before the hair got too whacked out...haha. I was looking through my 76 set last night and some of those hairdo's are unreal and frankly distracting. I think that is one reason I love the 50's and 60's so much...all the players looked nice and clean...no gawdy White Sox uni's...:)

Anyhow...thanks again for putting these together, love them...

[chris6net]

This version's probably a little better…

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Finally get to see Rusty in the 1972 Set!

[bobsbbcards]

Darren,

I want to create a time machine and transport you back to '72 so your creations could have been part of the set. They are freaking awesome.

Bob

P.S. I'd apologize to anyone you know that might miss your present day self.

[1963Topps Set]

Let's revise this thread. Are these cards available to the forum members? Was there a Rusty Staub In Action card?

[SAllen2556]

I have played with this set as well - also my favorite as a kid.

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[bnorth]

I have played with this set as well - also my favorite as a kid.

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That Traded Mays is awesome.

[irv]

I have played with this set as well - also my favorite as a kid.

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At first glance, I thought that was Kelly Gruber and his card. Had to look it up as I it looked very familiar to me.

[Rickyy]

niiiiice! I love this thread!

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[1963Topps Set]

I am amazed we have not seen in action cards of Dick Allen, Boog Powell and Mike Cueller - Denny Mc Lain?

[clydepepper]

Ok, one more to celebrate The Say Hey Kid's birthday…

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Great Work, Darren!

[JollyElm]

Finally found the thread, so I'll bump it for the heck of it...

[brewing]

I love these cards that never were. How I wish Topps would make these with images that fit the time they were released.

[JollyElm]

For no reason whatsoever (well, besides personal enjoyment), I present for everyone's perusal a whole bag of Roberto Clemente In Action cards that never were...

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It is so peculiar that for someone who was known as a king of the outfield, finding color photographs of Roberto wielding the leather is basically an impossible task.

[JollyElm]

And, what the heck, some slight re-workings of the Brooks Robinson...

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...to get the grass showing.

[jmoran19]

Love the Clemente sliding card, great job

[Mark70Z]

And, what the heck, some slight re-workings of the Brooks Robinson...

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...to get the grass showing.

“Both” awesome...

[JollyElm]

By special request...

Not a Hall of Famer, but the guy who captured the 1972 MVP award, Dick Allen...

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[Chicosbailbonds]

All fake cards, the centering is too good. :)

[lowpopper]

And I did this Say Hey Kid a while ago, but it fits nicely into this thread…

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[1963Topps Set]

What about Jim Fregosi or Boog Powell?

[rats60]

For no reason whatsoever (well, besides personal enjoyment), I present for everyone's perusal a whole bag of Roberto Clemente In Action cards that never were...

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It is so peculiar that for someone who was known as a king of the outfield, finding color photographs of Roberto wielding the leather is basically an impossible task.

These are classics.

[GasHouseGang]

I just wish Topps would have put as much thought into the originals as Darren has put into making these great "cards that could have been" recreations. Great job Darren! I love the Clemente cards. :D

[JollyElm]

Okay, I'll add this guy, because (to paraphrase 'Levon') I like the name...

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[JollyElm]

Some additional eye candy...

Since reimagining all of those Roberto Clemente cards, I decided to give Hammerin' Hank the same treatment. Plus, I always hated the 'Fat Elvis' picture Topps used on his 'In Action' card in 1972...

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And here are two more versions of what coulda/woulda/shoulda been the greatest card of all time for us Mets/Mays fans...

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[Rickyy]

These Mays cards are insanely good. I think we need a 1972 Topps extension set now!

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[JollyElm]

Another non-HOFer special request...plus I was all loving the 1974 PSA 9OC Garvey I recently picked up...so the timing was perfect...

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[JollyElm]

Meant to do this 'Tom Terrific' work-up a while back, because I don't know what Topps was thinking when they put together their 'knee slapper' Tom Seaver 'In Action' card (although, oddly enough, because it's so different, I find it mesmerizing), but better late than never to celebrate one of my childhood heroes.

A celebration of the 'Seaver Snarl'...

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Rest in peace, sweet #41...

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[JollyElm]

He waited a long time to get his due, so let's show some love for Ted Simmons...

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[JollyElm]

Here is a newly imagined card of HOF'er Tony La Russa (with the spelling of his surname mirroring the usage on his 'regular' 1972 Topps card*). To say finding an action shot of Tony on the Braves is tough, is like saying finding a picture of the New Jersey Devil and a Chupacabra enjoying a mojito together on the boardwalk is easy. One doesn't seem to exist, so I pulled out all the stops to create something that could possibly seem realistic...

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*I call this type of inconsistent spelling of a name by the card companies a Skewedonym in my 'The New Directory of Collectorisms' thread on the main page.

[JollyElm]

I ran across this picture today and the beautiful joy on The Say-Hey Kid's face (and tomorrow being his birthday) told me I had to turn it into yet another version of what woulda/coulda/shoulda been the most awesomest card ever...

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And I just realized these guys never made it into the thread way back when...

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[cardinalcollector]

Very nice work Darren. I especially love the Cardinals in this thread.

[JollyElm]

After running across a pic that looked very much like his actual 1972 Topps In Action card, I decided to embark on a celebration of the one and only Johnny Bench...

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[Gorditadogg]

Those are great pics, Darren. Hard to believe that was 50 years ago. Bench was such a great catcher, and your cards show that.

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[Chris Counts]

I love those reimagined 1972s! As far as I'm concerned, the 72s are one of the finest sets ever, and certainly the best set of the 1970s. I particularly like the Nolan Ryan cards with the little "a" on his cap — that's what he wore that one and only year. I watched him pitch a lot for the Halos that year, including his first spring training start. When he tossed a pitch over Willie McCovey's head early in the game, I was certain he was going to be a bust.

I'd like to see some updated '72s of two other guys the Angels traded for that year — Vada Pinson and Leo Cardenas. The artwork on their original cards is kind of lame. Maybe I'll try my hand at this ...

[JollyElm]

Ran across an absolutely joyous photograph of Brooks Robinson and Mark Belanger, so I threw together yet another pair of new Brooksies (especially for our fellow member who loves him the most)...

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And another bonus one...

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[JollyElm]

And how about a celebratory reimagining of...

REG-GIE!!!
REG-GIE!!!
REG-GIE!!!
REG-GIE!!!

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Although this one doesn't fit into the general timeframe of being a shot that could've actually appeared on a 1972 card, I had to include it anyway, because that is one cool photograph!!

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[G1911]

I've never messed around with card creation myself, but this thread is fantastic. I love the 72 In Action designs but the photos Topps used in the real were set a bit... lackluster. Nice to see the improvements you all have made

[JollyElm]

I decided to take the time to finally give Lou Brock his long-awaited due...

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[stlcardsfan]

Incredible work Darren!

[cardinalcollector]

Awesome looking Brock cards Darren. Oddly enough, the Cardinals didn't have ANY "In Action" cards in the 1972 set, despite having Gibson, Brock, Torre, Simmons, etc.

[JollyElm]

Yup, the entire Genesis for this undertaking started due to the mind-blowing lack of Cardinals in the 1972 'In Action' subset. Here is the original thread that started all of this craziness, long before I started adding all of the other deserving players who were neglected...

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=218121

[cardinalcollector]

LOL, I read that entire thread and even posted in it. I had forgotten what the original intent was with regard to the Cardinals. Some really nice work there.

[JollyElm]

With so much of my attention focused on Mr. October recently, I decided to give the most notable card missing from the Reginald Martinez Jackson cardboard canon a go. I present for your consideration, his '1976 Topps Traded Card That Never Was' (with the requisite, and in my case purposeful, bad airbrushing/large hatting/uniform inventing that was Topps' SOP over the years)...

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[JollyElm]

And how about Frank Robinson and Joe Morgan on their 'new' teams...

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[JollyElm]

Whoops, forgot 'Lefty' on his 'new' team!!

Steve Carlton...

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[jchcollins]

Darren, all wonderful stuff.

As a big fan of the regular '72 Ryan (not everyone is...) I dearly wish that your first "Traded" Ryan with him in that old school lower case Angels "a" cap had been a real thing. That is just fantastic. Green sleeves? Ok...I guess nobody in Anaheim in 1972 was probably paying that close of attention anyway!

Thanks!
-John

[Kutcher55]

Awesome work. Funny enough I was just looking at my Yaz '72 In Action today. My only gripe is that the back of these cards is not at all focused on the player, but overall the fronts are great and capture the period well. Keep 'em coming!

[jchcollins]

Nice Ryans. You are right, that would have been a $100 card.

More than that in 2021 in nice shape...

I really like that first one.

[JollyElm]

Time to get this thread going a little bit again. I present a new collection of all-time greats in what I'm going to call

"By The Numbers..."

...where the main focus is on the instantly recognizable, illustrious uniform numbers that will always hold a special place in our fanboy hearts...


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More to come...

[savedfrommyspokes]

Great looking cards...even like the Ferguson cameo, lucky for him.

[GasHouseGang]

Love those new cards Darren. I must have missed this thread back in June. Seeing Frank Robinson in a Dodgers uniform just looks so wrong.

[Gorditadogg]

Cool idea and I hope those are all high numbers.

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[paul]

Great cards. But why is Berra wearing shin guards while he appears to be in the on deck circle?

[GasHouseGang]

Protection from foul balls?

[JollyElm]

Great cards. But why is Berra wearing shin guards while he appears to be in the on deck circle?

Two outs and no faith in whomever was batting before him, I assume.

[JollyElm]

And a few more sluggers and hurlers (including a pair already posted long ago, but they fit the theme, so what the hey) to add to the mix...


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And an additional Teddy...

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[ALR-bishop]

This has been a great thread

[JollyElm]

I present for your consideration, Dem Bums...


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[clydepepper]

Too bad you can't transfer these to regulation card stock...I'd be a buyer for several of them.


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[JollyElm]

As one of the millions (I'm sure) of people ecstatic with glee for Gil Hodges' family and the righting of a tremendous Brooklynese wrong, here is a sampling of possible cards from the 1972 set.

Look how a young Nolan Ryan doesn't want to hear a word he's saying...

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[tulsaboy]

Gil and Red on the same card? Neat!
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[Thedudeabides]

What a great ride. Excellent work! Loved them all. The 72 set could've added a whole other series. I wish Topps had used those photo's. :)

[JollyElm]

Time to give a big shout out to the Twin Cities and 'Tony-O' fans, so I present what coulda/shoulda/woulda been Tony Oliva cards in the 1972 set...


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[Harliduck]

Love the Hodges and Oliva's...two of my favorites...thanks for doing those! I suppose now you have to do Kaat and Minoso...:)

[Casey2296]

Fantastic job Mr. Elm, a set of your work would sell like hot cakes, at least to folks here.

[Harliduck]

Fantastic job Mr. Elm, a set of your work would sell like hot cakes, at least to folks here.

Totally agree...I'd be in that line...

[JollyElm]

I was thinking of maybe putting together mouse pads (and t-shirts, etc.) on Zazzle or CafePress...

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[JollyElm]

And by popular request*...

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*Oh, who am I kidding? There was never an actual request made, just more or less of a hinted intimation that a 'KC Killer' (his real team that year) might be something worth doing for one of net54's really good guys...but let's not quibble. :D

[Gorditadogg]

Great cards. What's with the look on that last one? Was that after a k?

Killer could hit the ball a loooooong way. 573 HRs was a LOT at one time, doesn't seem that big a deal anymore.

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[G1911]

And by popular request*...


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*Oh, who am I kidding? There was never an actual request made, just more or less of a hinted intimation that a 'KC Killer' (his real team that year) might be something worth doing for one of net54's really good guys...but let's not quibble. :D

Love this one!

[JollyElm]

These are the cards I should've actually done and posted first, to function as 'Killer' career cappers...

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[Harliduck]

Those are AWESOME...especially the 76 Topps format, wish he had a card that year and in Royals would have been awesome. Thanks Jolly!!

I'm going to find a way to print those out...:)

[brad31]

These are outstanding. If I were Fanatics I would hire you to put out supplements and go year by year. If printed on the right stick at proper size they would be awesome! Those ‘72 IAs are just incredible. Great work.

[cgjackson222]

These are outstanding. If I were Fanatics I would hire you to put out supplements and go year by year. If printed on the right stick at proper size they would be awesome! Those ‘72 IAs are just incredible. Great work.

+1 Love seeing all of these. Thanks so much for posting them. The image quality you have is amazing.

[Harliduck]

I keep staring at the 2nd 76 Killebrew card...not only is that one great piece of art but man, it just looks period and part of that set. Unreal job Darren...WOW.

[JollyElm]

Thanks for the props, guys. This stuff takes waaaaay too long to do accurately enough to come out looking legitimate to the set and era, so it's nice to be appreciated.

Now take a look at the first 1975 card and then the last 1975 card, and check out the fans in the seats (especially the guy on the left and the lady on the right who are bookending Mr. Killebrew). What in high heck is happening high up in right field, so that barely anyone is watching Killer's at bat???????? The photos were taken only a second apart (if that), so perhaps he hit a towering fly to right? The first card shows the crowd and him (in frustration) following the flight of the ball, and the fourth card shows him flipping his bat towards the ball boy after the fielder caught it and ended the inning?? Just a possible theory...but we all know the most probable explanation is something involving a UFO.

[clydepepper]

I'll voice my wish again that somehow these great images you've created can be translated to regular card stock.

I'll also repeat that I'd be a strong buyer of those.


Thanks for all we have seen thus far.

[JollyElm]

We all know how awful most of the 1961 Minnesota Twins cards look due to Topps not having pictures of the players in their new uniforms after the Washington Senators relocated to the Gopher State, so kids only had a bunch of hatless headshots and airbrushed caps coming out of packs that summer. After over sixty years of suffering, I am now happy to say Harmon Killebrew has a new lease on life cardboard. I even airbrushed (well, photoshop did) the Senators out of the jersey and cap on one of these guys to make it even more Toppsian. Enjoy...

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[Harliduck]

Those are insane Darren...WOW. PM sent...and THANKS. As a Killebrew massive fan those fix the embarrassment of a 61 Topps card ALL the Twins/Senators got as you mentioned. Don't know how you do what you do so well, but that's art right there...

[JollyElm]

I'll voice my wish again that somehow these great images you've created can be translated to regular card stock.

I'll also repeat that I'd be a strong buyer of those.

Thanks for all we have seen thus far.

I can't even imagine having the time or energy to create the backs. That, my friend, would be an added nightmare!! Unless...these could be considered rare, one-sided, proof cards. :cool:

[tjenkins]

The Killebrews are awesome, as a big collector of his I wish they had made those cards. You do a great job!

[JollyElm]

I stumbled across a few color images of Jackie Robinson with his historic #42 in plain view, so I was able to create a few more of his cards for the "By The Numbers..." section, but it was full, so place them here I will...

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[JollyElm]

Time to give a shout out to the resident 'Red Hed' we have here at net54, so I present what coulda/shoulda/woulda been Red Schoendienst cards in the 1972 set...
(Yeah, I dare anyone to try to correctly spell that last name even one time fast*!!!)


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*Not even sure if I spelled it right!!!

[HittinLikeCarew]

These are amazing! Great job!

[stlcardsfan]

Those are awesome, Darren. Red was a beloved figure in St. Louis. Have a quick story told to me and another guy personally by Red in a suite at a Cardinals game about 15 years ago. There was a 1956 baseball card of Nelson Burbrink in a glass display case in the suite and I asked Red if he remembered him (of course he did). When I mentioned it was a '56 card he said "that was the year I got traded" and told us this story:

In the 1956 season Red and Stan Musial would drive to the ballpark together during home games. Their wives would then drive down together and they would then ride home with their wives after the game.

Red picked up Stan one day and Stan was in a foul mood. Red asked what was the matter and Stan said "Lane (the Cardinals GM at the time) called me and said he was going to trade me". The GM was known as "Trader Lane" at the time. Stan then said he called Gussie Busch, Chairman of Anheuser Busch who bought the team in 1953, and told him to call Lane and tell him he was crazy to trade him.

Apparently that happened and Busch called off any trade of Stan the Man. Red said as he was driving home he thought to himself "well if Lane was going to trade Stan he would also trade me". Sure enough, the next day, on the trading deadline, Red was traded to the NY Giants. Exactly one year later, also on the deadline, he was traded to the Milwaukee Braves which he helped win a World Series against the Yankees. He then contracted tuberculosis and was out a year, then traded back to the Cardinals before the 1961 season where he finished his career as a player, then became their manager as you beautifully depict above, winning a World Series against the the Red Sox in '67 and losing to the Tigers in '68.

[JollyElm]

Found a trio of very cool photos, so I did what any normal human being would do and turned them into 1972 baseball cards.

It's always great when you can see color shots of Jackie Robinson during his playing days at Ebbets Field, and the Johnny Bench photo just captures a nice, human moment (emulating Buddy Harrelson's 1970 card, the 'Little General' - Ha!! "little" - is also signing autographs at Shea, but on the third base side), and make room for 'The Splendid Splinter' himself, Ted Williams...


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[bnorth]

Found a pair of very cool photos, so I did what any normal human being would do and turned them into baseball cards.

It's always great when you can see color shots of Jackie Robinson during his playing days at Ebbets Field, and the Johnny Bench just captures a nice, human moment of the man (emulating Buddy Harrelson's 1970 card, the 'Little General' - Ha!! "little" - is also signing autographs at Shea, but on the third base side)...


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They are both nice but I really like the Jackie.

[Gary Dunaier]

I like the Johnny Bench photo that was used because you can see the front cover of a Mets program a fan is holding.

I wonder if there are any real cards showing a player signing on the road (as Bench is here), that have a photo of the home team's program in the shot.

[JollyElm]

What the heck, how about an additional Roberto Clemente and Mickey Mantle...

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[JollyElm]

What the double heck, let's give it up for a bunch of Roberto Clemente cards which actually show him SURPRISE!!! SURPRISE!!! donning a glove...

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[cesarcap]

These are fantastic! They really are. My favorite 70's set is 75 since it's the 1st one I collected as a kid but I do think the design of the 72 is emblematic of the decade. Your posts are always great and informative.

[epike3]

These are fantastic - Topps should hire you to create a retro-sub set!
-Ed

[JollyElm]

Ran into a very cool shot of Willie Mays readying to dig in at Shea, with his epic #24 proudly on display, so I said what the heck...

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[philliesfan]

epike3 beat me to it.

You should be hired by a card company to create everything!
They are awesome!
Thanks for showing. I like the Lefty Carlton on the lower right
Bob

[JollyElm]

A couple of randos...

Always hated the 1972 "Clyde" Frazier All-Star, where he's all low to the ground and practically (and completely unnecessarily) falling off the left side of the card. On this day, I right that wrong!! And this version includes one of the same co-stars from his original Topps offering.

Plus, a cool Babe Ruth for the "By the Numbers" section...


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[cgjackson222]

A couple of randos...

Always hated the 1972 "Clyde" Frazier All-Star, where he's all low to the ground and practically (and completely unnecessarily) falling off the left side of the card. On this day, I right that wrong!! And this version includes one of the same co-stars from his original Topps offering.

Plus, a cool Babe Ruth for the "By the Numbers" section...


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That Frazier/Chamberlain image is outstanding!

[GasHouseGang]

The background of that Ruth is odd. There's a guy in a cowboy hat and jeans. Seems unlikely in NY in the 1930's. :D