What's your favorite 1978 Topps card?

[ALR-bishop]

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[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

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I have been looking for a second copy of this Ryan card for myself for a while....unless I missed one, of the nearly 500 copies available/sold on ebay/comc, there were none.

[deweyinthehall]

1978 was my first set - in fact the first cards I ever owned came as a small uncut panel in a spring 1978 edition of Dynamite Magazine. I've always felt the images in the set were, generally, some of the best of that era. Here are a few favorites (and I have a lot).

First the Joy of the Game - Rice, Simmons and Lopez, all just looking like they're happy to be there.

[deweyinthehall]

Next up - the catchers. Looking determined and gritty, real ballplayers...

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Great action shots -

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Date Specific Action -
The Millan was taken 7/17/77
The Randle was taken 7/31/77

[deweyinthehall]

And for general aesthetics -
The Brett for just being a great image of the future hall of famer at a young age
The White for being a good action shot with Fisk coming up out of his crouch as the ball is put into play
The Ault for having a unique perspective as well as Munson behind the plate, looking like he's about to lift his mask to spit
The Cruz, for capturing a speedster contemplating whether to go
The Collins for the interesting play of light and shadow in the batting cage
The Chiles for the nice silhouette effect (like a number of other Twins cards like Kusick and Ford)
The Coleman just because
And the Garner for Chuck Tanner barking something in the background

[commishbob]

This one. Of the post-war cards I own, it's my favorite

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