Favorite "in action" cards

[Vintagevault13]

Photos depicting players "in action" were introduced on a large scale in the 1970's and have become the norm for modern cards. What is your favorite action shot from the post-war era? I will start with my personal favorite.




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[JustinD]

Not a question in the world as to my choice on that one -



For disclosure, my scanner is down and mine is not this nice. But it's still a damn nice one, lol.

[PolarBear]

[PolarBear]

[smrtn240]

It seems that the '73 Topps set had a ton of pretty cool action shots on their cards. I always liked this one

[Vintagevault13]

Originally Posted by smrtn240

It seems that the '73 Topps set had a ton of pretty cool action shots on their cards. I always liked this one

Great card


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[Vintagevault13]

Don,

Nice '73's. While they don't get the love that other sets from the '70's receive, I think the '73 and '74 Topps sets have the best action shots from the decade. (and some of the best ever).


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[Kurri17]

[QUOTE=Vintagevault13;1464848]Photos depicting players "in action" were introduced on a large scale in the 1970's and have become the norm for modern cards. What is your favorite action shot from the post-war era? I will start with my personal favorite.



Great thread. But I will go back to the beginning to say that I don't know that an action shot has ever better depicted the player in it than that '74 Reggie. I mean, that shot IS Reggie. Yeah, I know, it is actually Reggie, but you know what I mean. The fact that he was a horse's rear aside, the card could almost be a patented image, and hey, who more likely to want to patent an image of himself.

That being said, so many of these are great, but that '76 Bench has always been a favorite as far as photo quality, and I think the poster's description is spot on.

[stlcardsfan]

Love that Griffey!

[ALR-bishop]

Sentimental favorite

[Iwantmorecards77]

Wow - that Griffey may belong in the "breathtaking" thread! (not vintage, I know!)

[JollyElm]

Among the many, many great action shots from 1972, I've always loved this Tito Fuentes…

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[kailes2872]

[QUOTE=Kurri17;1465524]

Originally Posted by Vintagevault13

Photos depicting players "in action" were introduced on a large scale in the 1970's and have become the norm for modern cards. What is your favorite action shot from the post-war era? I will start with my personal favorite.



Great thread. But I will go back to the beginning to say that I don't know that an action shot has ever better depicted the player in it than that '74 Reggie. I mean, that shot IS Reggie. Yeah, I know, it is actually Reggie, but you know what I mean. The fact that he was a horse's rear aside, the card could almost be a patented image, and hey, who more likely to want to patent an image of himself.

That being said, so many of these are great, but that '76 Bench has always been a favorite as far as photo quality, and I think the poster's description is spot on.

I also love his '78 and '80 pose. the '78 with the knee on the ground was one of my first memories collecting cards. I was 5 when he had his 3 HR game and I remember opening a pack early the next April with Reggie on top!

[Vintagevault13]

[QUOTE=kailes2872;1465758]

Originally Posted by Kurri17

I also love his '78 and '80 pose. the '78 with the knee on the ground was one of my first memories collecting cards. I was 5 when he had his 3 HR game and I remember opening a pack early the next April with Reggie on top!

Those Reggies are also some of my favorites. His swing was like no other. I talked my mom into letting me stay up to watch the 6th game of the 1977 Series. Watching Reggie hit those 3 homers is one of my favorite memories. Incredible performance. The 3rd homer was a MONSTER shot.


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[mrmopar]

Beat me to it. 78T Reggie is THE Reggie card.

[QUOTE=kailes2872;1465758]

Originally Posted by Kurri17

I also love his '78 and '80 pose. the '78 with the knee on the ground was one of my first memories collecting cards. I was 5 when he had his 3 HR game and I remember opening a pack early the next April with Reggie on top!

[MCoxon]

[QUOTE=mrmopar;1465782]Beat me to it. 78T Reggie is THE Reggie card.

100% agree. Top 20 hobby card, not just Reggie Card

[Exhibitman]

[Vintagevault13]

Here are two other great ones from 1974.

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[tschock]

For those who were there back in the day....

Imagine you were buying packs in the late '60s and early '70s. You've just gone through the bland 1970 year of portraits and head shots, World Series and playoff cards notwithstanding as those almost had to be action photos.

It's now 1971 and you go to the corner store to get your first few packs of the new Topps baseball cards. You sit down on the steps, open the first pack and start slowly thumbing through the cards. Del Unser, Vic Davalillo, Skip Pitlock, the usual fare (though I do love the black borders but the backs are crappy, and where are the year-by-year stats?).

Then suddenly BLAM! There it is. The #5 card of Thurman Munson. Talk about a game changer (both the player and the card)! Talk about making a piece of cardboard come alive! It brought the game itself onto the cardboard!

There are a LOT of good action photos, but in my opinion, this one really set the bar and changed the idea of what could be on a player's card.

[PolarBear]

Originally Posted by tschock

Then suddenly BLAM! There it is. The #5 card of Thurman Munson. Talk about a game changer (both the player and the card)! Talk about making a piece of cardboard come alive! It brought the game itself onto the cardboard!

There are a LOT of good action photos, but in my opinion, this one really set the bar and changed the idea of what could be on a player's card.

Totally agree. That is the card I think of as the first great action shot.

[jason.1969]

You guys inspired me to get out my shoebox (seriously). Many seconds of earlier nominations, but here you go.

[mrmopar]

There are just so many to choose from. I think because a majority of the cards from these years were a little less exciting, the action shots stick out for me. I am not excited about newer action cards in the same way, because many of the cards are now action shots.

I actually thought briefly that Len Randle was missing a hand when I saw this card. I was young and easily fooled though.

Most seem to gravitate towards star cards too, but some common players had some great cards too.