Although 1975 was the first year I actually bought baseball cards (or rather, my Mom did for 20 cents a pack at the local 7-11), my favorite set is the 1976 Topps set for the following reasons:
1. Nice overall front design, and I have always liked the graphic illustrations of the positional players on the front of the cards, especially noting the left hander and right hander for L and R pitchers.
2. It is the set that I still have my very first card from....
3. First 1970s card set I slowly put together, first from packs in 1976, then from Richard Gelman's card company, and finally via local card shows. I finished the set in 1982.
4. Unlike the 1975 set (which I just recently completed), the 1976 set is one that I have never sold and re-acquired. All the cards are mine (so to speak).
5. One of my great "mom" memories revolves around the 1976 set, which I highlighted in another post here on the boards a year or so ago; nutshell is several years ago my mom was going through her purses in her closet and found an unopened pack of 1976 baseball cards...she bought for me back in the day and forgot to give me.... When I think of the 1976 set, I think of her. She passed away in May, 2013.
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