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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!