[kailes2872]

It always starts with 56 for me. 340 cards. 34 HOfers. Just perfection.

As an aside, in retrospect, it is hard to believe that Topps won the card wars. We think about 54 for Aaron, Banks, and Kaline and 55 for Clemente, Koufax, and Killebrew - but in 54 and 55 those were just dudes. All of the names were in Bowman. 53 Bowman is considered by most the best post war set of all time. The 55 TV set was innovative - like if Topps did an iPhone set in 2008. Still Topps won out. 56 is the culmination of their creative apex in fighting the card war - so much that they went to 57 and copied the 53 Bowman idea but put names on the front of the cards.

58 is probably my least favorite. Just too plain with the solid backgrounds. Definitely a step back from the prior years.

I love the 65s with 63 a close 2nd. I don’t like 68 and 69 is a combo of 67 & 68.

The magical mystery tour set of 72 will always be a favorite because it is my birth year. I like 73 because it has a cool Mays, Clemente, and Aaron. Sort of the end of an era. I like 78 because it was the first cards I collected. And the all star badges are awesome. With the Jackson perhaps the greatest baseball card ever made.

79 Topps ugh. So utterly terrible in every regard. I also hate the ‘70 set but the yellow backs are nice.