1977 Topps: Turn Back the Clock

[howard38]

Kind of a strange sub-set that celebrated various noteworthy accomplishments at five year intervals from 1952 through 1972: Kiner leading the league in HRs for the seventh straight year, Wills stealing 104 bases, Yaz winning the Triple Crown and Nate Colbert having perhaps the greatest double-header ever (five HRs, thirteen RBI). But the 1957 accomplishment, Bob Keegan's no-hitter, stands out like a sore thumb to me. He is neither well known nor is a no-hitter particularly rare.

Is there a reason I'm missing that he was chosen for the card? Was he friends with someone at Topps? Personally I would have gone with Lew Burdette winning three game in the WS.

[Zach Wheat]

Articles of the day describing the game make it seem like a key point in the season where the Sox "almost" caught the Bronx Bombers that season. After the game, they stormed the field. Fans didn't expect a great performance from an ailing starter in his mid-30's. But, I agree with you Howard, an odd choice for the card

[ALR-bishop]

There are some interesting variants to this subset

[Bigdaddy]

That's funny, I remember this subset vividly, but I don't recall the Keegan card.

Guess it never turned up in wax packs for me.