Hiding in Plain Sight

[JollyElm]

It's funny when you realize there's a Hall of Famer right in front of your face on a card when he's not the focus of said card. Here are two that popped out at me from the 1972 Topps set. Join in and post any you're aware of.

Upon seeing this great shot, and like the anxious fans packed into the stands, your eyes are invariably drawn to Manny Sanguillen flying through the air...

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...but take a closer look at who's causing all of this commotion at home plate. It's our old buddy, Frank Robinson!!


John Ellis' baseball prowess didn't exactly set the world on fire, but somehow he was included in the special 'In Action' subset. I guess that says more about how bad the Yankees were in those days than anything else...

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...but take a gander at the grimacing first baseman who's trying to hold him close to the bag. It's the Killer, Harmon Killebrew!!

[Tomman1961]

Months ago I started a thread called soemthing like "stars on other players cards". We all came up with some nice HOFers.

[Samsdaddy]

Very cool. Interesting you picked cards with Frank Robinson and Harmon Killebrew on them. They are two players who I think are vastly under appreciated in baseball and in the collecting world, especially Frank Robinson.

It is also nice because they are also two of my favorite players after Billy Williams and Ron Santo.

[hangman62]

and on the 72T WS card..thats HOFer Zack Wheat with the sunglasses on leaning over the railing

[Exhibitman]

The 1971 Topps Vada Pinson has Thurman Munson on it.

[Rich Klein]

1971 Chris Short with Peter Edward Rose leading off 2nd base. Tons of others, the 1983 Topps Reggie Smith card has an early photo of one Ryne Sandberg. Tons o others, some arranged by the card companies in the 90's, some not

[Volod]

Originally Posted by Samsdaddy

Very cool. Interesting you picked cards with Frank Robinson and Harmon Killebrew on them. They are two players who I think are vastly under appreciated in baseball and in the collecting world, especially Frank Robinson.

It is also nice because they are also two of my favorite players after Billy Williams and Ron Santo.

Yeah, if Lee McPhail had left Baltimore a year earlier than he did before becoming the Yankees GM, Robinson would probably have been traded to NY in '66, instead of to the O's. That would have made his cards more popular than those of Maris, Jackson, Winfield, Rodriguez, or any other Yankee star purloined from another team, with the obvious exception of Ruth.