57 topps thru 69 topps observation

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by 1963Topps Set

1968 Topps doesn't get the love either.

Originally Posted by tschock

Appropriately, IMO.

I have a soft spot in my heart for the "68 set as it was the first year I really collected. I think they're a great set. I liked the backs of the cards, bright and upbeat, with all the info on the player including the cartoon. I had just become a baseball fan that year and it was an education reading the statistics and realizing who was a good player. Of course, that kind of thing can be said about other years as well. And then you had the Rookie of the Year trophies on certain cards like Carew and Seaver. "Oh, they must be good!"

I guess I can see how the set might not grab someone, but I think it had a unique flavor all it's own, and I mean that in a positive way, of course.

The '69 set kind of took it up a beat, with the white border. There was something about the pictures too. It was a very distinguished set. It's sort of like they took the '68 set and clarified it or something. But I dig 'em both.