Mike D's 1977 Topps Binder Project

[mrmopar]

I was one year late in being able to collect these as they were issued. I have always loved this set design, the action shots, the All Star banners, the turn back the clocks, etc. This set also provides the best looking Steve Garvey card ever, in my opinion.

Staub, Fisk, Garvey, Templeton, Tanana, Rose, Fidrych, R. Smith, M. Marshall and C. Morton are a handful that stick in my mind as cardboard greatness.

[Mike D.]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

I was one year late in being able to collect these as they were issued. I have always loved this set design, the action shots, the All Star banners, the turn back the clocks, etc. This set also provides the best looking Steve Garvey card ever, in my opinion.

Staub, Fisk, Garvey, Templeton, Tanana, Rose, Fidrych, R. Smith, M. Marshall and C. Morton are a handful that stick in my mind as cardboard greatness.

Yeah, despite the production issues with card stock, centering, and print/registration...some of the cards are just beautiful.

I also like the design...it feels to me what someone who knows next to nothing about baseball cards would describe a baseball card as looking like.

[Mike D.]

Next:

514 Cliff Johnson
515 Chris Speier
516 Bake McBride
517 Pete Vuckovich RC
518 Chicago Cubs CL
519 Don Kirkwood
520 Garry Maddox
521 Bob Grich
522 Enzo Hernandez

This lot is all here. 514 Cliff Johnson and 515 Chris Speier need upgrades.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

523 Rollie Fingers
524 Rowland Office
525 Dennis Eckersley
526 Larry Parrish
527 Dan Meyer
528 Bill Castro
529 Jim Essian RC
530 Rick Reuschel
531 Lyman Bostock

Wow, lots of career saves covered in this lot!

All nine are here. 523 Rollie Fingers, 525 Dennis Eckersley, 528 Bill Castro,
529 Jim Essian RC, and 531 Lyman Bostock are all upgrade candidates.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

The next batch:

532 Jim Willoughby
533 Mickey Stanley
534 Paul Splittorff
535 Cesar Geronimo
536 Vic Albury
537 Dave Roberts
538 Frank Taveras
539 Mike Wallace
540 Bob Watson

All 9 cards are here. 532 Jim Willoughby, 533 Mickey Stanley, 536 Vic Albury,
537 Dave Roberts, 538 Frank Taveras, and 539 Mike Wallace all need upgrades.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Up next:

541 John Denny
542 Frank Duffy
543 Ron Blomberg
544 Gary Ross
545 Bob Boone
546 Baltimore Orioles CL
547 Willie McCovey
548 Joel Youngblood
549 Jerry Royster

543 Ron Blomberg and 547 Willie McCovey are missing. 546 Baltimore Orioles CL, 548 Joel Youngblood, and 549 Jerry Royster need upgrades.

The cards:



The dups:

[Mike D.]

Passing 550:

550 Randy Jones
551 Bill North
552 Pepe Mangual
553 Jack Heidemann
554 Bruce Kimm RC
555 Dan Ford
556 Doug Bird
557 Jerry White
558 Elias Sosa

554 Bruce Kimm RC is missing. 551 Bill Nort, 555 Dan Ford, 556 Doug Bird,
557 Jerry White, and 558 Elias Sosa need upgrades.

The cards:



The dups: