Your Top 10 Cards

[ALR-bishop]

Mike- you have the better looking Palmer card

[Harliduck]

Awesome posts! I love reading them...and 71buc, your post may be the BEST one I've read here since joining...CLASSIC good stuff, thanks!

Al...who is Darryl Palmer???

[ALR-bishop]

If you have ever seen the movie Caddyshack, he is aka Danny Noonan. The Palmer card was a prop for the movie the Sluggers Wife, a not very memorable baseball flick. The actor is Danny O'Keefe. Mike's card features his wife in the movie. The card shows up on ebay once in awhile, usually with a preposterous asking price. The back has fake stats and factoids and is # 801. No Topps 84 set is complete without it

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[39special]

Here are mine in no special order

1. '58 Topps Carl Furillo My dad bought it for me in '79 and Furillo signed it in his driveway for me.
2. '57 Topps Mantle The most money I ever spent on a card,plus its Mantle
3. '71 Topps Nolan Ryan I always loved this card
4. '65 Topps S.Carlton He was one of my favorite players growing up.
5. '65 Topps Maris The first "old" card I bought when I was a kid.
6. '83 Topps Ryne Sandberg I got to watch him play in Reading(AA).
7. '53 Topps Jackie Robinson I wrote a report on him in 7th grade.Learned alot about what he meant to the game.
8. '60 Topps D.Drysdale Saw him on an episode of The Brady Bunch and had to have one of his cards
9. '75 Topps S.Carlton Did I mention he was one of my favorite players growing up?
10. '47-'66 Exhibit Enos Slaughter Love the look on his face

[JollyElm]

In no particular order...
(All photos are grabs from ebay)
1973 Willie Mays - The first card of my idol in the uniform of my beloved Mets.
1978 Reggie Jackson - The classic Reg-gie follow through. Awesome!!
1972 Willie McCovey - Love the blurry hand. Can't recall another Topps card with that effect.
1962 Roger Maris - As a kid I heard of Maris' accomplishment like it was ancient history. Had one of these cards with a hole punch in it squirreled away in my collection.
1974 Nolan Ryan - This one needs no explanation. Look at that shot!!
1976 Johnny Bench - In a word, "intimidation."
1977 Dave Kingman - My absolute favorite player in a great photo.
1958 Mantle/Aaron - I wish the Mick was looking straight ahead, but that's just splitting hairs.
1965 Casey Stengel - Sitting on a bench and gesticulating. What's not to love?!
1972 Bobby Bonds - Look at that grin on his face. It says, "I can't believe I didn't launch that pitch!!"

[brewing]

Those are some classics, Jolly.

[ALR-bishop]

Agreed