Best of 1979 Topps

[brewing]

Although this is my least favorite set ever, I still have a Top 5


The pre-steriod HR leaders on one card. From an era when 50 HR's were a big deal and 60 was mythical.


The baddest pitcher in baseball, at his peak, and in full windup.


The first corrected error that I ever owned. It's kind of weird that Topps neglected to change teams on so many players that changed teams before this. Yet when they decide to do it, they screw it up.


Another intimidating force on the mound. Is he really standing on one heel?


When I was a kid, Rose cards were like Mantle cards are today. His last card as a Red (at the time) and a nice action shot.

Honorable Mention:
Ozzie Smith (boring card that didn't really get much attention until people started realizing he was a HoFer)

[JollyElm]

I loved the All Star cards. When you opened a pack and saw that extra strip of color there, you knew you had someone good!! These are three of my favorites:

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Can anyone say psychopath???

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On August 2 of that year we lost Thurman Munson. This card will always have a big place in my heart.

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[Samsdaddy]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

I loved the All Star cards. When you opened a pack and saw that extra strip of color there, you knew you had someone good!! These are three of my favorites:

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Can anyone say psychopath???

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On August 2 of that year we lost Thurman Munson. This card will always have a big place in my heart.

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I too always have loved the all star cards from the 50s, 60s and 70s. They were always my favorite cards to collect from each set it seemed.

I was also fortunate enough to see his last game as his Yankees pummeled by White Sox 9 - 1. I could remember a couple days later looking at the Sun Times and Chicago Tribune and reading the story on his tragic death.

[brob28]

Nice choices here's a few more of my favorites. Sorry about Sigourney, the older I get the better she looks!

[pepis]

Here is a very rare 1979 topps super cello,
the only one i've ever seen with Ozzie showing.

[Beatles Guy]

The first year I ever opened a pack of cards, oh the memories. Love this set.

[PM770]

I love the 1979 design. Liked it as a kid, love it as an adult.

1) George Brett - This might be my favorite card from my youth. Easily top 5. He's ready for action, I love it. And of course, the most important part, the All-Star designation.

2) Bump Wills (Ranger variation) - The first error/variation card I became aware of. I remember my friends and I getting the Bump Wills card with the Blue Jays team and still in a Rangers uni and also looking at the box scores and seeing he was still with the Rangers. Then later in the summer at the toy store as I was going through the racks and what is this?!?!? Bump Wills with the Rangers?!?!? They changed it?!?!? I thought that was so cool that they corrected it

3) Freddie Patek - He got cheated out of the All-Star designation. That year my friends and I went crazy looking at all the AL SS trying to find who the All-Star was. Burleson? No Dent? No Yount? Smalley? Still no. I'm not sure that we ever realized they just didn't have one. How disappointing. Poor Freddie Patek.

4) Jim Palmer - Another quasi-action shot. Ready for action and an All-Star

5) Jim Rice - I really liked Rice when I was a kid. That 3-year stretch from 1977-1979 he was the biggest slugger in the game. Of course, another All-Star card.

[Harliduck]

Originally Posted by Beatles Guy

The first year I ever opened a pack of cards, oh the memories. Love this set.

Me too...in my first pack ever I pulled a 79 Reggie Jackson...still one of my favorite cards. My younger brother pulled a Rick Honeycutt, who was a Mariner...that was pretty exciting. We were hooked...