1978 Topps "Play Ball"

[olecow]

I started collecting in 1978 as an eight year old. In fact I remember my first pack was a cello with Woddy Fryman of the Cubs as the top card. I grew up in Chicago and chose the pack for that reason. In that pack there was also a Pete Rose and Tom Seaver. Not a bad introduction to collecting. I never did the Play Ball game. I was too busy collecting (hoarding).

[Harliduck]

Love the read...great write up! I totally played that game at school with my buddies, and my childhood set showed the wear...haha. I have since replaced that set, wish I still had my pack set. Anyhow, I was 9 years old in 1979 and the local store was still selling 78's, so we had lots of them. At a year old they seemed ancient...lol.

I also love the picture of your red locker type boxes...I had those too! I had one for football (never really liked those), two for baseball, and one for my Star Wars cards. Those were huge at school too..

Again, thanks for the write up!!

[ALR-bishop]

Have the set, never played the game, but enjoyed the article

[mrmopar]

Never owned or used one of the card lockers as a kid, but a friend kept all his cards in them. I own one now for nostalgia sake. I also played the game and remember memorizing certain player outcomes over time. I could be wrong after 40+ years, but my brain is telling me Warren Brusstar was a HR. I hated that card otherwise...

[jason.1969]

Originally Posted by mrmopar

Never owned or used one of the card lockers as a kid, but a friend kept all his cards in them. I own one now for nostalgia sake. I also played the game and remember memorizing certain player outcomes over time. I could be wrong after 40+ years, but my brain is telling me Warren Brusstar was a HR. I hated that card otherwise...

Your memory did not let you down! He was a Double Print in the set but I feel like he was a quadruple print as often as I got that card.

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