Happy Birthday Willie Mays!

[dealme]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

What coulda/shoulda/woulda been the greatest card of all time...

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That’s a great looking card that never was! Are you partial to the 72 Topps set or something?


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[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by dealme

That’s a great looking card that never was! Are you partial to the 72 Topps set or something?

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Yup, I am absolutely obsessed with the 1972 set , but it all started with the realization that the great players of the Orioles and Cardinals were excluded from the cool 'In Action' cards, so I started 'correcting' it (https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=219771).


Here's another one of my creations that would've worked fantastically in 1974...

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[cgjackson222]

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Here's another one of my creations that would've worked fantastically in 1974...

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Your "In Action" cards are awesome Darren!

Originally Posted by DeanH3

Nice write up Charles. Great looking collection of Mays cards you have.

Happy B-day Willie!

Dean, that's a really nice '57 Mays. Been looking for one that nice. Most either have too dark an image (like under a shadow) or are riddled with "snow".

Here are two that just arrived in the mail from GregMorris Cards:
I love having Mays, Aaron and Clemente on one card. Three of my all-time faves.

By the way, they New York Post published some cool pictures of Willie today in honor of his B-day: https://nypost.com/2022/05/06/celebr...91st-birthday/

[jb67]

Happy Birthday Willie!!! Here are a few of my favorites.

[Exhibitman]

[DeanH3]

Originally Posted by cgjackson222

Those '72 In Actions are awesome Darren!




Dean, that's a really nice '57 Mays. Been looking for one that nice. Most either have too dark an image (like under a shadow) or are riddled with "snow".

Here are two that just arrived in the mail from GregMorris Cards:
I love having Mays, Aaron and Clemente on one card. Three of my all-time faves.

By the way, they New York Post published some cool pictures of Willie today in honor of his B-day: https://nypost.com/2022/05/06/celebr...91st-birthday/

Thanks Charles. Definitely a tough card to find centered with a nice image.

[Kaneen]

[doug.goodman]

Happy Birthday

[mrreality68]

Great Thread and alot of great background that I did not realize and the players that he played with in the Negro League