1970 Seaver Proof?

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Originally Posted by ejstel

I wonder why they changed it (seems like a good photo for a card).....maybe someone at Topps wanted 68-69-70 to all be a similar presidential head shot photo of Tom?

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Advertising material often differs from actual product specifics. I highly doubt Topps employees looked up a players previous cards and carefully selected images for the next set each year, but Seaver was originally designed with a pitching pose in 1968. He and Bob Gibson both posed throwing with the wrong hand; some pre-production examples are known of both. Both pranksters got a portrait shot in the final set, presumably as a result of the trick.