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Old 11-28-2021, 07:57 PM
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Love those new cards Darren. I must have missed this thread back in June. Seeing Frank Robinson in a Dodgers uniform just looks so wrong.
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Cool idea and I hope those are all high numbers.

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Great cards. But why is Berra wearing shin guards while he appears to be in the on deck circle?
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Protection from foul balls?
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Great cards. But why is Berra wearing shin guards while he appears to be in the on deck circle?
Two outs and no faith in whomever was batting before him, I assume.
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And a few more sluggers and hurlers (including a pair already posted long ago, but they fit the theme, so what the hey) to add to the mix...


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1972frankrobinson04.jpg1972tomseaver03.jpg

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This has been a great thread
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I present for your consideration, Dem Bums...


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Too bad you can't transfer these to regulation card stock...I'd be a buyer for several of them.


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As one of the millions (I'm sure) of people ecstatic with glee for Gil Hodges' family and the righting of a tremendous Brooklynese wrong, here is a sampling of possible cards from the 1972 set.

Look how a young Nolan Ryan doesn't want to hear a word he's saying...

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Gil and Red on the same card? Neat!
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What a great ride. Excellent work! Loved them all. The 72 set could've added a whole other series. I wish Topps had used those photo's.
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Time to give a big shout out to the Twin Cities and 'Tony-O' fans, so I present what coulda/shoulda/woulda been Tony Oliva cards in the 1972 set...


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Love the Hodges and Oliva's...two of my favorites...thanks for doing those! I suppose now you have to do Kaat and Minoso...
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Fantastic job Mr. Elm, a set of your work would sell like hot cakes, at least to folks here.
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Fantastic job Mr. Elm, a set of your work would sell like hot cakes, at least to folks here.
Totally agree...I'd be in that line...
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I was thinking of maybe putting together mouse pads (and t-shirts, etc.) on Zazzle or CafePress...

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Might be a pretty cool thing.
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And by popular request*...

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*Oh, who am I kidding? There was never an actual request made, just more or less of a hinted intimation that a 'KC Killer' (his real team that year) might be something worth doing for one of net54's really good guys...but let's not quibble.
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Great cards. What's with the look on that last one? Was that after a k?

Killer could hit the ball a loooooong way. 573 HRs was a LOT at one time, doesn't seem that big a deal anymore.

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These are the cards I should've actually done and posted first, to function as 'Killer' career cappers...

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Those are AWESOME...especially the 76 Topps format, wish he had a card that year and in Royals would have been awesome. Thanks Jolly!!

I'm going to find a way to print those out...
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These are outstanding. If I were Fanatics I would hire you to put out supplements and go year by year. If printed on the right stick at proper size they would be awesome! Those ‘72 IAs are just incredible. Great work.
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These are outstanding. If I were Fanatics I would hire you to put out supplements and go year by year. If printed on the right stick at proper size they would be awesome! Those ‘72 IAs are just incredible. Great work.
+1 Love seeing all of these. Thanks so much for posting them. The image quality you have is amazing.
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I keep staring at the 2nd 76 Killebrew card...not only is that one great piece of art but man, it just looks period and part of that set. Unreal job Darren...WOW.
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Thanks for the props, guys. This stuff takes waaaaay too long to do accurately enough to come out looking legitimate to the set and era, so it's nice to be appreciated.

Now take a look at the first 1975 card and then the last 1975 card, and check out the fans in the seats (especially the guy on the left and the lady on the right who are bookending Mr. Killebrew). What in high heck is happening high up in right field, so that barely anyone is watching Killer's at bat???????? The photos were taken only a second apart (if that), so perhaps he hit a towering fly to right? The first card shows the crowd and him (in frustration) following the flight of the ball, and the fourth card shows him flipping his bat towards the ball boy after the fielder caught it and ended the inning?? Just a possible theory...but we all know the most probable explanation is something involving a UFO.
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I'll voice my wish again that somehow these great images you've created can be translated to regular card stock.

I'll also repeat that I'd be a strong buyer of those.


Thanks for all we have seen thus far.
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We all know how awful most of the 1961 Minnesota Twins cards look due to Topps not having pictures of the players in their new uniforms after the Washington Senators relocated to the Gopher State, so kids only had a bunch of hatless headshots and airbrushed caps coming out of packs that summer. After over sixty years of suffering, I am now happy to say Harmon Killebrew has a new lease on life cardboard. I even airbrushed (well, photoshop did) the Senators out of the jersey and cap on one of these guys to make it even more Toppsian. Enjoy...

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Those are insane Darren...WOW. PM sent...and THANKS. As a Killebrew massive fan those fix the embarrassment of a 61 Topps card ALL the Twins/Senators got as you mentioned. Don't know how you do what you do so well, but that's art right there...
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I'll also repeat that I'd be a strong buyer of those.

Thanks for all we have seen thus far.
I can't even imagine having the time or energy to create the backs. That, my friend, would be an added nightmare!! Unless...these could be considered rare, one-sided, proof cards.
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The Killebrews are awesome, as a big collector of his I wish they had made those cards. You do a great job!
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I stumbled across a few color images of Jackie Robinson with his historic #42 in plain view, so I was able to create a few more of his cards for the "By The Numbers..." section, but it was full, so place them here I will...

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Time to give a shout out to the resident 'Red Hed' we have here at net54, so I present what coulda/shoulda/woulda been Red Schoendienst cards in the 1972 set...
(Yeah, I dare anyone to try to correctly spell that last name even one time fast*!!!)


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*Not even sure if I spelled it right!!!
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Those are awesome, Darren. Red was a beloved figure in St. Louis. Have a quick story told to me and another guy personally by Red in a suite at a Cardinals game about 15 years ago. There was a 1956 baseball card of Nelson Burbrink in a glass display case in the suite and I asked Red if he remembered him (of course he did). When I mentioned it was a '56 card he said "that was the year I got traded" and told us this story:

In the 1956 season Red and Stan Musial would drive to the ballpark together during home games. Their wives would then drive down together and they would then ride home with their wives after the game.

Red picked up Stan one day and Stan was in a foul mood. Red asked what was the matter and Stan said "Lane (the Cardinals GM at the time) called me and said he was going to trade me". The GM was known as "Trader Lane" at the time. Stan then said he called Gussie Busch, Chairman of Anheuser Busch who bought the team in 1953, and told him to call Lane and tell him he was crazy to trade him.

Apparently that happened and Busch called off any trade of Stan the Man. Red said as he was driving home he thought to himself "well if Lane was going to trade Stan he would also trade me". Sure enough, the next day, on the trading deadline, Red was traded to the NY Giants. Exactly one year later, also on the deadline, he was traded to the Milwaukee Braves which he helped win a World Series against the Yankees. He then contracted tuberculosis and was out a year, then traded back to the Cardinals before the 1961 season where he finished his career as a player, then became their manager as you beautifully depict above, winning a World Series against the the Red Sox in '67 and losing to the Tigers in '68.
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Found a trio of very cool photos, so I did what any normal human being would do and turned them into 1972 baseball cards.

It's always great when you can see color shots of Jackie Robinson during his playing days at Ebbets Field, and the Johnny Bench photo just captures a nice, human moment (emulating Buddy Harrelson's 1970 card, the 'Little General' - Ha!! "little" - is also signing autographs at Shea, but on the third base side), and make room for 'The Splendid Splinter' himself, Ted Williams...


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Found a pair of very cool photos, so I did what any normal human being would do and turned them into baseball cards.

It's always great when you can see color shots of Jackie Robinson during his playing days at Ebbets Field, and the Johnny Bench just captures a nice, human moment of the man (emulating Buddy Harrelson's 1970 card, the 'Little General' - Ha!! "little" - is also signing autographs at Shea, but on the third base side)...


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They are both nice but I really like the Jackie.
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I like the Johnny Bench photo that was used because you can see the front cover of a Mets program a fan is holding.

I wonder if there are any real cards showing a player signing on the road (as Bench is here), that have a photo of the home team's program in the shot.
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What the heck, how about an additional Roberto Clemente and Mickey Mantle...

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What the double heck, let's give it up for a bunch of Roberto Clemente cards which actually show him SURPRISE!!! SURPRISE!!! donning a glove...

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These are fantastic! They really are. My favorite 70's set is 75 since it's the 1st one I collected as a kid but I do think the design of the 72 is emblematic of the decade. Your posts are always great and informative.

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These are fantastic - Topps should hire you to create a retro-sub set!
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Ran into a very cool shot of Willie Mays readying to dig in at Shea, with his epic #24 proudly on display, so I said what the heck...

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epike3 beat me to it.

You should be hired by a card company to create everything!
They are awesome!
Thanks for showing. I like the Lefty Carlton on the lower right
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A couple of randos...

Always hated the 1972 "Clyde" Frazier All-Star, where he's all low to the ground and practically (and completely unnecessarily) falling off the left side of the card. On this day, I right that wrong!! And this version includes one of the same co-stars from his original Topps offering.

Plus, a cool Babe Ruth for the "By the Numbers" section...


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A couple of randos...

Always hated the 1972 "Clyde" Frazier All-Star, where he's all low to the ground and practically (and completely unnecessarily) falling off the left side of the card. On this day, I right that wrong!! And this version includes one of the same co-stars from his original Topps offering.

Plus, a cool Babe Ruth for the "By the Numbers" section...


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That Frazier/Chamberlain image is outstanding!
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The background of that Ruth is odd. There's a guy in a cowboy hat and jeans. Seems unlikely in NY in the 1930's.

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