In the five months I went between posts, the Mets have played five months of up-and-down baseball. The team has been plagued by injuries with some key pieces going down with season ending injuries. Other players have been dealing with nagging injuries most of the season. Other players have not played up to expectations. Despite all of this, the team is still in playoff contention which in my eyes is still an accomplishment.
Tony reached out sometime last year on my Topps project page (which I still need to flesh out or just delete). He said he could help me out with a bunch of my 1970's Topps needs. His comment totally went unnoticed by myself as I did not realize it was there until months later.
Eventually, I got back to Tony. Luckily, he still had those cards. He sent along a bunch of Topps needs that are much appreciated.
It looks like Topps used a couple of nice action shots in their 1978 set. I wonder what the percentage is of action shots versus posed shots for vintage Topps sets.
I think the 1979 Topps set is pretty decent. The set does not really have many memorable cards. The most memorable is definitely Ozzie Smith's rookie card when he was with the San Diego Padres. I think the set has a simple design that works quite well. I also like the use of the "vintage" Topps logo. I am not sure if vintage is the correct term, but I think it was the first year they put their logo on the card fronts.
Tony was kind enough to send along some non-Topps needs, too. He also sent along some Donruss, Fleer, Score, and a few oddball cards.
I thought Sportflics cards were pretty cool when I was younger. I wonder how long it will take Topps to make digital cards like this for their app. Gif cards? It still won't get me to use the app, though.
Thanks for the great trade, Tony!
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