Fence Busters, Belters, Maulers & other multi-player cards
Those multi-player cards like "Buc Belters," "Tribe Thumpers" and "Mets Maulers" that Topps issued between 1957 and 1969 might be my favorite cards. As I have completed old sets I've also started acquiring duplicates of the multi-player cards to keep in a group by themselves as a separate project. So far I've got 86 of the 107 cards, ranging from high-demand issues like the '58 Mantle-Aaron card to mundane ones like the '67 Dennis Menke-Tony Cloninger card (which does feature Hank Aaron in the background; Hank is also in the background of the 1962 Mays-Mantle "Manager's Dream" card).
Lots of great players on these cards, but I think my favorites are the oddly titled ones like "Bill's Got It" and "Power For Ernie" and "Lindy Shows Larry."
Would love to hear anyone else's thoughts...
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