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Old 01-05-2015, 02:14 PM
David W David W is offline
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Originally Posted by chris6net View Post
No offense to Tom Haller but Topps couldn't put Kaline,Lolich, Horton or any other Tiger in the IA series. They did manage to put Billy Martin in there. I guess they figured Haller was at least as good as other catchers like Mitterwald, Barton, Blefary,Corrales etc. Topps had a thing for bad catchers in 1972.
I just went through my 72 set. It's interesting who got an I/A card, and who did not.

Many "common" players did (Alan Galagher, Pat Corrales????) and many All Stars (Gibson and Brock for 2) did not.
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