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Old 08-09-2018, 03:01 PM
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Default The Fix Is In for Billy...

Whether you like the 1964 Topps set or not, it contains a very cool design element where a part of the player (usually his hat) breaks into the top white border area. The strange thing about it, though, is that it is suspiciously non-existent on some of the cards. One that has always jumped out at me is #175 HOF'er Billy Williams. Why in heck did the Topps art department leave Billy's cap a hair short of the border like that?? Was the layout done during a 'hangover workday'?? Who knows. So here is the original card alongside how #26 should have appeared the year the Beatles landed at JFK...

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