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Old 03-11-2017, 04:34 PM
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Default Most boring card ever?

I am a huge fan of Harmon Killebrew, but I despise his '61 Topps card. I cannot bring myself to buy a copy, it is just so painfully boring... especially for a player of his caliber.

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Old 03-11-2017, 04:49 PM
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Ted Williams 1939 Play Ball is such a boring rookie for such a great player.

Also, I think Yaz had three total photo sessions for Topps over his 23 years and they just reused the same photos



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Old 03-11-2017, 04:56 PM
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1962 and '63 Topps Mantle. I mean, really...???
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Give 'Killer' a break and pick up one in nice condition.

Referencing my big hard-cover 'Topps Baseball Cards: The Complete Picture Collection - A 40 Year History', I found that any player without an identifying team cap - what has to be a record 101 cards out of the 589-card set fall into this 'boring' category...including five more Hall-of-Famers, two of which are All-Star cards.

This fact pinpoints why the 1961 set is one of my least favorite sets.
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Old 03-11-2017, 05:21 PM
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Ray,
Totally agree, the hatless photos are very boring to begin with. But there's something about the closeup of his bald noggin that just adds to the mundaness of the card.
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Hatless manager cards, particularly bald ones, are a level below hatless players
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Actually, I remember the crushing disappointment of getting a 1972 rack pack at the supermarket and coming across this beauty...
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George that card is awful!! Never been a fan of the 72 topps cards, that one has to be the worst !! Perfect for this topic :-)
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Actually, I remember the crushing disappointment of getting a 1972 rack pack at the supermarket and coming across this beauty...
Now I always thought the award card subset was interesting.

I'd concur on the hatless head shot cards and emphasize the subset of those of players forced to look into the sun for the photo. Awful, squinty stuff.

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Hatless manager cards, particularly bald ones, are a level below hatless players
Funny (or not so funny) thing about that Johnny Keane card. He was born in 1911. If that picture was taken in 1964, he would have been 53. Looks closer to 83 in that picture.

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Funny (or not so funny) thing about that Johnny Keane card. He was born in 1911. If that picture was taken in 1964, he would have been 53. Looks closer to 83 in that picture.
That is a completely unnerving realization. Yowza.
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I just posted this image elsewhere in the same manner. There are plenty of boring cards, too many to pick just one, but this turned out to be Munson's last card and it looks like he rolled out of bed, slapped on a cap and posed for this photo. I don't know if that is a jersey or some sort of undershirt, but it even looks to me like he has PJs on! Major disappointment after his awesome 1978 Topps card.

It would have been nice to see Topps do a tribute similar to this fantasy card, but instead we are left with roll out of bed, PJ wearing Munson instead!
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In general I don't like the hatless. But not all are bad.
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Really? I think the '69 Bench is one of the all time classics!
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Really? I think the '69 Bench is one of the all time classics!
That's exactly what I was saying! I love the 69 Bench, even sans chapeau.

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That's exactly what I was saying! I love the 69 Bench, even sans chapeau.

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Gotcha! But you are right, would have been even better with a backwards cap like his RC.
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Worthy of consideration. Probably 32 years old in this picture but people just looked a lot older then.
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