First pack was in 69, there was a drugstore that had penny candy and sometimes dad would let me go with him and pick out something. That time I saw the baseball card pack and asked what it was. Some gum and baseball cards?? What were those? So I bought a pack. We sat in the car and opened them, dad looked at them and said "hey this guy is pretty good". They went home and into the toybox for a while, I don't think I did much playing with them. Didn't buy any in 70, one pack in 71 for some reason, maybe to get the coin.
late 73 we moved to a new town and the kids I met were into sports. And collected cards. After getting a few, I remembered my old ones and searched the toybox for them. A couple of the 71s had survived, and the 71 coin. And one of the 69s, the one dad said was a "pretty good" player.
Reggie Jackson.
Still have it, haven't upgraded, not even as a second card. And yes, it's in "spent 4 years in a box with tinkertoys, hotwheels, and Tonka trucks and some other stuff " condition.
Steve B
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