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abothebear · #1 06-19-2022, 01:01 PM

Cards with multiple players on them, like leaders cards or team composites or those action R-cards with the batter and catcher labeled, give you more bang for your buck.

1967 Topps Mets team card is Nolan Ryan's RC.

brianp-beme · #2 06-19-2022, 01:43 PM

Strip cards are great to collect. Why you might ask? Because despite how ugly some (note that I say some, not all) of them are, it is cool to think that a kid liked them enough to cut/rip them into individual cards, and then valued them enough that the kid didn't toss them away when he became an older kid, and by some twist of fate these cards survived decades of the urge to purge, or were hidden from view just long enough for most folks to realize that hey, having these things hanging around was not too painful.

Brian (sorry about the D381 card, but when the ugly bell for scanning rang, Egan just assumed it was for him)

JollyElm · #3 06-19-2022, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by abothebear

Cards with multiple players on them, like leaders cards or team composites or those action R-cards with the batter and catcher labeled, give you more bang for your buck.

1967 Topps Mets team card is Nolan Ryan's RC.

Are there people who claim Nolan Ryan is pictured on the 1967 Mets team card? I've never heard that one before.

jingram058 · #4 06-19-2022, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

Are there people who claim Nolan Ryan is pictured on the 1967 Mets team card? I've never heard that one before.

There are people who think so. But if you search you will find an in-depth analysis. Conclusion: he isn't in the photo, but he has stats on the back from a 2 game call-up in 1966.

JollyElm · #5 06-19-2022, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by jingram058

There are people who think so. But if you search you will find an in-depth analysis. Conclusion: he isn't in the photo, but he has stats on the back from a 2 game call-up in 1966.

Thank you. To me, just looking at each player shows that he is not pictured. I dare say, that no one even comes close to resembling him...but I do think I see Joe Jackson.

Casey2296 · #6 06-19-2022, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

Thank you. To me, just looking at each player shows that he is not pictured. I dare say, that no one even comes close to resembling him...but I do think I see Joe Jackson.

The ears are wrong...

Lorewalker · #7 06-19-2022, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

Are there people who claim Nolan Ryan is pictured on the 1967 Mets team card? I've never heard that one before.

Yes this would be news to me too. I have seen an 8x10 of the formation for the team card and no mention of Ryan that I recall.

abothebear · #8 06-20-2022, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JollyElm

Are there people who claim Nolan Ryan is pictured on the 1967 Mets team card? I've never heard that one before.

No. But his name is on the back.

But� Ken Griffey Jr. IS pictured on the back of his dad�s 1988 Topps Big card� sort of.

RCMcKenzie · #9 06-19-2022, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by abothebear

Cards with multiple players on them, like leaders cards or team composites or those action R-cards with the batter and catcher labeled, give you more bang for your buck.

1967 Topps Mets team card is Nolan Ryan's RC.

This is genius. I have never heard of this. Not a Topps expert, but this is not widely known. I don't see him on the front, but he clearly is noted on the back. To me, it's his true rookie.

On Ryan, as an Astros fan, I would rather go to a Ryan game, but if they needed to win, there were better options, Niekro, Richard, etc.

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