1971 Topps - cameo/background

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by deweyinthehall

I think that's Ed Herrmann catching on Roy White's card...

I was thinking Duane Josephson.

[Cliff Bowman]

The Bob Gibson is most likely May 28, 1970, a day game at Shea and Mike Shannon played third base the whole game.

[JollyElm]

Ron Woods looking for a Cookie?

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And a Dick Sisler cameo?

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[deweyinthehall]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

I was thinking Duane Josephson.

I think you may be right - the other visible letter looks more like an O than an N.

[Cliff Bowman]

Someone probably has done the research on the 1971 Topps in action cards but I couldn't find anything on the internet. I noticed that all of the teams other than the Yankees and Mets can be traced to a single game. For example, the Cardinals Joe Torre, Dal Maxvill, Bob Gibson, and the Mets cards of Ken Boswell, Jerry Grote, Jim McAndrew (very likely) are from the May 28, 1970 day game at Shea Stadium. All of the in action cards of the Reds Lee May and Phillies Chris Short, Oscar Gamble, Deron Johnson are from the June 14, 1970 day game at Connie Mack Stadium.

[Zach Wheat]

#5 Munson and I think Chuck Dobson sliding

[ALBB]

I think Nolan Ryan is background on a card also

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by albb

i think nolan ryan is background on a card also

Technically, the foreground...

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[Cliff Bowman]

In addition to Ryan there is Met second baseman Ken Boswell, 2nd base umpire Ken Burkhart, and the Astro stealing second base is either Jim Wynn or Joe Morgan, it looks like Wynn to me. Morgan and Wynn both stole second that game with no Astro getting caught stealing. The game was May 30, 1970, all of the in action Astros cards and quite a few of the in action Mets cards are from that game.

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

Someone probably has done the research on the 1971 Topps in action cards but I couldn't find anything on the internet. I noticed that all of the teams other than the Yankees and Mets can be traced to a single game. For example, the Cardinals Joe Torre, Dal Maxvill, Bob Gibson, and the Mets cards of Ken Boswell, Jerry Grote, Jim McAndrew (very likely) are from the May 28, 1970 day game at Shea Stadium. All of the in action cards of the Reds Lee May and Phillies Chris Short, Oscar Gamble, Deron Johnson are from the June 14, 1970 day game at Connie Mack Stadium.

I've enjoyed the posts you've made in this thread. They remind me of content created by Vintage Card Curator on YouTube. In particular, his breakdown of the '73 Topps set is a stellar example of well-researched material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GG_bIHpsUo

Forgive me if you are Vintage Card Curator and I didn't know.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by Eric72

I've enjoyed the posts you've made in this thread. They remind me of content created by Vintage Card Curator on YouTube. In particular, his breakdown of the '73 Topps set is a stellar example of well-researched material.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GG_bIHpsUo

Forgive me if you are Vintage Card Curator and I didn't know.

No, I just had some free time to compare the photos to 1970 day games at Shea Stadium and Yankees Stadium on Baseball Reference and I was wrong about all of the photos coming from single games in a series, the Ray Sadecki appears to be from the next day against the Astros after all of those other Astros and Mets in action cards from May 30 1970.