50 Years (for me) of Topps -- 1976 Topps
It was a busy week this week heading into the Memorial Day holiday weekend. Looking forward to hitting the Indy 500 this weekend with my father in law. This will be my 17th race and hoping the rain that is forecast for tomorrow holds off.
Another good week of baseball for my oldest as he gets ready to head into the travel baseball season. We had some scheduling conflicts with my youngest's last band concert of the year and the oldest having a game scheduled (which he still can't drive to on his own). At first he was going to miss the game because he did not have a ride (45 minutes away).
My wife and I made the band concert because the school does an amazing job. The oldest was able to get a ride to the baseball game and par for the course he pitched one of his best games ever, 7 innings, 0 runs, 4 hits, and 12 strikeouts. His head coach said we aren't allowed to come watch any more games when he pitches!
I decided to take off around 2 pm on Friday to head over the card shop since we don't have games over the weekend, and I knew today would be a rainout from any yard work. Was able to pickup some 1976 Topps and 1977 Topps cards!
This would be year #1 and I clearly was not into card collecting at the time. 1976 was a big year for America - 200 year celebration, Apple and Price Club (Eventually Costco) began operations, and Rocky was in movie theatres. For fun I had AI create a picture to summarize the year!
The year in baseball was a big one as the Reds and Yankees faced off in the World Series. The Reds swept through the entire post season, winning every game with a team full of stars and future hall of famers (Morgan, Bench, Rose, Perez, Foster).
Players gained true free agency rights in 1976 with Andy Messersmith becoming the first modern free agent after signing with the Braves.
Some other quick facts:
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