tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1563856417199622822024-02-07T16:59:36.351-08:001979 Baseball Card UpdateThe "missing" players are now added to the 1979 set to cover every player who played in at least 1 game during the '79 season. Designed for use by our ARAIG online league and for enjoyment purposes only.ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-80627821579703331692014-01-23T20:16:00.001-08:002014-01-23T20:16:03.618-08:00Update #4–Texas Rangers<p align="justify">The Yearbook purchased off of ebay arrived earlier this week. I finally had some time to sit down and scan away. The Fergie Jenkins and Jim Sundberg shots are my favorite. Those came from full page (8x10) photos. Great to find a real shot of Gary Gray in a Rangers uni and there were two for Nelson Norman. Wasn’t sure which I like best, so I’ll leave that up to the Rangers manager. Judging by the fact that Nelson hit just .222 in 147 games, I’m thinking Texas’ manager isn’t going to want to see him much at all. The Lyle photo was interesting, because he came over in a trade with the Yanks in the offseason, so they took the photo during Spring Training. Sparky must have been happy to grow his mutton chops back out, since his former employer (Steinbrenner) wasn’t too keen on facial hair.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gZ-RDIGbHp8/UuHo1sUU4eI/AAAAAAAAEu4/ySN4kJ7ldKY/s1600-h/Bill_Sample%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bill_Sample" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bill_Sample" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-otQioQjvUbk/UuHo2NSI0RI/AAAAAAAAEvA/4hT4MYWZEp8/Bill_Sample_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rYREyT7026Y/UuHo23TC3oI/AAAAAAAAEvI/GDcrGToURyg/s1600-h/Ed_Farmer_TEX%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Ed_Farmer_TEX" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Ed_Farmer_TEX" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigaZbEQaYnovQqnNWousLyFODf3LqQAYPCqOG6_ZNTPiLVVzwkTVg9HrdwktAolp-UPYEIW763JsjViud00kUFnojjUH21THBotUuXEZT66fLILlLWhyphenhyphen-v8kUdxmrb10ivG-WlmHZOsq0/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YR1ruN1CtW0/UuHo4Go-MJI/AAAAAAAAEvY/eB8xIiKP91s/s1600-h/Fergie_Jenkins%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Fergie_Jenkins" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Fergie_Jenkins" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HHdEvVxQNwU/UuHo4s3wTgI/AAAAAAAAEvc/k0AeKNPTcRM/Fergie_Jenkins_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-l5oVHXl7TUg/UuHo5His_PI/AAAAAAAAEvo/hpjzC1NQoAc/s1600-h/Gary_Gray%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Gary_Gray" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Gary_Gray" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-o-fnU70upXY/UuHo5rEjlYI/AAAAAAAAEvs/EZAAR-0qQtc/Gary_Gray_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KuVYhSWa7OI/UuHo6IMtHSI/AAAAAAAAEv4/vARkCl0BCQA/s1600-h/Jim_Sundberg%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jim_Sundberg" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Jim_Sundberg" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GehPl6IBsYU/UuHo6tMWUyI/AAAAAAAAEv8/ipB783nXY_o/Jim_Sundberg_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Q-tR5EoDhuw/UuHo6xS3FvI/AAAAAAAAEwE/IjWrie4hVME/s1600-h/Jon_Matlack%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jon_Matlack" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Jon_Matlack" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YlQd36_Lw7g/UuHo7cJHK4I/AAAAAAAAEwM/_qYvpZi-goI/Jon_Matlack_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XxLfwmZXqr4/UuHo78sDnTI/AAAAAAAAEwU/-TJJrxEPiDs/s1600-h/Nelson_Norman%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Nelson_Norman" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Nelson_Norman" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lkH9dn4CesM/UuHo8Joo_dI/AAAAAAAAEwc/J2pbke5LKSo/Nelson_Norman_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-r_D36ru3FNM/UuHo8k6l18I/AAAAAAAAEwo/IlLsy15vnYo/s1600-h/Nelson_Norman_TEX%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Nelson_Norman_TEX" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Nelson_Norman_TEX" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LPFPippG_8s/UuHo9H_MhZI/AAAAAAAAEww/NVt0ii0pENk/Nelson_Norman_TEX_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7RuZRjV62A4/UuHo9ogl8tI/AAAAAAAAEw0/JDYHeqf_ccE/s1600-h/Pat_Putnam%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Pat_Putnam" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Pat_Putnam" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vn-NCJkcXOQ/UuHo-ddeuTI/AAAAAAAAExA/DAYb1YIZ1vM/Pat_Putnam_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PT1uHyQ92WY/UuHo-1ZHBAI/AAAAAAAAExE/LkqI6-6LcgQ/s1600-h/Richie_Zisk%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Richie_Zisk" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Richie_Zisk" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-QLTjamtGBxg/UuHo_aujNVI/AAAAAAAAExQ/C3_ogbx1sW0/Richie_Zisk_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4wonJOlRfSg/UuHo_5nSDfI/AAAAAAAAExU/wwA5yg6ewLg/s1600-h/Sparky_Lyle%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sparky_Lyle" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sparky_Lyle" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZIO5fKGa_JA/UuHpAY-2NlI/AAAAAAAAExg/iUv24YunhM8/Sparky_Lyle_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-59744771907986664722014-01-23T20:08:00.001-08:002014-01-23T20:08:56.699-08:00Update # 3–Lenny Randle, Charlie Beamon and Jim Lewis<p align="justify">Charlie Beamon’s new card is a colorization from a 1979 program scan. It was a small photo a bit larger than a thumbnail.</p> <p align="justify">Jim Lewis’ card came from his Spokane minor league photo.</p> <p align="justify">After finding out my original Lenny Randle card had Terry Whitfield’s photo on it I couldn’t live with myself. Okay, a bit melodramatic here, but it got me on a mission. It also got Tony and Jim on a mission too, but the best we could come up with was a blueish looking B&W photo issued as a Yankee greats card by the defunct electronics giant The Wiz (in NYC). We later found a small photo of him standing next to Roy White by the batting cage, but it was too small to use and too expensive ($29.99) to purchase. The next option was to see if I could find a good photo to do some airbrush/cut & paste magic on. I found a Seattle Marines photo of him taken in Yankee Stadium. Perfect photo and perfect location. Easy to change a Mariner hat color to a Yankee hat color and drop a logo. Ironically I found a great color shot of Roy White in pinstripes and I cropped out his jersey and dropped it on Len. I had to airbrush out the George Steinbrenner patch on Roy’s Old Timer’s day jersey + I had to colorize Len’s undershirt to Yankee blue. Original is below.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-b4sU1krCZfA/UuHnQwm-DVI/AAAAAAAAEto/xWpKy__cveI/s1600-h/Charlie_Beamon%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Charlie_Beamon" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Charlie_Beamon" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HbsbIBMPa20/UuHnRoEyZOI/AAAAAAAAEts/I1nS_j6BS7U/Charlie_Beamon_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zlrIVCrxxbU/UuHnSLDmxwI/AAAAAAAAEt4/408zPleziOo/s1600-h/Jim_Lewis%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jim_Lewis" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Jim_Lewis" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3nHT6O_-JrI/UuHnSmfIOYI/AAAAAAAAEuA/4g2Pq0PE3Tw/Jim_Lewis_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-oxWySoGmgds/UuHnTOeBXmI/AAAAAAAAEuI/ymetmPW-ecU/s1600-h/Len_Randle%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Len_Randle" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Len_Randle" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ItcAvff-3sQ/UuHnTr8cB_I/AAAAAAAAEuM/ANv9OXzvqsY/Len_Randle_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-D8Ezt-2ZS3g/UuHnUPezd0I/AAAAAAAAEuY/w0MIHspdhPc/s1600-h/LennyRandleNYY1979%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="LennyRandleNYY1979" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="LennyRandleNYY1979" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-KubkW_x0Ls0/UuHnU-oZTWI/AAAAAAAAEuc/CjVReU4fIT0/LennyRandleNYY1979_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="203" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Y_LphyeZMQw/UuHnVSGHP3I/AAAAAAAAEuo/FLXI-2H7YpU/s1600-h/LennyRandleSEA-1%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="LennyRandleSEA-1" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="LennyRandleSEA-1" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xP7lFunzwG0/UuHnVwEz9pI/AAAAAAAAEus/j1rHyFpKmz0/LennyRandleSEA-1_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="192" height="244"></a></p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-56505456824125470952014-01-20T19:05:00.001-08:002014-01-21T13:26:54.238-08:00Update #2: Mariners, Tigers, Rangers, Twins…oh, my<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-UMchD6iLIQk/Ut3j2wtyrAI/AAAAAAAAEmM/vVAnGQ4G7fo/s1600-h/Bruce_Taylor_DET2%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bruce_Taylor_DET2" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Bruce_Taylor_DET2" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SY9Ewh7KeHA/Ut3j3ompyRI/AAAAAAAAEmQ/HfKk1frS2tU/Bruce_Taylor_DET2_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-otAgxP-Has4/Ut3j4Bv-oBI/AAAAAAAAEmc/MkxeMl-vjvc/s1600-h/Rafael_Vasquez%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="Rafael_Vasquez" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Rafael_Vasquez" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4gMi5UZoihw/Ut3j5FkPmAI/AAAAAAAAEmg/AaUMJhuQvkU/Rafael_Vasquez_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sRUg05lfA3w/Ut3j6Dnmf-I/AAAAAAAAEms/SDu3IjnPFf8/s1600-h/Rich_Hinton_SEA%25255B11%25255D.jpg"><img title="Rich_Hinton_SEA" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Rich_Hinton_SEA" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PPkF9a-Tt00/Ut3j6x6ZdjI/AAAAAAAAEm0/ptOnLsbYrOE/Rich_Hinton_SEA_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MogVf8sXnDs_B2Zs87-zmVnTO0993Yl1mfaNaPJEJ6SfjtjVdrJnG3LQtEx-gA5NAwyKq1SPLR7enVqkk46KWRWq-aaQrhE_w2-S4ezaNnxZBJkk3RYzoKzOmK09JtfOaOaWVKItWzw/s1600-h/Jerry_Koosman%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jerry_Koosman" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Jerry_Koosman" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-oc3v0dB8LWE/Ut3j876bE9I/AAAAAAAAEnA/JrDC6xLuiOQ/Jerry_Koosman_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-j34zl1KFif4/Ut3j9kEsVAI/AAAAAAAAEnI/NI_DZA_jyno/s1600-h/Ken_Brett_MIN%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Ken_Brett_MIN" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Ken_Brett_MIN" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a2E3RqYQUV8/Ut3j-LjKf-I/AAAAAAAAEnQ/Z8fn1jejeN4/Ken_Brett_MIN_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lCDUfOCdbPE/Ut3j-3Nl6UI/AAAAAAAAEnY/DgoTPJh_nM4/s1600-h/Kevin_Stanfield%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Kevin_Stanfield" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Kevin_Stanfield" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh29VzAhiC1Ud5Tyymbt1vgSxi4rZNbqDyeAVUc1mm-ZmxgyXBspo4HrPkfeohMuVLbElPn4Xdr5AKCviUzMkhg8Qa4VfuJ2gc2GyKiZWJy6-5SlJp6DbrKjZdtmriMpxjVjGPEixA81hY/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3B9aAwnaCck/Ut3kADFqhII/AAAAAAAAEns/cr-sBMa_Cys/s1600-h/Eric_Soderholm_TEX%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Eric_Soderholm_TEX" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Eric_Soderholm_TEX" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nC9OoiRpflo/Ut3kA4SdM0I/AAAAAAAAEnw/wJUPpocvgLU/Eric_Soderholm_TEX_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-h9xH997SkgY/Ut3kBQOtCgI/AAAAAAAAEn8/012vdYqpm78/s1600-h/Jerry%252520Don_Gleaton%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jerry Don_Gleaton" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Jerry Don_Gleaton" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KmUqNKZ-jzs/Ut3kCCZrH6I/AAAAAAAAEoA/Dg4CvV9RxQI/Jerry%252520Don_Gleaton_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-evBcJWhUSLg/Ut3kCkE9leI/AAAAAAAAEoM/g8U_2sq6SBc/s1600-h/Willie_Montanez_TEX%25255B7%25255D.jpg"><img title="Willie_Montanez_TEX" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Willie_Montanez_TEX" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pmpHUgJgf2k/Ut3kDWCpBaI/AAAAAAAAEoU/NpYnJ49ZOjE/Willie_Montanez_TEX_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3924zFHSRls/Ut7mFgcZsHI/AAAAAAAAEtQ/_V72ejaaXBE/s1600-h/Dave_Chalk_TEX%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Chalk_TEX" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Chalk_TEX" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aibWTnn9UGY/Ut7mGx4-Y-I/AAAAAAAAEtU/qKWw04Om340/Dave_Chalk_TEX_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify">I went through my card collection and found the Bruce Taylor shot on his 1976 rookie panel card, so I scanned it at 1200dbi and hoped for the best. The Vasquez is a colorization of a B&W photo found in a 1979 Mariners program posted by Fat Jack on the OOTP Forum. I kind of like these B&W headshots and can’t wait for my 1979 Mariners program to arrive, so I can start scanning and colorizing. Merkle923 of that forum posted Hinton, Soderholm and Montanez. Jim Akre e-mailed me some custom cards that he made using the 3 Twins photos. Braves70 posted the Jerry Don Gleaton shot straight from the 1980 Rangers yearbook. I’m hoping my 1979 Rangers yearbook arrives tomorrow, so I can add some updates for that team set like I did tonight for the O’s. I thought for sure the Montanez shot would become one of those unfindable white whales, because he played the final month of the season with Texas and moved on to San Diego the following year. Judging from the picture the shot was taken during BP at Yankee Stadium on one of 3 dates (August 13-15). Interestingly he was traded by the Mets to the Rangers, so all he needed to do was hop a cab or jump the IRT to get up to the Bronx. The Mets just finished up dropping 2 of 3 to the Expos over at Shea the day before.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-48655727410196008662014-01-20T18:46:00.001-08:002014-01-20T18:46:17.862-08:00Update #1: Baltimore Orioles–1979 Orioles Photo Album<p align="justify">First update for the 1979 set. I got good news and bad news over the weekend. The 1978 Baltimore Orioles Photo Album that I bought of ebay arrived on Saturday. The bad news: Photos of the stars (Palmer, Murray, Singleton, etc) were ripped out. Good news: A rare photo of John Finn and a great shot of Terry Crowley (in orange) were still in tact. Even better news…the seller refunded my money and didn’t want me to ship it back. All in all I would call that a tactical win. In total I was able to add 12 new cards. 10 replace the original cards issued in 1979 and 2 replace the updates that I created in the first go round. I wish there were more shots with the Orange jerseys. Full disclosure, I’m partial to those jerseys since my softball team back in the late 80’s / early 90’s wore them.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tiyeuPY7wBk/Ut3fHqQfwCI/AAAAAAAAEjI/_cqnGntObV0/s1600-h/Billy_Smith%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Billy_Smith" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Billy_Smith" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WrViTTKtAXg/Ut3fIqZQ-3I/AAAAAAAAEjM/zuj9NFqAVvg/Billy_Smith_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lcZ2I8-CIs0/Ut3fJLGZIfI/AAAAAAAAEjY/xsEUPzELoOY/s1600-h/Dave_Skaggs%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Skaggs" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Skaggs" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EUGXr2PfcSU/Ut3fKGuFRRI/AAAAAAAAEjg/FrF9YdWVwAQ/Dave_Skaggs_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Mh2EABQ2Ujg/Ut3fLT_eNRI/AAAAAAAAEjk/TcoMmC268mk/s1600-h/Don_Stanhouse%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Don_Stanhouse" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Pat_Kelly" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Vxy0BtQN38s/Ut3fb2rA40I/AAAAAAAAEls/-vZ9tDfZ6d0/Pat_Kelly_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Cz6s05jmr3A/Ut3fcrAVqMI/AAAAAAAAEl4/D9BGU5p4-zc/s1600-h/Terry_Crowley%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Terry_Crowley" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Terry_Crowley" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RkQeWnxtKeU/Ut3fdl1-WCI/AAAAAAAAEmA/mkY3JWPzICA/Terry_Crowley_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-35105411138906275422014-01-20T08:26:00.001-08:002014-01-20T08:26:36.637-08:00#26–Texas Rangers (83-79) – 3rd Place AL West (25 Cards)<p align="justify">Texas stayed in contention until mid August when they hit hard times and multiple losing streaks to drop below .500. Going 9-24 in August set them 8 game off the pace in a division that was very winnable. The Rangers rebounded for an excellent September, but the closest they could rally back to was 5 game out. The Rangers featured a balanced offensive attack, where only Al Oliver (.323-12-76) hit over .300. Everyone in the lineup seemed to hover between .275 and .290. Six guys hit double figures in homers, but no one eclipsed the 20 homer plateau. Pat Putnam, Buddy Bell and Richie Zisk all tied for the team lead with 18. Bell, who was acquired from Cleveland in the offseason hit .299 and had 101 RBI's. Texas' mid season acquisitions paid dividends as well. Former Yankee Mickey Rivers hit an even .300 in just 58 games. Eric Soderholm, who came from the Chisox, hit .272 in 63 games. The team was also able to turn a near tragedy into a long term win. On May 28th starting first baseman Mike Jorgensen was beaned by Andy Hassler (BOS). He was basically out of the lineup until July and by that point Pat Putnam had assumed the role as regular first baseman. Putnam had a great season and would hold down the job for the next few years. Jorgensen had headaches, which caused a seizure. It turned out to be a small blood clot in his brain, which under medical care was removed and he was able to return to active play. What doctors couldn't fix was the lack of consistent starting pitching that the Rangers expected to get from a staff that featured guys like Fergie Jenkins (16-14, 4.07), Jon Matlack (5-4, 4.13) and Doyle Alexander (5-7, 4.45). Unheralded Steve Comer (17-12, 3.68) turned out to be the ace. All the starters needed to do was get to the 7th or 8th and hand it off to either Jim Kern (13-5, 1.57, 29 sv) or Sparky Lyle (5-8, 3.13, 13 sv). Kern, who was acquired from Cleveland (like half the team) finished 4th in the Cy Young voting and had his 3rd straight All-Star appearance. Desperate for some sort of spark the Rangers rusher #1 draft pick Jerry Don Gleaton (0-1, 6.52) into action with hopes of getting some sort of spark to save their season, which did not happen.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t7hR942FmII/Ut1Nr1mfuJI/AAAAAAAAEcw/beDTeW60nLM/s1600-h/Bill_Sample%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bill_Sample" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bill_Sample" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CwIbxPF7FnQ/Ut1Nst8UlxI/AAAAAAAAEc0/toUmuW9lxPs/Bill_Sample_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WqaXs3aVHn4/Ut1NtN0JTQI/AAAAAAAAEdA/CdFHObeM-V8/s1600-h/Bob_Babcock%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bob_Babcock" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; 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This by far was the toughest set to complete. Tony and Jim R did a great job finding me photos to use, but when the day was done there wasn’t much available for the outliers. I suspect I will be doing a huge update for the Rangers in the next few days once the book arrives. Here’s the work I had to do to at least get this set usable. Dave Chalk and Ed Farmer are complete airbrush jobs that probably would be on a par with what Topps would have issued in a regular set for this era. Gray, McCall, Mahlberg and Allard are photos from minor league cards with Allard’s being by far the worst of the bunch. Montanez is a BHNH shot from the 1980 set, which they undoubtedly airbrushed out his Met uni. Gleaton’s photo came from the rookie panel card from 1980. It’s so darn grainy and barely usable. Based on his stats, he won’t spend much visible time on the hill anyway ! My favorite of the bunch is the Danny Darwin photo, which came from a Baseball Digest cover. I airbrushed out the headline and captions which yielded a very decent result. Worst of the bunch is the Gary Holle photo, which was a very poor B&W shot that I attempted to colorize.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-88233716610846635852014-01-18T22:48:00.001-08:002014-01-18T22:48:22.947-08:00#25–New York Yankees (89-71) – 4th Place AL East (26 Cards)<iframe height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jxH0sfaL7g0" frameborder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p align="justify">Coming into the 1979 season the two time defending champs were again favored to win it all. The Yankees, winners of 3 consecutive AL Pennants were in the middle of a great run...or so they thought. 1979 started out as one of those years where the Bombers looked flat. They were so flat that by June 17th they were sitting at 34-31, just 3 games over .500. Owner George Steinbrenner was not about to sit back and see his season go down the tubes, so he fired the steady Bob Lemon and brought the fiery Billy Martin back for his second tour of duty. Billy got the team to eventually play better, but better wasn't good enough because the O's were running away with the division. On Wednesday August 1st the Bombers beat the Chisox soundly (9-1) for their 3rd consecutive win. That modest winning streak left them 14 games back with two months left to play. The following day would provide a much needed rest day for the aging Bombers to recoup their strength and hopefully begin a magically run like the one that won them the pennant the previous year after being out by 14 games. Most folks wrote the team off as too old and too far back. On August 2nd the Yankees season officially ended when word came across the wires that their captain, Thurman Munson, died in a plane crash in Akron Ohio while practicing landing his new jet plane. To say that Munson was the heart and soul of the franchise would be an understatement. Munson, who fought bad knees and numerous other injuries all season battled to stay in the lineup. Martin would DH him, play in in Right Field and even put him at first base, just to have him out there. The one true highlight of the season, on the field, happened 4 days later on Monday August 6th. On that day the Yankee family flew to Ohio to burry their captain. Recently re-acquired Bobby Murcer provided the eulogy, and hours later in a home game against the division leading O's he knocked in all 5 Yankee runs to lead an improbable comeback (down 4-0) on what was one of the most emotional nights in the newly renovated stadium. Murcer's surreal heroics added to the mystique and aura that this franchise possesses. By late September the Bombers fought hard to not finish 20 games back. 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Brad Gulden, Paul MIrabella and Darryl Jones were colorizations I created off B&W photos. I found the a Roy Staiger minor league card and airbrushed the cap and the chest logo to make him a Yankee. The Rick Anderson was a Jackson Mets farm team card that I airbrushed. Once the 1979 & 1980 Yankee Yearbooks arrive I will make some updates. I’m not happy with the George Scott photo, which came from his 1980 card and was a very poor airbrush job from the boys at 1 Whitehall St. The Tommy John and Juan Beniquez cards came from the mid season Burger King mini-sets, which were giveaways from the home of the Whopper in the NY Metro area.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-27732520005543366762014-01-18T14:00:00.001-08:002014-01-18T14:00:14.392-08:00#24–Seattle Mariners (67-95) – 6th Place AL West (18 Cards)<iframe height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/_IXLrHV-DyI" frameborder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p align="justify">The M's finished near the bottom in almost all statistical categories, which isn't much of a surprise for a 3rd year expansion team. Most concerning to ownership was the fact that they finished 13th (out of 14) in attendance. The M's couldn't even draw a million to the Kingdome and that was a huge concern to a city that lost it's previous expansion team (Pilots). Folks in Seattle seemed to take more of a shinning to the 3rd year expansion football Seahawks than they did to the M's. Other cultural distractions might have been more important as well. To quote Jim Bouton of Ball 4 fame, "you can't fault a city that has better attendance at it's opera houses than it's ballpark". The M's got a great offensive year from DH Willie Horton (.279-29-106). The 36 year old Tiger castoff flourished in the DH role in Seattle. 28 year old Bruce Bochte (.316-16-100) solidified his spot as the M's first true star player. The pitching once again was the culprit. Mike Parrot (14-12, 3.77) was the only starter with a winning record and an ERA below 4.00. Young lefties, Rick Honeycutt (11-12, 4.04) and Floyd Bannister (10-15, 4.05) showed improvement and promise. The bullpen, other than 23 year old Shane Rawley (5-9, 3.84, 11 sv) was a complete disaster. The hightlight of Seattle's summer came on July 17, 1979 when the Kingdome played host to the All-Star game. 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border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Roy_Branch" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ezDDjCnV7co/Utr5X7XKmPI/AAAAAAAAEVU/SLiglJe_Kgg/Roy_Branch_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-b4HCswtFrg8/Utr5Y2WGxXI/AAAAAAAAEVY/76fdUJ5iIUk/s1600-h/Wayne_Twitchell_SEA%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Wayne_Twitchell_SEA" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Wayne_Twitchell_SEA" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yfCYwWLPh5o/Utr5Ze-9-QI/AAAAAAAAEVk/WWocbcXeS8Y/Wayne_Twitchell_SEA_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GF0Ob_qO2zg/Utr5aDsRmoI/AAAAAAAAEVs/lUUisLL8DeQ/s1600-h/Willie_Horton%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Willie_Horton" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Willie_Horton" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rETcD78BYp0/Utr5bOY1ZOI/AAAAAAAAEVw/y42kNc1tRgg/Willie_Horton_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Notes:</font></strong> This by far was the hardest team set to work on. Many outlier players with very few photo options to choose from. Tony, Jim and I did a lot of research and still came up short on a lot of these. I had to do a lot of cut/paste and airbrushing on Rich Hinton, Wayne Twitchell, Randy Stein and Jim Lewis’ cards. Bobby V’s card is a middle of the road colorization. Roy Branch, Charlie Beamon and Joe Decker have photos from their minor league cards. Rafael Vasquez’ photo comes from his 1980 rookie panel card. I’m hoping in the next week or two we will turn up some better photos for the update set. I ordered a Mariners game program in hopes that it has some good shots. Seattle did not have a yearbook that year, so that wasn’t a option.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-43334739212495556432014-01-18T12:23:00.001-08:002014-01-18T12:23:58.600-08:00#23–Chicago White Sox (73-87) – 5th Place AL West (24 Cards)<iframe height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/I1CP1751wJA" frameborder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p align="justify">The White Sox were the model of consistency in 1979. They took over sole possession of 5th place on Tuesday April 24th and remained there for the entire season. 2 years earlier this was a 90 win team. Fast forward 2 years later and they struggled to avoid being a 90 loss team. On July 12 the Detroit Tigers won the first game of a scheduled doubleheader against the Southsiders, 4–1, on Disco Demolition Night at Comiskey Park. Thousands of young fans swarm onto the field between the games, damaging the field and causing mayhem throughout the stadium. The White Sox are forced to forfeit the second game, which many fans thought was a blessing since their team was more than likely going to lose anyway. Disco Demolition day might have been the highlight/lowlight of the season, or at least what happened on the field. Off the field the highlight was hiring of Tony LaRussa to manage the team on August 2nd. LaRussa was no miracle man, but the team responded to him by going 27-27 the rest of the way. Under Don Kessinger they were an unimpressive 46-60. The White Sox got some good individual performances from youngsters Chet Lemon (.318-17-86) and Claudell Washington (.280-13-66). Mike Squires hit .264 as a part time slick fielding first baseman and Jim Morrison hit 14 homers in just 240 at bats. The White Sox young staff was improving and oddly had 4 lefties in the rotation (Kravec, Wortham, Baumgarten & Trout). Late season call-up Rich Dotson (2-0, 3.70) impressed. Ed Farmer (3-7, 2.43, 14 sv) led a bullpen that saw a lot of action. Mik Proly (3-8, 3.87) chipped in 9 saves to compliment Farmer. Ken Krave (15-13, 3.74) was a workhorse with 10 complete games in 35 starts and 250 total innings.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Uys-Z_dPwuE/UtriYc0qlOI/AAAAAAAAELU/v3Y4TSmJXoQ/s1600-h/Britt_Burns%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Britt_Burns" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Britt_Burns" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-DkNpJqtJqNo/UtriZNfj7cI/AAAAAAAAELY/QDG66NAMzcI/Britt_Burns_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1SEXA7toXEw/UtriZhkrQVI/AAAAAAAAELg/zTP8FCXo67w/s1600-h/Dewey_Robinson%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dewey_Robinson" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Dewey_Robinson" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FR4-Llr15Xo/UtriaTxyP1I/AAAAAAAAELs/SlyjuUYaURY/Dewey_Robinson_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-LS0lAx-0_FY/Utria7pprMI/AAAAAAAAEL0/G4xSWnBWj0g/s1600-h/Ed_Farmer%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Ed_Farmer" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Ed_Farmer" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--BWVZ2cXj-k/UtribmVsvXI/AAAAAAAAEL4/yFWztYlrSEA/Ed_Farmer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uxFHYfuBZIE/UtricM1IEUI/AAAAAAAAEME/XM4yII2kAYg/s1600-h/Fred_Howard%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Fred_Howard" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Fred_Howard" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--LrSdiF-Vcw/UtricjID26I/AAAAAAAAEMI/j5hPcXw7iQA/Fred_Howard_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fXa3rII8Vhk/UtridHlt3NI/AAAAAAAAEMU/5cx-xjCK7QE/s1600-h/Gilbert_Rondon%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Gilbert_Rondon" style="border-left-width: 0px; 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border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Harry_Chappas" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pUZHjcohb0U/UtrigXKPgII/AAAAAAAAEM4/1dhk6yUSYlM/Harry_Chappas_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nxo9M3Sp2gc/Utrigp69jcI/AAAAAAAAENE/RbUqvwx_jI4/s1600-h/Jack_Kucek%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jack_Kucek" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Jack_Kucek" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-YtIWWh1-y3I/UtrihSoSrWI/AAAAAAAAENI/Z0vdoLJ_Oow/Jack_Kucek_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KK3oM0O8PNk/Utrih1HCWDI/AAAAAAAAENU/OZjpZDgme2Q/s1600-h/Jim_Morrison%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jim_Morrison" style="border-left-width: 0px; 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border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Rusty_Torres" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-d9PUOC49lFM/Utri1jF78AI/AAAAAAAAEQ8/fY12PHtSqVg/Rusty_Torres_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wSWRgWGKOW0/Utri2lAjNQI/AAAAAAAAERA/C9GDXofczGM/s1600-h/Steve_Trout%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Steve_Trout" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Steve_Trout" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-U2VyWkYZQrg/Utri3EUHgGI/AAAAAAAAERI/0QD94zvXSqg/Steve_Trout_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> Tony and Jim R did a great job furnishing me with photos for the Chisox team project. A few photos required some additional research since they were a bit grainy. I found the Ed Farmer shot on a newspaper website that did a great story on his kidney transplant.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-22135728945020673442014-01-17T20:19:00.001-08:002014-01-17T20:19:23.191-08:00#22–Detroit Tigers (85-76) – 5th Place AL East (22 Cards)<p align="justify">The Tigers put together their second consecutive winning season, and all they had to show for it was another 5th place finish in the strong NL East. After starting the season off 27-26 Detroit fired manager Les Moss. Then on June 14, 1979 the franchise made a move that would eventually lead the team to back to championship status. On that day Sparky Anderson was hired. Sparky would pilot the team to a 56-50 record the rest of the way. Detroit finally had themselves a manager with a championship pedigree and a burning desire to prove that his 2 World Championships and 4 pennants in Cincinnati were no fluke. To his credit Anderson picked the right situation to return to the bench. Young stars like Lance Parrish (.276-19-65) and Steve Kemp (.318-26-105) were already in place. What would soon become the best keystone combo of the 80's (Lou Whitaker & Alan Trammell) were just 21 and 22 respectively. A young former college football player from Michigan State named Kirk Gibson got a cup of coffee at the end of the season. While the future looked bright, present stars like Ron LeFlore (.300-78 SB) were there to keep the team competitive. The bench was exceptionally strong with 5 guys hitting over .260. Champ Summers, in just 90 games, hit .313 with 20 homers. Jack Morris (17-7, 3.28) emerged into a true ace. Former Reds who played for Sparky, Milt Wilcox (12-10, 4.35) and Jack Billingham (10-7, 3.30) backed up Morris as youngsters Dan Petry (6-5, 3.95) and Dave Rozema (4-4, 3.51) were earning their (Tiger) stripes. Aurelio Lopez (Senor Smoke) arrived on December 4, 1978 along with Jerry Morales in exchange for a minor leaguer and Bob Sykes. Detroit basically robbed the Cardinals and in exchange got a man who would save 21 games and finish 7th in the Cy Young voting.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vXG6Ql3dEfA/UtoAThXrXhI/AAAAAAAAEFs/ZHz4GE6mxQM/s1600-h/Al_Greene%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Al_Greene" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Al_Greene" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pz7qquCAZ-I/UtoAVaanx3I/AAAAAAAAEFw/ESIqdFdRsXE/Al_Greene_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Hjkaz5fzxc4/UtoAWDBM-GI/AAAAAAAAEF8/cXjb9wfBJ9U/s1600-h/Aurelio_Lopez_DET%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Aurelio_Lopez_DET" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Aurelio_Lopez_DET" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XpFoL39-TQg/UtoAW-va2mI/AAAAAAAAEGE/2bZy2GzcOAA/Aurelio_Lopez_DET_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vPdXEIZ0KvM/UtoAXlHUmqI/AAAAAAAAEGM/0B5Fo2OkDcQ/s1600-h/Bruce_Robbins%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bruce_Robbins" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bruce_Robbins" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-c8dq4AyvfJs/UtoAYlfitEI/AAAAAAAAEGQ/jRBT9SprpJI/Bruce_Robbins_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ovYxfzSYkUU/UtoAZP_0CMI/AAAAAAAAEGc/wdnHqq7cHuI/s1600-h/Bruce_Taylor%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bruce_Taylor" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bruce_Taylor" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NzL6cd0HqBg/UtoAaHR7JJI/AAAAAAAAEGg/5sXcodOjBIM/Bruce_Taylor_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S4VmnHbHYV8/UtoAa0z_7ZI/AAAAAAAAEGo/mTOCER4WuyA/s1600-h/Champ_Summers%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Champ_Summers" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Champ_Summers" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ptopCBhqFJc/UtoAbV2LvXI/AAAAAAAAEGw/l7a7Zo2o-hE/Champ_Summers_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-bbwednzPT4o/UtoAb1EEeEI/AAAAAAAAEG0/ozsMRUKnat4/s1600-h/Dan_Gonzales%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dan_Gonzales" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dan_Gonzales" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-tcUxxil_Yqg/UtoActtLGpI/AAAAAAAAEHE/ty7WvIL3FUk/Dan_Gonzales_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5rqb7xC-4X0/UtoAdmXQi3I/AAAAAAAAEHI/6MiraBpqrF8/s1600-h/Dan_Petry%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dan_Petry" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dan_Petry" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XbJwCTgFnK4/UtoAeOEU81I/AAAAAAAAEHQ/ziHowe872BQ/Dan_Petry_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tc-8sHWs0ao/UtoAe9VYfqI/AAAAAAAAEHc/_wIgCWEBqF4/s1600-h/Dave_Machemer%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Machemer" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Machemer" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JNZu3PuX6m0/UtoAf7P6lxI/AAAAAAAAEHg/TE7UjA5i91M/Dave_Machemer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Y8PV4c5kp_g/UtoAgpQyA2I/AAAAAAAAEHs/BlrUzOFYndU/s1600-h/Dave_Stegman%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Stegman" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Stegman" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-a389lj-Ec8I/UtoAhWFlAfI/AAAAAAAAEH0/LnPBiDsO9is/Dave_Stegman_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oxI__YhuWNQ/UtoAiKDXieI/AAAAAAAAEH4/Li-YIb3_ao0/s1600-h/Dave_Tobik%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Tobik" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Tobik" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Sg3gBBoI7sU/UtoAiiAFN2I/AAAAAAAAEIA/ABYVVNpLyTQ/Dave_Tobik_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ZqiY4XjaMPU/UtoAizfu17I/AAAAAAAAEII/488wZEc_fRU/s1600-h/Ed_Putman%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Ed_Putman" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Ed_Putman" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mv-nwDyOzTo/UtoAjYpJOlI/AAAAAAAAEIQ/QrtordBDxgE/Ed_Putman_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5EWkseFn-Uc/UtoAkF66zBI/AAAAAAAAEIY/GyOYHG1rV5Y/s1600-h/Fernando_Arroyo%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Fernando_Arroyo" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Fernando_Arroyo" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ALBdUd8w_0Q/UtoAlGwxIHI/AAAAAAAAEIg/68VyU33HH98/Fernando_Arroyo_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IsdnVTdFgww/UtoAlppsoDI/AAAAAAAAEIs/pPt0yhwsREc/s1600-h/Jerry_Morales%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jerry_Morales" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Jerry_Morales" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-wNmxsdSWQUU/UtoAmScp-3I/AAAAAAAAEI0/MWf2CuPdtzA/Jerry_Morales_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6x6X-JnMtcQ/UtoAnanqlhI/AAAAAAAAEI8/CgiXyzD1k_g/s1600-h/Kip_Young%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Kip_Young" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Kip_Young" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-QIkTVdI3KHY/UtoAoLyMEeI/AAAAAAAAEJA/OOyuh60g2OY/Kip_Young_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nmlrDUV1LJA/UtoAojWAkEI/AAAAAAAAEJI/So_elHfqFOU/s1600-h/Kirk_Gibson%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Kirk_Gibson" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Kirk_Gibson" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uV9yjXJlmqk/UtoApShG_bI/AAAAAAAAEJQ/Lu7V6yAZjNA/Kirk_Gibson_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pjsTWCTkxjY/UtoAqB05OwI/AAAAAAAAEJY/cQK78HJt_T8/s1600-h/Lynn_Jones%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lynn_Jones" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Lynn_Jones" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-705dRZF5yEE/UtoAqU_XvtI/AAAAAAAAEJg/Il_mH1EflVg/Lynn_Jones_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WBiyKHWzJvw/UtoAq2DXs1I/AAAAAAAAEJs/9rCvfaRSAiM/s1600-h/Mike_Chris%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Mike_Chris" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Mike_Chris" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9TrVnl-b2X8/UtoArif5uiI/AAAAAAAAEJw/1as99FQWhmg/Mike_Chris_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hLaKQqQMzu4/UtoArwWkuLI/AAAAAAAAEJ4/Z7m_8-r8fTU/s1600-h/Pat_Underwood%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Pat_Underwood" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Pat_Underwood" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vUDcUfnNodc/UtoAsuhvoaI/AAAAAAAAEJ8/k7qPT-RxDVo/Pat_Underwood_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pA7JXyH_sao/UtoAtISbVfI/AAAAAAAAEKI/UkUQYA_zErs/s1600-h/Rick_Peters%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Rick_Peters" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Rick_Peters" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-EZ6sW6INYms/UtoAuLOZjKI/AAAAAAAAEKQ/SsspCcc3wgc/Rick_Peters_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-f6eKBP4BMh4/UtoAuiNkd9I/AAAAAAAAEKY/VYvCMIEfm74/s1600-h/Sheldon_Burnside%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sheldon_Burnside" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sheldon_Burnside" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FqwsDtYDd7g/UtoAvSxDskI/AAAAAAAAEKg/08iNTlY1R_w/Sheldon_Burnside_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ux6hY3yN1dU/UtoAwLjWpEI/AAAAAAAAEKs/8dg1grjFFJU/s1600-h/Steve_Baker%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Steve_Baker" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Steve_Baker" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR5A_B-QvOVl7umaxopSMa0lwI5EZssYJ7Ejg7sczcJHV84z0sbV_wKsFkoSPNJMD11nbCDnD-TIiAh11K0ZEqoVhyphenhyphenRgMqyOaZ_i4tim4NsY1inZ709twAEx0g7xqdwl7SFbLgI2kw5V8/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-5EFemOLaRUE/UtoAxRTiUbI/AAAAAAAAEK4/JBEqvObC0D8/s1600-h/Tom_Brookens%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tom_Brookens" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tom_Brookens" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hcv8oFgL-WU/UtoAyD_xgtI/AAAAAAAAELA/defSc0sxwfM/Tom_Brookens_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Notes:</font></strong> Tony and Jim R did a great job furnishing me with photos for this team set. I was able to replace a lot of B&W photos with minor league card photos from the Tigers Evansville Triplets, their AAA affiliate. The Sheldon Burnside card required colorization and quite honestly it looks better than the job I did on his card last year. I was tempted to order the Tigers yearbook (I still might), but after seeing the quality of the photos I had to work with I didn’t see the need to.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-28511018499418657902014-01-16T15:44:00.001-08:002014-01-16T15:44:26.286-08:00#21–Toronto Blue Jays (53-109) – 7th Place AL East (26 Cards)<p align="justify">The Jays started out the season 4-3, then a 5 game losing streak hit and the rest is history. When a team loses 109 games there isn't much that went right, but the Jays were only in their 3rd year of operation and they were looking to build a contender from the ground up. Shortstop Alfredo Griffin was one of those building blocks. Griffin played gold glove caliber shortstop and hit .287 and was awarded the AL Rookie of the Year Award. John Mayberry, who must have thought playing in Toronto was like light years from playing in KC, hit .274 with 21 homers. DH Rico Carty, who could come out of a coma and go 2 for 5 began to bottom out and at 39 years of age was at the end of the road. A 20 year old skinny kid from Brigham Young University took a shot at playing second base and realized he would be a better suited as a shooting guard in Boston. Otto Velez (.288-15-48) had one of his best statistical season in part time play. The Jays pitching ranked last in most statistical categories, which should come as no surprise. Rookie Dave Stieb (8-8, 4.31) showed sighs of promise and was the only starter to not sport a losing record. Tom Underwood (9-16, 3.69) and Dave Lemanczyk (8-10, 3.71) were hard luck losers. Tom Buskey (6-10, 3.43) had 7 saves and not much help in the pen. Toronto's pitching staff had 19 different men make the attempt, including position player Craig Kusick, who threw 3 2/3 innings.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IgfMoGqmXR8/UthuUfj4Y_I/AAAAAAAAD90/S8QS0tpps0g/s1600-h/Alfredo_Griffin%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alfredo_Griffin" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alfredo_Griffin" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cBv1eGcCYuk/UthuU5pmkJI/AAAAAAAAD98/AQwU9Hak2PM/Alfredo_Griffin_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cgyDH8PRzow/UthuVplROhI/AAAAAAAAD-E/SKLMApJoegQ/s1600-h/Alvis_Woods%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alvis_Woods" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alvis_Woods" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BaJEzxacTMw/UthuWVt3cXI/AAAAAAAAD-I/rCXpLPOM7JY/Alvis_Woods_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DHMr964oht0/UthuW6RY1DI/AAAAAAAAD-U/bpMENLyjnk0/s1600-h/Balor_Moore%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Balor_Moore" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tony_Solaita_TOR" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3f7831ZoJzw/Uthu2IPY_YI/AAAAAAAAEFY/Teb9e6cv-6k/Tony_Solaita_TOR_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> It was slim pickin’s when it came to photos to use during the first go-round. Tony and Jim R did a great job tracking things down, but the Jays employed so many obscure and part time players it was very hard to track them down in a photo featuring a Jays uni or cap. Then Chris Markham came to the rescue and scanned a ton of photos from his Blue Jays yearbooks (circa 1979-80). Some of the players already had cards in the 1979 set, but because of the fine quality of his scans I decided to use them and create replacement cards. In total Chris sent me photos that wound up in use on 15 cards posted here. To round out the Blue Jays offering I had to do a lot of airbrushing on minor league cards. The Luebber card required a lot of cut/paste and color changing skills. Butch Edge is clearly wearing a Braves uniform, but what the heck.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-25988273398882880252014-01-15T21:02:00.001-08:002014-01-15T21:02:33.531-08:00#20–Kansas City Royals (85-77) – 2nd Place AL West (15 Cards)<p align="justify">Like the Phillies, the 3 time defending division champion Royals found themselves on the outside looking in when it came to the post season. Their fall from grace cost manager Whitey Herzog his job as Jim Frey replaced him after the season ended. As late as September 4th the Royals were just a game and a half back, but they couldn't find a way to right their wrongs and go on a run to take the division crown. The Royals were second in runs scored and hit a robust .282. They led the league in stolen bases by a nice margin, so their offense wasn't the issue. The issue was their normally strong pitching which ranked 10th out of 14. Not one starter managed an ERA under 4.00, except the oft injured Steve Busby (6-6, 3.63). Closer Al Hrabosky (9-4, 3.74, 11 sv) wasn't terribly reliable, so KC decided to try out a 26 year old career minor leaguer named Dan Quisenberry (3-2, 3.15, 5 sv), which was a move that would pay dividends in the near future. Focusing on the positive look no further than George Brett, who had an MVP caliber season (.329-23-107). On September 17th Brett collected his 20th triple of the season, which made him the first player to join the 20-20-20 club since Willie Mays did it back in 1957. Catcher Darrell Porter (.291-20-112) not only caught 157 games, but he hit for power and walked 121 times, while striking out just 65 times. Willie Wilson stole 83 bases and hit .315. Amos Otis knocked in 90. If the Royals got some semblance of pitching they probably could have won this division by 5 or 6, instead they finished second and cost their manager his job. Interestingly during the free agent draft the Royals used their #1 pick (#4 overall) to draft a youngster from Western PA, named Dan Marino. Seventeen Rounds later they took a kid named John Elway. I think we all know how their respective futures turned out.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZHYmzNTGoqI/Utdnq-iYXcI/AAAAAAAAD5c/HNzMZYdgPH8/s1600-h/Bill_Paschall%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bill_Paschall" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bill_Paschall" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-HOFXk-5YVQI/UtdnrZUqGjI/AAAAAAAAD5g/k1lwwZlnY30/Bill_Paschall_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BqJtLLDjUGE/Utdnr2GSTwI/AAAAAAAAD5o/d161RD_ATYs/s1600-h/Craig_Chamberlain%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Craig_Chamberlain" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Craig_Chamberlain" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yvDUzTwKhsU/Utdnsbgul3I/AAAAAAAAD50/We-kqKdVXbI/Craig_Chamberlain_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Nw1ujd2OSeo/Utdns8DgdXI/AAAAAAAAD54/CfyaKJAAjk8/s1600-h/Craig_Eaton%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Craig_Eaton" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Craig_Eaton" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-f7Yiq1XxnWM/UtdntHd9TiI/AAAAAAAAD6A/8Zc8sOsAEgo/Craig_Eaton_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-BJ77zAFz14E/Utdntkl9jjI/AAAAAAAAD6I/NUsl9MVEJrk/s1600-h/Dan_Quisenberry%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dan_Quisenberry" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dan_Quisenberry" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FQWJQ8ry4iU/Utdnt0SPgnI/AAAAAAAAD6Q/IiHxREcEYqs/Dan_Quisenberry_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XmBEPW2x0_Y/UtdnuUkXzfI/AAAAAAAAD6Y/_-o_pe7DBo8/s1600-h/Eduardo_Rodriguez_KCR%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Eduardo_Rodriguez_KCR" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="German_Barranca" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Vy0h1H9j7FM/UtdnypO-taI/AAAAAAAAD7g/dqEu0_ZobMY/German_Barranca_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-EbKrK6Rzm7c/UtdnzEADXhI/AAAAAAAAD7s/aqOzwetF9UU/s1600-h/Jim_Gaudet%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jim_Gaudet" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Jim_Gaudet" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8t0EGMBf-IE/Utdnzsik6kI/AAAAAAAAD7w/TVhyHfYp2gs/Jim_Gaudet_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-pdFmRsGS_xw/Utdn0L1mTSI/AAAAAAAAD74/vGDsT5qtfTQ/s1600-h/Jim_Nettles%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jim_Nettles" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Jim_Nettles" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lopH4VFOFEw/Utdn0eXDxOI/AAAAAAAAD8A/vbtT2_VcRhQ/Jim_Nettles_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3YAOzbdTjYtYfQ3IYI48NIQ3t6MlKnwYHYlxuPUSesYw7IRYv9tjOJtuq9YdeBSWym2FDx5cBBl1FKrjRdX1SCfrM7didLe0HEHZZE5bbqcZxewowTG2ICS80EE3pZawrJNat-gdQhNk/s1600-h/Renie_Martin%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Renie_Martin" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Renie_Martin" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3kBbvMXqfL_ZvNJtVkTPh6ktwvzvo5bRrIWjyt51jmbSQSP2depxeVCcOM8jLKn43f-cFcDddqP4BqoBl8L2sUJRILc7aM2EVUehDOQZviRs_-YhsYthvqPrcozCZvGSNzjCBsa4i7Q/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-l8HfDRVAs4A/Utdn17DkkLI/AAAAAAAAD8c/VHGF5GjD3rk/s1600-h/Steve_Busby%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Steve_Busby" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Steve_Busby" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGF_GPd3RNI6lNOShGv1TR4ic_yYUR7wBkbfaQfDNPeofaVu7j3BJSt1rh3tKnWQWvm6EZcUvySxVLykwjyidfJEx0nM_s8X8QXTuJUo99rveGGMYi4SQ_5hcyeiBm1hJD-cvL10FOW6U/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--314ksKisVY/Utdn23jwjEI/AAAAAAAAD8o/Swcw7BH5ba8/s1600-h/Todd_Cruz%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Todd_Cruz" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Todd_Cruz" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YL7ysPkZ2Rc/Utdn3DqP09I/AAAAAAAAD8w/8TtvZgo3IOc/Todd_Cruz_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TOt91gxE25w/Utdn3hZWgEI/AAAAAAAAD84/DinPkvoHKFw/s1600-h/UL_Washington%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="UL_Washington" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="UL_Washington" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-YbI7I_hngac/Utdn4NmAcHI/AAAAAAAAD9A/hgToFZFQDU8/UL_Washington_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Notes:</font></strong> Both Tony and Jim R. sent me the photos that I used for this set. The Paschall and Nettles were photoshopped minor league cards. Someone did a great job colorizing the Throop photo. Not sure who did it since it was sent to me, but kudos just the same. I did some touch up work on the UL Washington photo to get rid of the shadows and give it a bit of a high def look. Is it just me or does the “boomer”, George Scott, look really out of place in a KC blue uni ? I somehow picture him in a Red Sox uni flashing his trademark gold capped tooth smile.</p> <p align="justify"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Cz-wEuu6c4g/Utdn4syKETI/AAAAAAAAD9M/su_iCSRA1zg/s1600-h/Dan_Marino%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dan_Marino" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dan_Marino" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-S165gDGznlQ/Utdn5KMGxzI/AAAAAAAAD9Q/ArRsVAZftpI/Dan_Marino_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_6Ae9rwI35rMsWERS1d2uBjPZcNzjoRe7Z8b9u_eyJHLKwi-e3uaJEa2cRmaS48Aq75iat0HXxltiDwaov69CQHq445IyEbliveqRbO4BnAN1OscKcjUFQpTHK2X2G0jGKunCLOTkQaA/s1600-h/John_Elway%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="John_Elway" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="John_Elway" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-H-W7cBCgN1w/Utdn6CzxFZI/AAAAAAAAD9g/P3Dt_fcwz5o/John_Elway_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-90171580923972067962014-01-15T18:05:00.001-08:002014-01-15T18:05:48.588-08:00#19–Philadelphia Phillies (84-78) – 4th Place NL East (19 Cards)<p align="justify">The Phightin' Phills made a huge splash in the free agent market signing Pete Rose away from the Cincinnati Reds in the hopes that he would be the final piece to a championship puzzle. For 3 consecutive seasons the Phillies captured the NL East flag only to lose to the Reds and Dodgers in the LCS. Despite get a .331 season from Rose, the Phightin's took a huge step back in the standings dropping from 1st to 4th. Fans on Broad St. began to believe that maybe their window of opportunity was beginning to close on them with some of their core players (Boone, Bowa, Carlton, McGraw, Reed and McBride) all on the dark side of 30. The biggest concern was the power outage in South Philly. Despite a 45 homer season from Michael Jack Schmidt the team finished 8th in that category totaling just 119. The rest of the team combined hit just 30 more homers than Schmidt. The biggest worry was the bullpen, which found new ways each game to blow leads. Not one reliever (McGraw, Reed, Eastwick, Saucier, Bird) posted an ERA under 4.00. The lack of bullpen prowess robbed another 20 win season from Lefty Carlton (18-11, 3.62). Philadelphia held tight until late July, when they slowly but surely began to drop out of the race. On July 20th they were just 2 games out of first. A month later, August 20th, they were almost 9 games out and dropping faster than the Hindenburg. When all the dust cleared the team favored to win their 4th consecutive NL East crown finished 14 games behind Pittsburgh. On a positive note they drew 2.7 million fans, which put them number 2 in the league in attendance. Little did everyone know just how well they would rebound in 1980.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-6wkhEU5_bUc/Utc-HsopIxI/AAAAAAAAD0o/B4sKyzOks8c/s1600-h/Dan_Larson%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dan_Larson" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dan_Larson" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sL26Q-8_s1Q/Utc-IgmajpI/AAAAAAAAD0s/N2piyIvTFKk/Dan_Larson_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-B6HS2LjAg94/Utc-JG4Y0PI/AAAAAAAAD04/ofY2FN8Li7o/s1600-h/Dave_Rader%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Rader" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Rader" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KbI2Hu_MljE/Utc-JiOBJLI/AAAAAAAAD08/Fi3uSgat9-Y/Dave_Rader_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4TkQcz3y05g/Utc-KHpXR3I/AAAAAAAAD1E/J9X7lpKyuv4/s1600-h/Del_Unser%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Del_Unser" style="border-top: 0px; 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The “white whale” from this set, Rudy Meoli had a full page color photo in the book. When I saw it I felt like I scratched off the winning lottery ticket (or at least what I perceived that to be). Finding a photo of John Poff was also quite rewarding. The Dan Larson is a mediocre airbrushing of a minor league card. Curiously their minor league affiliate’s (OKC) uniform looked more like a Red Sox uni, not a Philly one. I colorized the Jack Kucek photo and had a lot of fun doing it. After spending over a half hour working on it I decided not to mess with the B&W background. Photos that came from the aforementioned yearbook are: Meoli, Aviles, Rose, Espinosa, Trillo, Smith, Saucier, Poff, Gross Unser & Rader.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-51829899318671259892014-01-14T19:14:00.001-08:002014-01-14T19:14:36.152-08:00#18–San Diego Padres (68-93) – 5th Place NL West (18 Cards)<p align="justify">The Friars took a huge step backward in 1979, winning 12 games less than the previous season. In fact one less win and they would have shared the cellar with the equally woeful Braves. After Dave Winfield (.308-34-118) there wasn't much offense at all. Gene Tenace (.263-20-67) was the only other Padre in double digits for homers. This team was definitely offensively challenged. Starters Randy Jones (11-12, 3.64), Gaylord Perry (12-11, 3.06), Bob Shirley (8-16, 3.38) and Eric Rasmussen (6-9, 3.27) all had ERA's in the 3's, with Perry being the only one sporting a record above .500. 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I was able to supplement it with a gift from ebay that arrived in the mail today. That gift was a 1979 Padre yearbook that I bought for $3. With shipping this treasure trove of photos cost me a full $5 and it was worth every penny ! 11 of the 18 cards in this set came from that yearbook that wore out my scanner tonight. Once I complete all the teams I’m going to scan an additional 16 photos and update some of the cards from the original 1979 set with these great yearbook photos of Winfield, Perry and Ozzie.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-15619222137769762792014-01-13T20:47:00.001-08:002014-01-13T20:47:33.622-08:00#17–California Angels (88-74) – 1st Place AL West (23 Cards)<p align="justify">After 19 seasons the cowboy, Gene Autry, finally got his first post season appearance. Sure an 88 win team isn’t exactly dominant, but after stockpiling free agent talent for the past 4 seasons the Halo’s were destined to get to the top. Of course it didn’t hurt one bit that the 3 time AL West defending champion Royals had a rare off year, but hey who’s complaining ? Don Baylor won the AL MVP Award on the heels of a .296-36-139 season. Baylor even led the team in steals with 22. Bobby Grich (.294-30-101) finally lived up to his free agent billing and posted Joe Morgan type numbers at second base. Free Agent signee Rod Career hit 70 points below his 1978 average, but that was still a solid .318. Nolan Ryan (16-14, 3.60) was barely a .500 pitcher in what would turn out to be his final season in an Angel uniform. Unheralded David Frost (16-10, 3.57), not to be confused with the guy who interviewed Nixon, had better numbers than “the Express”. Mark Clear (11-5, 3.63, 14 sv) was the only reliable arm out of the pen. Dave LaRoche had 10 saves, but he also lost 11 games and is ERA was in the mid 5’s. 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Then it dawned on me that they were 1979 cards that I created for KOD14. I quickly e-mailed Douglas Zaner, who sent me a zip file of my originals. I eventually took Tony’s photos and upgraded 9 cards: Bert Campaneris, John Harris, Brian Harper, Larry Harlow, Ike Hampton, Steve Eddy, Willie Davis, Dave Schuler and John Montague. I’m still looking for a non airbrushed photo for Ralph Garr, which has been anointed the “white whale” for this team set.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-15731988258902869202014-01-12T22:24:00.001-08:002014-01-12T22:24:42.831-08:00#16–Minnesota Twins (82-80) – 4th Place AL West (14 Cards)<iframe height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/WkwhqZfqU7s" frameborder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p align="justify">The Twins were only 2 games back on September 1st, but they pretty much played .500 ball during the final month of the season, while the Angels won just enough to claim the AL West Flag. Jerry Koosman, rewarded his hometown team with a 20 win season (20-13, 3.38). To say that Kooz was elated to be traded by the downtrodden Mets to the Twins in the offseason was an understatement. Kooz went from losing 20 two seasons ago to winning 20 thanks to the change in scenery. 1974 Cy Young Award winner Mike Marshall (10-15, 2.65) saved 32 games and pitched an incredible 142 innings in relief, which the team needed since the starters (after Kooz) were inconsistent at best. As a whole the team hit .278, but with very little power (12th in homers). Roy Smalley led the team with 24 dingers and 95 RBI's. After that you had Ken Landreaux with 15 and Ron Jackson with 14. Based on their lack of power and lack of starting pitching, after Kooz, you have to give Gene Mauch an awful lot of credit for keeping them in contention. 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border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Rick_Sofield" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eALMpTQW3FM/UtOGnmbTnDI/AAAAAAAADkg/fEZivu663b0/Rick_Sofield_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lImgQv7xh9Q/UtOGoTBjh8I/AAAAAAAADko/F5OdNF5TtSo/s1600-h/Ron_Jackson_MIN%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Ron_Jackson_MIN" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Ron_Jackson_MIN" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-xkZQ6TW2Bu0/UtOGpD_8lzI/AAAAAAAADks/de5evUaFJJo/Ron_Jackson_MIN_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4dNme9t2O8U/UtOGphxoVhI/AAAAAAAADk4/2TgMjdoth-w/s1600-h/Terry_Felton%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Terry_Felton" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Terry_Felton" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-G1ktSz0uZ6c/UtOGqA1q96I/AAAAAAAADk8/sEXwTMNiZR0/Terry_Felton_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> Tony found half of these photos and Jim and I split the other half. Kevin Stanfield and Dan Graham wound up in their minor league uni’s. I’m hoping someone will find a Twins photo or two of them before we finish the project. Same for Ken Brett. I got real lazy here and used his 1977 Chisox card as a place holder until we find something better.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-85393365911789291782014-01-12T20:46:00.001-08:002014-01-12T20:46:57.395-08:00#15–Oakland A’s (54-108) – 7th Place AL West (16 Cards)<iframe height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ISQOcHduk-s" frameborder="0" width="420" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p align="justify">When you finish last in almost every offensive category and next to last in pitching there is a very good chance you will finish last in the standing. Based on those expectations, the 1979 Oakland A’s did not disappoint. To say this once dominant franchise had hit rock bottom would be an understatement. Losing well over 100 games is usually indicative of how bad you really are. What it did not indicate is that there was plenty of young talent waiting to mature into a very good team. For the past 4 seasons the A’s had begun stockpiling young arms and fast legs. While that didn’t translate into wins during this season, it would over the next few. 20 year old speedster Rickey Henderson, who would eventually become the all time stolen base king, got his first taste of major league ball with this club. Dwayne Murphy and Tony Armas would flank him in the outfield to form the nucleus of one of the most dynamic young outfields in the early 80’s. The young arms got roughed up, but over the next 3 years they would blossom into stardom. Mike Norris (5-8, 4.80) would be a 22 game winner the following season. In 2 short years this team would go from 108 losses to playing in the ALCS.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rLJDhu7_EGc/UtNvapBL3KI/AAAAAAAADdg/khaZY6LK0xA/s1600-h/Alan_Wirth%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alan_Wirth" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Alan_Wirth" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XFNqF7L1e9s/UtNvbE-3oPI/AAAAAAAADdk/4NApL3nklDA/Alan_Wirth_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_q5NiEY3O9g/UtNvbvMOGCI/AAAAAAAADdw/nN8fwoSCjRs/s1600-h/Craig_Minetto%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Craig_Minetto" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Craig_Minetto" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D8GeVyEPec8/UtNvc1kYFsI/AAAAAAAADd4/ZpzX1UiMbTQ/Craig_Minetto_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Gl3F0KtKtnw/UtNvdxrRePI/AAAAAAAADeA/RVdJW14b67w/s1600-h/Dave_Chalk_OAK%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Chalk_OAK" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Chalk_OAK" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NhSQycbZ9dQ/UtNveh-3paI/AAAAAAAADeE/PKI6glpW7C0/Dave_Chalk_OAK_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RSY01KGSVC8/UtNvffaIk6I/AAAAAAAADeM/EkpCVsujoRQ/s1600-h/Dave_Hamilton_OAK%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Hamilton_OAK" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Hamilton_OAK" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-MwCOUWRkdcw/UtNvfyeFKmI/AAAAAAAADeU/umuNEmeKAFA/Dave_Hamilton_OAK_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Y72W2xAwWgY/UtNvgS05dLI/AAAAAAAADeg/I0y0DzrRnIM/s1600-h/Derek_Bryant%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Derek_Bryant" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Derek_Bryant" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-61Cov7GzTNs/UtNvgx1C4LI/AAAAAAAADek/by6xZhgpiaE/Derek_Bryant_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mnkiiQ5_OYA/UtNvhuf412I/AAAAAAAADew/r5ien0QuBHM/s1600-h/Dwayne_Murphy%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dwayne_Murphy" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Dwayne_Murphy" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7FSe07U-APo/UtNviNPGOwI/AAAAAAAADe0/yO58cxISb7Y/Dwayne_Murphy_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N4N8Y22cX0w/UtNvigz2u3I/AAAAAAAADfA/IOiEnKU3CXw/s1600-h/Jim_Todd_OAK%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jim_Todd_OAK" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Jim_Todd_OAK" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9g6B588_Ql7hNNyrHETunjULYSdccDtwjwyWef2SPV8AM2mt0iGPKJBVwSO-Lw7cyx0l0SgpDf0MSJHJHe9KEXMtk67utUeJUUq1TnqdNDpySKnM9wZg5utw8utdun8zY-6cRczJAUk/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WEme0uJNG4M/UtNvju6S6II/AAAAAAAADfQ/iOsUu3sAGsI/s1600-h/Larry_Murray%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Larry_Murray" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Larry_Murray" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gLR7hTwZIIU/UtNvkVySh8I/AAAAAAAADfY/NUZcM_P2qH4/Larry_Murray_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9CSZBJwlN8E/UtNvlhqMlyI/AAAAAAAADfc/Wfn9HN9hUEk/s1600-h/Mickey_Klutts%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Mickey_Klutts" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Mickey_Klutts" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dK3Mgqn51ok/UtNvmTCUWmI/AAAAAAAADfo/gsBqeh-Ewn0/Mickey_Klutts_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-F3sVOrerI9c/UtNvnRZuUqI/AAAAAAAADfw/MTsHQc9m0lI/s1600-h/Miguel_Dilone%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Miguel_Dilone" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Miguel_Dilone" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QLubyVk5PLg/UtNvn9naCbI/AAAAAAAADf0/1Okh6lSGrso/Miguel_Dilone_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3AxkQ-ltWXo/UtNvoRvN5eI/AAAAAAAADf8/sNNHakaw-W0/s1600-h/Mike_Heath%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Mike_Heath" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Mike_Heath" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAlUH-SG4dHFoietb4qSCVSKmpnpmFMnNLGOYyROk67uBHq8Jq7KHq5ZZ408RzUAe4on2ROQcTqyVChZyuh43ZMsOnfgTWlQrsLrJC8P4S4bDJWSXP6GuZ_eK-XREw1DRqqH7ookvf4hs/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6oRFzZrQEUo/UtNvpRbcLEI/AAAAAAAADgM/PIrgJIAnSZw/s1600-h/Mike_Morgan%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Mike_Morgan" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Mike_Morgan" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-e6-fbY1xRY0/UtNvp007BMI/AAAAAAAADgU/ayjPWoLrRxg/Mike_Morgan_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ncXswcxVaTM/UtNvqbvEQLI/AAAAAAAADgg/7ETadeg-BQY/s1600-h/Milt_Ramirez%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Milt_Ramirez" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Milt_Ramirez" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-83BGCSCR1IU/UtNvq1zxy9I/AAAAAAAADgk/SwyS2lyyWug/Milt_Ramirez_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-V3Mxr_zBh94/UtNvraqXhLI/AAAAAAAADgw/DngzuZ_Rqac/s1600-h/Rick_Langford%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Rick_Langford" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Rick_Langford" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-D1M9SCaKUdU/UtNvr9-0uiI/AAAAAAAADg0/Xlbi_RXXMxA/Rick_Langford_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZYwSJLhQH3Q/UtNvsdq6PyI/AAAAAAAADhA/WWcKcgD9RqU/s1600-h/Rickey_Henderson%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Rickey_Henderson" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Rickey_Henderson" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Y6LeFDnNKOw/UtNvtD8puYI/AAAAAAAADhE/BjGowhpWzlY/Rickey_Henderson_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-wN7JF4rhiMA/UtNvuEm4G-I/AAAAAAAADhQ/OSN1C1NXv-E/s1600-h/Steve_McCatty%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Steve_McCatty" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Steve_McCatty" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uVWLuYXSEYs/UtNvvbGRZsI/AAAAAAAADhY/N--4U8dFCY0/Steve_McCatty_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> Tony and Jim R did a gr8 job compiling these photos. At the 11th hour Jeff Grence added the missing pieces. I’m still looking for a real Milt Ramirez A’s photo in color. Consider that the “White Whale” of this team set. The only touch up work I had to do here was remove the banners from Larry Murray’s 1980 card, which will never see the light of day in ARAIG play since he didn’t play at all after 1979.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-53377928926522754792014-01-12T18:46:00.001-08:002014-01-12T18:46:18.421-08:00#14–Houston Astros (89-73) – 2nd Place NL West (19 Cards)<p align="justify">The Astros finally turned the corner in 1979 and served notice to the old guard that they were gunning for the division title, which the Reds and Dodgers pretty much owned throughout the decade. With their unique brand of pitching and speed the Astros came within a game and a half of the Reds despite finishing dead last in homers. Every starter, except catcher Alan Ashby, had double digits in stolen bases. The 'Stros played small ball to perfection considering not one regular hit over .290 this was incredible. Of course anything can happen when you have great pitching. 29 year old J.R. Richard struck out an incredible 313 batters and posted an 18-13, 2.71 record. He completed half of his 38 starts. Overshadowed when it came to stuff, but not results was Phil's little brother, Joe Niekro. Joe (21-11, 3.00) had a career year. Ken Forsch (11-6, 3.04) and Joaquin Andujar (12-12, 3.43) rounded out one fine staff. Lefty Joe Sambito (8-7, 1.77) saved 22 when and if the starters tired. The Astros held on to first place roughly from mid May, until early September when the remnants of the Big Red Machine called on their experience and rolled the clock back for one last big run. Losing 3 of 4 to the lowly Braves during the last week of the season after taking 2 of 3 from the Reds ended their chances, but going this deep into the pennant race would pay huge dividends the following season.</p> <p><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-UMkGXseVTv0/UtNTHyG3P-I/AAAAAAAADYo/SjlWa4YbgDc/s1600-h/Alan_Ashby%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alan_Ashby" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Alan_Ashby" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3LZZ7nLELFtHp5VAIV8nUurbR0z73EBccYms_9hUbjbWsY3vAT8mS-fxwblHfeyxsH-GKBhGBF9YGEF-4mexwpfjFpYcbvLlc8qxtfRJgtCFFS3-ybC-FK2aHWMh9-yS7ruMgx8hJYSs/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rmRKbB59oF4/UtNTJXdWD6I/AAAAAAAADY0/oPx_EJ0g5d4/s1600-h/Alan_Knicely%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alan_Knicely" style="border-top: 0px; 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Widenbauer, Baldwin and Roberge required extensive airbrushing from their minor league cards. Thankfully all 3 had on orange jersey. Baldwin’s came from a Tidewater Tides (NYM – AAA affiliate) card, so the cap color had to be changed. Wiedenbauer was wearing what looked like a mesh trucker’s cap that required a lot of work because there were white stripes on each side of the logo. Throop and Sprowl were colorized B&W shots. The Pete Ladd shot was a hidden gem that I found off of what looked like an amateur photographer’s site. Call it a captured “White Whale” if you will. The rest were supplied by Tony.</p> <p align="justify">14 team sets down, out of 26. We have officially crossed the halfway point in the project.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-5193258128613402622014-01-12T18:26:00.001-08:002014-01-12T18:26:05.804-08:00#13–San Francisco Giants (71-91) – 4th Place NL West (15 Cards)<p align="justify">Giant fans were treated to sub par baseball all season. Ace lefty Vida Blue, who was so dominant in his hay day across the bay in San Fran had a .500 record (14-14) with an inflateed ERA (5.01). The rest of the rotation wasn't much better. How could you expect a pitching staff to be any good when the team employed 6 different guys behind the dish. Jack Clark continued his growth (.273-26-86) and Stretch McCovey continued to fade (.249-15-57). Mike Ivie looked like he was on the cusp of superstardom (.286-27-89), but what position was he going to call home ? He played first, left, third and second and in his past he spent time behind the plate, the one spot the Giants needed help at, but weren't going to play Ivie at. 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tom_Griffin" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-kHQwIYz83FU/UtNOu2j3JjI/AAAAAAAADYY/7NefzftA1GE/Tom_Griffin_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> Some extensive airbrush work was needed on minor league card photos from Ed Plank, Greg Johnston and Phil Nastu. Joe Coleman and Bob Kearny’s B&W photos needed colorizing. Tony sent over some nice shot that he found in the archives. The Venable and North shots come from the 81 Fleer’s, which must have been taken back to back in a pre-game photo shoot.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-89229615996155263882014-01-11T22:35:00.001-08:002014-01-11T22:35:23.680-08:00#12–Atlanta Braves (66-94) – 6th Place NL West (15 Cards)<iframe height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/YjlQ9rWwSYw" frameborder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p align="justify">The Braves finished off their “lost decade” of the 70’s in typical style, finishing in last place and leaving no lasting memories with their fan base. This was the 2nd dismal year for manager Bobby Cox, who would have a forgetable 1st tenure with the Bravos. Rookie Bob Horner (who was the 11th man to hit 4 homers in a game) went straight from the campus of Arizona State University right to the heart of the Braves lineup without spending a day in the minors. Horner, who was the 1978 NL ROY upped his numbers in ‘79 by hitting 33 homers and batting .314. Fellow youngster Dale Murphy hit 21 homers as Cox moved him from being a below average catcher to an average first baseman. Sarge, Gary Mathews, hit .304 with 27 homers. The Braves offense was middle of the pack. Their pitching, however, was the worst in the league. Phil Niekro (21-20, 3.39) won twenty, which is the lone highlight for the pitching staff. Unfortunately for Phil he also lost 20. Once you got past their starters you find an even more dreadful bullpen led by Gene Garber, who had 25 saves. Garber blew almost as many save opps as he converted and posted a dreadful 6-16, 4.33 record.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-FBeMlYyn1-U/UtI3Nvx_iuI/AAAAAAAADQ8/AR2IrNTb9J8/s1600-h/Bo_McLaughlin%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bo_McLaughlin" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Bo_McLaughlin" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R4IPY2lqpvM/UtI3OcKs7UI/AAAAAAAADRA/5JznGvJGiBY/Bo_McLaughlin_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-3osR9oKOeMM/UtI3OzQ27RI/AAAAAAAADRM/L_DcGNuZ_FI/s1600-h/Bruce_Benedict%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bruce_Benedict" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Bruce_Benedict" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-mDKIM2Un_QA/UtI3PpCWq4I/AAAAAAAADRQ/_EdJ3QeLPoI/Bruce_Benedict_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8dgOqw3YlBc/UtI3QZ5RI0I/AAAAAAAADRY/Cotd9Ebi5oI/s1600-h/Charlie_Spikes%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Charlie_Spikes" style="border-left-width: 0px; 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border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Pepe_Frias" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bMr_7FvmlL4/UtI3mnXoU-I/AAAAAAAADUE/wDUP6R_3no8/Pepe_Frias_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-1vtUo7YH_LQ/UtI3nsTBLlI/AAAAAAAADUM/ArLA0gJ6hDw/s1600-h/Rick_Matula%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Rick_Matula" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Rick_Matula" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cF7nJsU3KB8/UtI3olwXg5I/AAAAAAAADUQ/5UctKAZDGYg/Rick_Matula_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LknCg2RkYT8/UtI3pqjr_PI/AAAAAAAADUc/STxpgqcxGf0/s1600-h/Tony_Brizzolara%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tony_Brizzolara" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Tony_Brizzolara" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_9Dcv2C4Ozo/UtI3qRUf8KI/AAAAAAAADUk/DtOT1y1e_P4/Tony_Brizzolara_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> Tony sent me most of these shots and I filled in the rest from my 1978 project photos. Mike Macha, who batted 13 times in 6 game didn’t earn the right to get his photo colorized. Of course when I get to the end of the project I probably will colorize it or hopefully get a new one from someone. A few of these guys have an airbrushed Braves “a” on their cap. I’ll leave it to you to figure out which one’s I did and which one’s Topps did. My favorite shot is the photo of Eddie Miller with a microphone clipped to his jersey. Look at his pose ? I find it impossible to think that he could have been any more disinterested. I thought of the great Lou Gehrig speaking into the microphone saying, “Today, I’m the luckiest man on the face of the earth”. I then imagined Eddie saying, “Today, I’m the most disinterested man on the face of the earth”, or something to that effect.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-86891302052744403942014-01-11T21:14:00.001-08:002014-01-11T21:14:12.834-08:00#11–NY Mets (63-99) – 6th Place NL East (21 Cards)<iframe height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fO75THJIy38" frameborder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p align="justify">10 years earlier the Mets pulled off one of the greatest miracle in the history of professional sports when the went from worst to first and upset a dynasty O’s team to win the World Championship. Fast forward 10 years later and the only miracle in Flushing was that this team didn’t lose 100 games. To say the Mets hit rock bottom by 1979 would be an understatement. Lee Mazzilli, a nice hometown boy “done good” was the face of the franchise. “Maz” was a solid player on a putrid team who’s matinee idol looks accounted for the 7,000-8,000 fans that the Mets would draw each night. The highlight of the season would be Maz hitting a huge homer in the 1979 All-Star game in Seattle. Other than that this was a ship that began sinking the minute it left St. Pete in early April. The only thing longer than this season were Richie Hebner’s at bats. Met fans wanted to run this guy out of town on a rocket ship. He was brought in to solve their ever so comical third base woes. Hebner hit in the high .260’s which was better than most of his predecessors, but he had this annoying habit of stepping out of the box after almost every pitch to readjust his shirt collar. This drove Met fans off the deep end. With a team this bad they needed something to talk about. That something should have been Craig Swan (14-13, 3.29), who’s only crime against humanity was the fact that his name wasn’t George Thomas Seaver. Still Met fans should have appreciated the fact that he could actually win 14 games with a lineup that was next to last in runs scored. I remember going to Old Timer’s Day, where they celebrated the 1969 championship, as well as the great Dodger and Giants teams of the 50’s. An old man sitting next to me said, “Those guys could still beat this crappy Mets team if they played them today”. Sadly he was probably right.</p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KCwL1O3mygU/UtIkRawTnpI/AAAAAAAADLk/LrJ7ETXSbac/s1600-h/Alex_Trevino%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Alex_Trevino" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Alex_Trevino" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cP4t_6LGqns/UtIkRzYXovI/AAAAAAAADLo/yjnYqKpO7rU/Alex_Trevino_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-u1ZOJMRLuUE/UtIkSTy5HyI/AAAAAAAADL0/R-gVoBzEBi8/s1600-h/Andy_Hassler_NYM%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Andy_Hassler_NYM" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Andy_Hassler_NYM" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UuMHBAOW7GE/UtIkS0JzW9I/AAAAAAAADL4/gonZZJGOYWE/Andy_Hassler_NYM_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-plBOdwlCQ7c/UtIkTddD6mI/AAAAAAAADMA/2ypilhYHE2U/s1600-h/Dan_Norman%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dan_Norman" style="border-left-width: 0px; 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I see Eddie Glynn, who was nicknamed the Flushing Flash and laugh, because we called him “The Flushing Flush”. Poor Dock Ellis, there couldn’t have been a dosage of LSD that could have wiped his Met experience from his memory. I hardly recollect Gil Flores’ (he hit .194) tenure with the Mets other than hearing my friend’s uncle (who was also Puerto Rican) yell, “Deport him he sucks”. I smartly replied back, “Wilson, Puerto Ricans are US citizens, so you can’t deport him.” The replay back, “Then send him to Mexico”. Such were the times in Flushing during the late 70’s. Sadly this would be Ed Kranepool’s final season at Shea. New ownership bought out Mrs. Payson’s heir’s and dumped the last vestige to the Mets glory years.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-11302425891183777692014-01-11T20:46:00.001-08:002014-01-11T20:46:59.634-08:00#10–Milwaukee Brewers (95-66) – 2nd Place AL East (8 Cards)<p align="justify">The Brew Crew was on the move in 1979. After winning 93 games in 1978 and breaking the .500 barrier for the first time in franchise history, this club was expected to be a contender. While Brewer fans were hoping for a divisional crown they couldn’t be upset with a team that won 95 games and improved on it’s previous year’s finish. The Brewers made a run in late August that put them 6 games behind the O’s, but Baltimore was on a torrid pace that Milwaukee just couldn’t keep up with. This was a fun team that hit a lot of homers, and other than Gorman Thomas, didn't strike out all that much. Speaking of Thomas, Stormin Gorman hit 45 homers and knocked in 123 runs. He was much better in centerfield than pundits gave him credit for. Sixto Lezcano (101) and Cecil Cooper (106) also knocked in over 100 runs. Cooper, Oglivie and Lezcano eclipsed the 20 homer plateu. There was no sophomore jinx for 1978's Rookie of the Year runner up Paul Molitor, who hit .322 and stole 33 bases. Lost in the shuffle was the fact that future HOF'er Robin Yount (just 23 years old) hit just .267. Milwaukee's usually malligned pitching was ranked 4th overall in the league. Yankee Killer Mike Caldwell was 16-6 with a 3.29 ERA. The rest of the rotation was above average. When your #5 guy (Moose Haas) goes 11-11, you've got a decent staff. Unfortunately for the Brewers the O's staff was just a notch better. Bill Castro led a bullpen by committee. There wasn't a true closer. Castro's 6 saves led this bunch. With a few breaks this team could challenge the O's for the ARAIG AL East crown since they do not have a weak spot in the lineup and they have 3 starters who logged over 210 innings.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-BxEn3h1erJo/UtIeAWWBiSI/AAAAAAAADJc/rhtt1Chkv20/s1600-h/Bob_Galasso%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bob_Galasso" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bob_Galasso" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WIECnQJ2iL8/UtIeA9DYCBI/AAAAAAAADJg/-_AnY58tVr0/Bob_Galasso_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-VJMKesPRaug/UtIeBaqrELI/AAAAAAAADJo/gaxNC6_9JN0/s1600-h/Dan_Boitano%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dan_Boitano" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dan_Boitano" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0jWN3qykiq4/UtIeB46052I/AAAAAAAADJw/vImKcM9AnsQ/Dan_Boitano_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinY4sSf_oE7gjFXUCzTF91_hMT7ZRxaciHAymSpUkjL-7fZqKudLMfRz4b_bH9L1lCSy1EfawvjfQsigO9wc4cYxMWkH2npMQt2BsBr-fRkDZNMLI4FISwbJtCuKLbOC8AvtK3fx3pPuA/s1600-h/Jim_Slaton_MIL%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jim_Slaton_MIL" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Jim_Slaton_MIL" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qwAVnugxCpc/UtIeDB179DI/AAAAAAAADKE/5oUUCmIvAqs/Jim_Slaton_MIL_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidshpSyQY3b8qQAfzRyrGb6-FCn52C0q8kY-TA6AIzKjGkCAPk0IkwZHSOsUrVO-fl9067mw0396xk9EXXtQsPjZO474zXJ73dyLyBonvw4fGlLctwgatg26Wa3WG6MOAQccDenAW7E10/s1600-h/Lance_Rautzhan_MIL%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lance_Rautzhan_MIL" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Lance_Rautzhan_MIL" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-COZvDGHTNjw/UtIeFWFK3mI/AAAAAAAADKQ/3kyEzRiABpM/Lance_Rautzhan_MIL_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-T8rnrnmMrKI/UtIeF8desNI/AAAAAAAADKc/nCkJhq2HLfQ/s1600-h/Lenn_Sakata%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Lenn_Sakata" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Lenn_Sakata" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rs39BS8QHo0/UtIeGqxNKiI/AAAAAAAADKg/_CSC-wXfTK0/Lenn_Sakata_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TN2uRo7VWg4/UtIeHEc9tPI/AAAAAAAADKo/9cFi-t__vIg/s1600-h/Paul_Mitchell_MIL%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Paul_Mitchell_MIL" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Paul_Mitchell_MIL" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-X-NHGDDD9mk/UtIeHl4QsxI/AAAAAAAADKw/SEcIRP62bbA/Paul_Mitchell_MIL_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglE6rWBZM7AcYC_FvGiO1LA1OKs48AbC1LAgh0hfXWcStK5Kwvsq2lLtiJQmPOGYfNSP4R9W9c-a4atPL8GmFlPR9CUXtvKvsl6_7hZyocRb843x9JaD7B2VeVGALnBHTTkfyFXgsYn9U/s1600-h/Reggie_Cleveland_MIL%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Reggie_Cleveland_MIL" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Reggie_Cleveland_MIL" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-452Mdp3On8g/UtIeI-ICGeI/AAAAAAAADLA/fMPs3Mo1Dcg/Reggie_Cleveland_MIL_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rp0PtiMjQms/UtIeJcDtBqI/AAAAAAAADLM/SA0q_wJPMG4/s1600-h/Tim_Nordbrook%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tim_Nordbrook" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tim_Nordbrook" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-GTv2bPUFZK4/UtIeKDexTZI/AAAAAAAADLQ/a7oHVKOA4fQ/Tim_Nordbrook_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> By far this was the smallest team set that I worked on. Not a lot going on here. The Boitano picture is a reasonable colorization. I love the Sakata action shot that Tony sent me. The Nordbrook shot came from a minor league card where he was managing the Brew Crew’s AAA affiliate. The Rautzhan photo was a close up of a Dodger photo. Off came the “LA” and on came the “M”. I probably should have put the Brewer cap logo with the MB looking like a glove on this cap and I still might update it later.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-6776913986280279662014-01-11T20:22:00.001-08:002014-01-11T20:25:35.111-08:00#9–Chicago Cubs (80-82) – 5th Place NL East (19 Cards)<iframe height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/sRL99JXcm_0" frameborder="0" width="560" allowfullscreen></iframe> <p align="center"><font size="1">Great shot of Kingman hitting a house on Waveland Ave.</font></p> <p align="justify">The Cubbies spent most of the 70’s hovering around .500. Most seasons they would have quick starts and hover near contention only to have their typical August swoons and drop like an anvil falling from the 6th story on Wile E. Coyote. 1979 would be no different. As late as July 27th they were in 2nd place only a half game out of first. Pennant fever was alive and well in the friendly confines of Wrigley Field. Then, like clockwork, the swoon hit and the Cubbies went down the tubes and eventually finished 18 games behind the eventual champion Pirates. The Cubs got a career year from their key free agent signee, Dave Kingman. Kong hit 48 homers and knocked in 115 RBI’s. The most impressive stat that he had were the broken windows he was responsible for with his tape measure shots. His .288 batting average was by far a career best. Unfortunately for a team that lives by the long ball the next highest home run total on the team was Jerry Martin’s 19. The pitching was lacking. Big Daddy, Rick Reuschel was the ace (18-12, 3.62). Dennis Lamp (11-10, 3.50) was the number two guy. The rest of the staff was being held together with duct tape. Kenny Holtzman returned after racking up 5 rings elsewhere (OAK/NYY), but he was a shell of his former self (6-9, 4.59). The bet arms were in the pen. Future HOF’er Bruce Sutter (6-6, 2.22, 37 sv) was the best closer in the business in 1973. Setup man Dick Tidrow (11-5, 2.22, 4 sv) was a great in season acquisition. The Cubs sent a fading Bobby Murcer back to the Bronx and got a key cog in Tidrow for their pen. 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border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Steve_Macko" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mPQ1jYn6iO4/UtIYePXRNCI/AAAAAAAADIs/CMwiPv9c27k/Steve_Macko_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NWSn7MBmw0Y/UtIYe8gB1CI/AAAAAAAADIw/t27omYRhkXw/s1600-h/Ted_Sizemore%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Ted_Sizemore" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Ted_Sizemore" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-dsIanQUz9t0/UtIYfST3FaI/AAAAAAAADI8/VJqYQ_ACYbQ/Ted_Sizemore_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kL7C1KKdz7o/UtIYghTUS4I/AAAAAAAADJE/Wx8ZgAZpeSU/s1600-h/Tim_Blackwell%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tim_Blackwell" style="border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px" border="0" alt="Tim_Blackwell" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-m1aDBsl0biw/UtIYht3EcpI/AAAAAAAADJI/J4b8OMmS170/Tim_Blackwell_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> Some interesting photos in this group. I had to laugh when I finished colorizing the Steve Davis B&W shot. My daughter said, “You made him a ginger…He looks like Harpo Marx”. I couldn’t agree with here more. I’m not even sure if he was a red head. I am sure that there weren’t many photos of him to choose from, so I made do with this one until hopefully someone comes forward with a suitable replacement. The Sam Mejias is a average at best colorization. The Pagel shot required some air brush action, since it was his Iowa minor league card and the logos needed to be change. The Geisel shot give me the creeps. He looks eerily like David Berkowitz, who during this late 70’s time frame was randomly murdering young people in NYC. What bad memories that brings back for me, and maybe a few of you who lived through it. My favorite card of this bunch is the Bruce Kimm card. Jim R, Tony and myself searched high and low for a photo of him with the Cubs. He only played a handful of games for the in ‘79, so the best we could come up with was a Cubs photo from when he managed the team 2 decades later. Obviously that wasn’t going to cut it for this project. My first attempt was to doctor up his 1981 White Sox Fleer card (I posted it here to really embarrass myself). After staring at it I knew we couldn’t use it, so were had to move to Plan “C”. I took his 1977 Tigers card and spent 20-30 minutes cutting / pasting and airbrushing the heck out of it to get him into a Cubs uni. When I finished I was immensely proud of myself until my daughter (she has lots of opinions) said, “You realize you spent more time on this card than he spent on the field that year”. At that moment two dueling feeling swept through me: Boy am I proud that my daughter is that analytical and Did I really spend 30 minutes making a serviceable photo for a guy who batted .091 in 9 games ?</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-22343227215589742162014-01-11T19:51:00.001-08:002014-01-11T19:52:54.618-08:00#8–Baltimore Orioles (102-57) – AL Champs (14 Cards)<p align="justify">Anchored by the number 1 pitching staff in the AL the O's were no shock to win the AL East Crown. Like the Pirates and Reds, the O's ended the decade like they started it, on top of the AL. During the 70's Baltimore won 1 World Championship (1970), 3 Pennants (70, 71 and 79) and 5 division titles (70, 71, 73, 74, 79). While accomplishing all this the never finished below .500. Their worst season during this 10 year span was 1972 (80-74) and that can squarely be blamed on them trading Frank Robinson, who was their heart and soul. In 1979 the O's won 102 games to win the division by 8. This was your prototypical Earl Weaver team that had great pitching, strong defense up the middle and the penchant for getting the timely 3 run homer. The O's moved into first place on May 1st and stayed there the rest of the way. Mike Flanagan won 23 games. The rest of the starters were rock solid strong even though they weren't statistically amazing. Don "Full Pack" Stanhouse (21 saves) anchored a bullpen that had no week links. The O's finished third in homers, but only 11th in average. Their OBP was much better, but no one was looking at OBP back in 1979. Veteran RF'er Kenny Singleton blasted 35 homers and knocked in 111 runs. Fellow switch hitter Eddie Murray blasted 25 with 99 RBI's. The rest of the starters were platooned based on righty/lefty matchups and Earl's hunches. Mid season acquisition of John, "let it be" Lowenstein helped spark a well balanced attack. In the post season the O's dispatched the Angels in 4 games to win the pennant, then blew a 3-1 lead in the World Series to lose to the Bucs in 7 just like they did in 1971.</p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WHL8zEo9qDk/UtIQ-4lHHNI/AAAAAAAADAs/DLnwJrO96Mk/s1600-h/Benny_Ayala%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Benny_Ayala" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Benny_Ayala" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MEEDwtJGgsU/UtIQ_u5EttI/AAAAAAAADAw/qynLHY3CIDo/Benny_Ayala_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jzBEIcKMbGk/UtIRAIZMGQI/AAAAAAAADA8/0-mP0ZZOSnU/s1600-h/Bob_Molinaro_BAL%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bob_Molinaro_BAL" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bob_Molinaro_BAL" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-z8aY717Kph4/UtIRAqKYvZI/AAAAAAAADBA/5TUVG7TYEn8/Bob_Molinaro_BAL_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-1HvR6jAIomQ/UtIRBJJMXEI/AAAAAAAADBI/RxgvzXs6pws/s1600-h/Dave_Ford%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Dave_Ford" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dave_Ford" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/--Jld_0dpSV0/UtIRBhhuFkI/AAAAAAAADBQ/4-vnYKMOZzE/Dave_Ford_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FTAXd9eOG6U/UtIRB28JGfI/AAAAAAAADBY/WA4bPJqlss0/s1600-h/Ellie_Hendricks%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Ellie_Hendricks" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Ellie_Hendricks" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-IPIzLhVVxNk/UtIRCdAJpVI/AAAAAAAADBg/b3dwNJk1vyA/Ellie_Hendricks_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ovPYgWHs0Fc/UtIRCxAsIfI/AAAAAAAADBs/Kz106joeoWo/s1600-h/Gary_Roenicke%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Gary_Roenicke" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Gary_Roenicke" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HReZG1XAwaQ/UtIRDbEYj6I/AAAAAAAADB0/HBwwP3HahQ0/Gary_Roenicke_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-vcBqK_MCTjA/UtIRDyNZYDI/AAAAAAAADB8/15saZNFeCsc/s1600-h/Jeff_Rineer%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Jeff_Rineer" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Jeff_Rineer" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PAfCBhbfxRw/UtIREvEdvXI/AAAAAAAADCA/4T9jjLd2Q_I/Jeff_Rineer_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_0lxUiLRy1A/UtIRFKCVO4I/AAAAAAAADCM/NX7ebK-RtAo/s1600-h/John_Flinn%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="John_Flinn" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="John_Flinn" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9qjvxO1O2Vk/UtIRF2TQh-I/AAAAAAAADCQ/f4D_unTRG0I/John_Flinn_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1wkpVX0kucM/UtIRGBqZGuI/AAAAAAAADCY/t9SEkS_-DXk/s1600-h/John_Lowenstein_BAL%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="John_Lowenstein_BAL" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="John_Lowenstein_BAL" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-TTBVgrLOnKc/UtIRGodEJEI/AAAAAAAADCg/hWuseoZLVMg/John_Lowenstein_BAL_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eFCwQU84JAU/UtIRHLuzo3I/AAAAAAAADCo/xaE2Z3ZtGg0/s1600-h/Mark_Corey%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Mark_Corey" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Mark_Corey" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-U_W29jMqkps/UtIRHfSyBvI/AAAAAAAADCw/w4HQPxa747U/Mark_Corey_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hiNgyWy6mL0/UtIRH6ilPQI/AAAAAAAADC4/L4fnjL3CVxo/s1600-h/Sammy_Stewart%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Sammy_Stewart" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Sammy_Stewart" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-NQYEluVaHd0/UtIRIRhYKuI/AAAAAAAADDA/CI-qIcnApqM/Sammy_Stewart_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-02AiKt2oJN8/UtIRI7bLoOI/AAAAAAAADDM/bKdhXXszL4c/s1600-h/Steve_Stone_BAL%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Steve_Stone_BAL" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Steve_Stone_BAL" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hW4jd6w_1g4/UtIRJjzj1TI/AAAAAAAADDQ/r7yVfNvsAcA/Steve_Stone_BAL_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhux6dvEh_j5Rts7diH67YOJIoBsWh1BgApUFI7b1X_uVdLb8k8jT_B-8XY66AdEkH0BvDtcdeox-yDu9OOm2gudE0zQNnpxh3eHlUAI68U7znEVsV03AiMl6ItZpW3hj2riy7WFvie27c/s1600-h/Tim_Stoddard%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tim_Stoddard" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tim_Stoddard" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Pl8Re9lXGeY/UtIRKQun60I/AAAAAAAADDk/47tNMlEyBS4/Tim_Stoddard_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-U392MyBt3yQ/UtIRLC56yTI/AAAAAAAADDo/Wr0cpbD0Kk4/s1600-h/Tom_Chism%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Tom_Chism" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tom_Chism" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-_dUfe5X_LAU/UtIRLXFaUPI/AAAAAAAADDw/0lJTxtGjSFs/Tom_Chism_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-9xPvqdAoRGI/UtIRMMQVtbI/AAAAAAAADD8/8Ri41GvSCQ4/s1600-h/Wayne_Krenchicki%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Wayne_Krenchicki" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Wayne_Krenchicki" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kUhtO5hcGRw/UtIRM6t3V_I/AAAAAAAADEE/xmB7-q73_3E/Wayne_Krenchicki_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> Once again Tony supplied 75% of the photos. I did some air brushing on the Molinaro photo which came from a Rochester Red Wings (O’s AAA Team) card. Similar colors made it pretty easy. The John Flinn photo was marginal at best and the airbrush took a lot of work just to get it to look this mediocre. I plan on searching for a better shot and hope to update it before I finalize the complete set. I used a colorized action shot for him last year and didn’t want to use that one again. The Ellie Hendricks photo came from a fan’s website. Apparently this fan took pictures of the O’s during a spring training meet and greet. Most of the good photos of Ellie in an O’s uni were from his first tenure with the organization and featured the solid black cap, not the white panel cap that they started wearing in the mid 70’s. I liked that photo a lot, because it seemed like something Topps would have used during an era where they were famous for using photos with random people in the background. On a side note, notice the Stone and Stoddard photos? It looks like Topps lined those two guys up and took them one right after the other against the same fence in spring training the following year.</p> <p>For those keeping score at home, we have 8 teams down and 18 left to go.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-80743951437398461382014-01-11T19:24:00.001-08:002014-01-11T19:24:26.675-08:00#7–Boston Red Sox (91-69) – 3rd Place AL East (14 Cards)<p align="justify">Most fans would consider a 91 win season to be a success, but not Red Sox fans, who suffered through 1978’s collapse that culminated in the Bucky F-in Dent game. This franchise was in the middle of a run that started in 1975, when they upset the 3 time champion A’s to win the AL pennant. Fans could taste that elusive championship that Boston was unable to capture for 60 years to this point. The Red Sox came out of the gate strong and held a share of 1st until around June, then hung tight until injuries and a great run by Baltimore doomed them to a 3rd place finish 11 1/2 games out of 1st. The Sahx led the AL in roundtrippers with 194. 5 guys had over 20 homers with Jim Rice and Fred Lynn posting 39 apiece. Injuries to Carlton Fisk and Jerry Remy were probably too much for this team to overcome. Not having a #2 or #3 starter behind Dennis Eckersley did not help much either. The time clock was now ticking on aging veteran superstar Yaz and manager Don Zimmer.</p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-JCoqLX-hEKU/UtIKrVysPII/AAAAAAAAC80/d0zu-G0WPHU/s1600-h/Allen_Ripley%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Allen_Ripley" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Allen_Ripley" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-hBb1Gcj-twY/UtIKr1MpEgI/AAAAAAAAC84/UMTu-HBxnDU/Allen_Ripley_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hIKn48_o1H8/UtIKsrrHpyI/AAAAAAAAC9E/_IQIYBSSZ1A/s1600-h/Bob_Watson_BOS%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bob_Watson_BOS" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bob_Watson_BOS" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WBFA60VI3ps/UtIKtOP-YNI/AAAAAAAAC9I/-qmYt_9Wy0M/Bob_Watson_BOS_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-1gv6Hg8ZBvw/UtIKtiPUt2I/AAAAAAAAC9U/lCqGEGtn_MM/s1600-h/Chuck_Rainey%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Chuck_Rainey" style="border-top: 0px; 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border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Tom_Poquette_BOS" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6NqD8E53bGr4riK-xDo_8HXBauKywR8U-t1-cTqbD5h0X2N9v6tlc-BM6WBf97qWL-ASdAPJjL_PxSKfFcmjSHt2FWQep-uHDnd0I4tp9FO75IOqdMmEmuLz7u5agHeOwF2vNQgkrzc/?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-GWB4zq2FOs0/UtIK42RR-zI/AAAAAAAADAE/BGXyiBzlcsk/s1600-h/Win_Remmerswaal%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Win_Remmerswaal" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Win_Remmerswaal" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MX5sJ9IlPYg/UtIK5NC-KvI/AAAAAAAADAI/Dyes_mCDWfE/Win_Remmerswaal_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yqOLZFcNb-8/UtIK50O0ecI/AAAAAAAADAU/pcdKk8VEsCY/s1600-h/Win_RemmerswaalALT%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Win_RemmerswaalALT" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Win_RemmerswaalALT" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZqV0XyGVGEA/UtIK6ZVDRFI/AAAAAAAADAY/zpgoiPqJi-E/Win_RemmerswaalALT_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><strong><font style="background-color: #ffff00">Editor’s Note:</font></strong> I couldn’t find a viable photo, or any for that matter, of Mike O’Berry in a Sox uni, so I used one of him in a Reds uni that conveniently didn’t display a logo. I had 3 choices for Sizemore: Colorize a B&W photo, use his 1980 Card photo or take one that had him wearing a Cardinals cap and jacket and add a blue cap rim and put on Boston “B”. I took the latter. Stan Papi is a colorization that is middle of the road. The Ripley shot is one that I colorized for the ‘78 project and the Finch photo comes from his minor league card (Pawtucket). It was easy to airbrush out the “P” and replace it with the “B”. Special thanks to Tony for furnishing me with most of the images that were used here.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156385641719962282.post-56822910756366837912014-01-10T23:23:00.001-08:002014-01-10T23:23:33.567-08:00#6–Cleveland Indians (81-80) – Sixth Place AL East (12 Cards)<p align="justify">If I ever run a “Best 6th place team in the divisional era” tournament I’m taking the ‘79 Tribe. In a 7 team division the Tribe managed to finish a game over .500 and 22 back of the division winning O’s. For most teams this would have been just another ho-hum year that no one bothered to care about, but not in Cleveland, where one pundit described pennant fever as a “48 hour bug”. During the 70’s the Tribe was the epitome of mediocrity. Ok, they weren’t even mediocre. In fact they were downright dreadful for most of the decade and barely finished over .500 just twice (76 and 79). The team started out 43-52, which earned manager Jeff Torborg the right to be fired after dropping both ends of a Sunday July 22nd twin bill (do they play these anymore ?) to the Brewers. Dave Garcia replaced Torborg and the team went 38-28 the rest of the way to post a winning record and give Tribe fans false hope that there was something to build on here.</p> <p align="justify">Bobby Bonds, who by this point had a new team every season, paced the Tribe offense by hitting 25 homers with a .275 average. He also stole 34 bases and I bet he could have posted another 30-30 season if he didn’t play in the cavernous Mistake by the Lake. Toby Harrah it .279 and chipped in with 20 homers in virtual anonymity. Most folks don’t realize that he was the first of the “big shortstops” who could field his position and hit for power. He even made MLB’s Prime 9 all decade team. The pitching was horrible, but no one expected it not to be. Free agent bust Wayne Garland was 4-10. Rick Wise (15-10, 3.73) was the lone man standing in the rotation with an ERA under 4.00. Sid Monge (12-10, 2.40, 19 sv) was the bullpen.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77k-cohbuZNbt_GxAstBDNLME4jb8lxUkc4VyYHwzBu9n9Ul-gi0sOLLoZVJ4kn853Wwra9QoYPHd2yLJsSlw_Q4MjZbKeRawBnWn6ITeorMlSatqSQY5kDq03vFBQ_ojV-nRwcFrU2A/s1600-h/Bobby_Bonds_CLE%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Bobby_Bonds_CLE" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Bobby_Bonds_CLE" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-CFTeo0J7ZMA/UtDxQlJJ4fI/AAAAAAAAC5s/VFPTCi_7R64/Bobby_Bonds_CLE_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lsy_CLtyXvg/UtDxRDTsspI/AAAAAAAAC50/XIyidToJx6Q/s1600-h/Cliff_Johnson_CLE%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Cliff_Johnson_CLE" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; 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border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Dell_Alston_CLE" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-HQG1RWNDLNg/UtDxToEnwLI/AAAAAAAAC6c/UWlbbphOlxQ/Dell_Alston_CLE_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pnNm2tJ-hoA/UtDxUCV6PTI/AAAAAAAAC6k/rc20BDEWKwA/s1600-h/Eric_Wilkins%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Eric_Wilkins" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Eric_Wilkins" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jW9IojjSPhM/UtDxUvwH5WI/AAAAAAAAC6s/fA2X4P3DU68/Eric_Wilkins_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BupjNuYmy3A/UtDxVAvHtoI/AAAAAAAAC64/5sBA_MHNINk/s1600-h/Larry_Andersen%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img title="Larry_Andersen" style="border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; 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border-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px" border="0" alt="Victor_Cruz" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-z_ktufgHqQU/UtDxc70N1BI/AAAAAAAAC8c/9x4DhtDdYq0/Victor_Cruz_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="174" height="244"></a></p> <p align="justify"><font style="background-color: #ffff00"><strong>Editor’s Note:</strong></font> Not a lot to say here about this motley crew. I love the action shot of Ron Hassey that Jim R sent me. I envision him picking up a bunt and looking to throw to second only to find that no one covered. This is the 1970’s Indians you know. I love the irony in the Cliff Johnson photo. He’s got his catcher’s mitt on, yet he was the team’s DH in 71 of his 72 games played after being acquired on June 15th in a trade with the Yankees for Don Hood. This might have been the one deal that they made with the Bronx Bombers during the 70’s where they got the upper hand. Sadly for the Yanks when they tragically lost their captain (Thurman Munson) in a tragic plane crash, they might have been able to use Johnson behind the plate. Instead they trotted out a string of minor leaguers, has been’s and never was-es and finished 4th, not far ahead of the Tribe.</p> ARAIG EXPOShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036891265134222123noreply@blogger.com0