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All-Star cards returned to Topps sets in 1968 under The Sporting News banner for a three-year run between 1968 and 1970. Topps included 20 All-Star cards in its 1969 set, featuring 10 All-Stars from each league and one player from each position, including both a right-handed and left-handed pitcher.
Building the Set / Card #381
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
December 3, 2023 from The Philly Show (Uncle Dick's Cards)
Doug and I returned to The Philly Show in early December, once again held inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. eBay has taken over sponsorship of the show, with the quaint, bubble-lettered Philly Show logo that had been in place since the 1980s replaced with a more modern logo, keeping with the times. I wrote about the show in a post over at The Phillies Room.
Similar to my strategy from March, I wanted to focus on accumulating commons and having found success with Uncle Dick's Cards before, I didn't mess around and headed right for the neon green binders. I pulled 145 cards from the binder containing cards 301 to the end of the set, stopping when I reached 500. This card was the 89th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost a little over $2.
Bert Campaneris (#495) appeared in six All-Star Games, making three starts as the American League's shortstop - 1973, 1974 and 1975. Along with Vida Blue, Gene Tenace, Joe Rudi (#587) and Reggie Jackson (#260), he was one of five Athletics' players in the starting line-up in 1975. Campaneris was a reserve in 1968, and not named to the squad in 1969, when Rico Petrocelli (#215) was the starting shortstop for the American League All-Stars.
Campaneris is wearing an outdated Kansas City Athletics uniform here, as the team hadn't worn pinstripes since the early 1960s. The photo could likely date back to the same session as the photo used for his 1965 Topps rookie card. The action photo behind Campaneris is actually a photo of Yankees' shortstop Tony Kubek catching the ball as the Pirates' Gino Cimoli slides into second base in play that happened in Game 4 of the 1960 World Series! It's not the exact photo used on the 1961 Topps card, but it's from the same play. Linked below is a great article from Sports Collectors Daily, and the author did his best in tracking down the origins of the action photos appearing on these All-Star subset cards.
The backs of these All-Star cards contain a puzzle piece of either Pete Rose (#120) or Carl Yastrzemski (#130). The back of Campaneris' card features Yaz's right elbow.
Topps All-Star Card Appearances (4): 1969, 1974-76
#422 Don Kessinger AS - Chicago Cubs / #424 Pete Rose AS - Cincinnati Reds
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