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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 #382
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 90th of 145 cards purchased for our set, and after the dealer discount due to my bulk purchase, it cost a little over $2.
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| 1961 Topps #306 |
Curt Flood (#540), teammate Lou Brock (#85) and Pete Rose (#120) each get outfield spots on The Sporting News National League All-Star team. Flood, Henry Aaron (#100) and Willie Mays (#190) were the starting outfielders in the actual 1968 All-Star Game, with Matty Alou (#490), Aaron and Cleon Jones (#512) starting in the outfield in the 1969 game. Flood was a three-time All-Star, earning a spot on the team in 1964, 1966 and 1968.
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. There's some fantastic detective work explained in the article that led to the outfielder shown on this card being identified as Roberto Clemente (#50), in a play from Game 1 of the 1960 World Series. Topps used the photo on a 1960 World Series card in its 1961 set. They zoomed in on Clemente and removed his #21 from his back for this Flood card.
The backs of these All-Star cards contain a puzzle piece of either Rose or Carl Yastrzemski (#130). The back of Flood's card features the first piece and the top left of the Rose puzzle.
Topps All-Star Card Appearances (1): 1969
Sources:
Baseball Reference
Baseball Reference
#425 Carl Yastrzemski AS - Boston Red Sox / #427 Tony Oliva AS - Minnesota Twins
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