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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 #638
September 21, 2025 from The Philly Show (Richie's Sports Cards)
On Sunday morning, September 21st, I made the hour-long drive to the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania for the latest installment of the Philadelphia Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, known to its friends as The Philly Show. The show has a legitimate official sponsor (eBay) and the advertisement for the event notes the show is in its 50th year. I hadn't attended a baseball card show since the last Philly Show in December, and I was flying solo to this one as our oldest son is in his first month of college at Villanova. I posted a full summary of the show over at The Phillies Room.
I made stops at six tables at the show, all yielding needed cards for our 1969 Topps set, and I left the show with just 16 more cards to go for my version of a complete set. After about 90 minutes of walking and buying, while running low on funds, and even lower on stamina, I found a nice display of vintage Topps star cards at Richie's Sports Cards, from Manalpan, New Jersey. I quickly and easily picked up six more star cards needed for our set from Richie's, my fourth stop of the show. This is the fourth of those six cards and it cost a little over $13 after a discount.
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Carl Yastrzemski appears on three cards in the set (#1, #130 and this card) and his image appears on the backs of 10 All-Star cards in the form of a puzzle. Fittingly, the final card back I needed to complete my Yaz puzzle is on the back of this card. The completed puzzle is shown below, in its slightly lopsided glory.
Yastrzemski was an 18-time All-Star between 1963 and 1983, going to 15 straight Mid-Summer Classics between 1965 and 1979. The starting American League outfield for the 1969 All-Star Game was Frank Howard (#170), Reggie Jackson (#260) and Frank Robinson (#250), with Yastrzemski, Tony Oliva (#600) and Willie Horton (#180) getting the nod as the starting outfielders in this Topps subset. Yastrzemski replaced Jackson in the top of the sixth inning in the 1969 All-Star Game, and he'd fly out to left in his only at-bat against Jerry Koosman (#90).
The article linked below identifies the black and white photo behind Yaz as coming from a World Series subset card found in the 1960 Topps set. That's Luis Aparicio (#75) trying to field the ball for the White Sox, with Nellie Fox behind him. Jim Landis is on the card too, but Yastrzemski's head blocks him here.
Topps All-Star Card Appearances (5): 1968-70, 1978, 1980
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Sources:
Baseball Reference
Baseball Reference
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