The White Sox had the nerve to trade Luis Aparicio to the Orioles in January of 1963. So Topps had to slap a drab hatless portrait of Looie on his card, but there was still the inset photo to worry about. Pity the poor baseball card company drone who had to draw an O's cap onto a tiny black-and-white photo of an All-Star shortstop. What I'm trying to say is that I can almost understand why Aparicio looks like the Great Gazoo in the inset photo.
Hasn't stopped Topps from re-using the image for all of Aparicio's cards
ReplyDeleteImage 14 below from 2013 Topps
http://www.cardboardconnection.com/baseball/2012-topps-series-1-baseball-retired
Hey, at least Topps got his position right that year.
ReplyDeleteOn his 1967 card his position is listed as "INFIELD", despite playing every one of his 22,406 career innings at shortstop!
I can't wait to see your examples of how your handwriting has evolved! I am obsessed with the different forms that hand writing takes. I love collecting old postcards just to see the writing...
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