Everyone likes this set, right? I don't find it terribly great. What I do find great, though, is having completed any team set from the 60's. I've actually had this set completed for a while, but I just couldn't acknowledge it due to this...
I mean, just, yuck. But I went to a show recently and snagged a much nicer replacement...
Ahh. Much better. But back to the set, there's a lot of verycloseups, sans cap, which i don't care for. But we have three Sporting News All Star cards, which are pretty nice, and the Bench All Star Rookie card is very excellent. But all Bench cards are excellent. Also, a nice smattering of RC's and Reds Hall of Famers. So maybe the set ain't so bad.
STATS:
Cards - 31
RC's - 4 (Steve Mingori, Jose Pena, Wayne Granger, Darrel Chaney)
All Stars - 11 (Pete Rose, Clay Carroll, Tommy Helms, Johnny Bench, Leon Wagner, Alex Johnson, Tony Perez, Jim Maloney, Lee May, Gary Nolan, Jim Merritt)
Hall of Famers - 2 (Johnny Bench, Tony Perez)
Reds Hall of Famers - 8 (Jim Maloney, Tommy Helms, Clay Caroll, Wayne Granger, Gary Nolan, Johnny Bench, Tony Perez, Lee May)
Flat Tops -5
Alou Brothers - 67%
Checklist:
2 NL Batting Leaders - Pete Rose / Matty Alou / Felipe Alou
26 Clay Carroll
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70 Tommy Helms
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81 Mel Queen
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95 Johnny Bench
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120 Pete Rose
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142 Woody Woodward
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187 Leon Wagner
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213 Gerry Arrigo
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234 Dave Bristol
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259 Bill Short
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280 Alex Johnson
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295 Tony Perez
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318 Jack Fisher
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339 Rookie stars - Steve Mingori
/ Jose Pena
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362 Jim Maloney
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382 Pat Corrales
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405 Lee May
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418 Tommy Helms AS
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424 Pete Rose AS
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430 Johnny Bench AS
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448 Bob Tolan
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469 Chico Ruiz
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492 Tony Cloninger
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518 Fred Whitfield
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551 Wayne Granger
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581 Gary Nolan
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613 Jim Beauchamp
624 Rookie Stars - Darrel Chaney /
Duffy Dyer / Terry Harmon
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635 George Culver
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661 Jim Merritt
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Go Reds.
Great upgrade on the Rose. Those TSN All-Star cards are a bright spot in an otherwise boring set.
ReplyDeleteGreat upgrade
ReplyDeleteThat upgrade was too long coming.
ReplyDeleteI dunno, that first Pete Rose card has more character. :D Congrats on the complete set, looks great!
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