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Edited August 16, 2023 by Guest

[Edgy MD]

Mike Philips sitting on top of Gary Maddox is a terrific shot.

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Streakers (Part One) - Three threads in a row: Gary Kolb



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[Edgy MD]

Does any player in history have a greater contrast from one card to another as Kolb here?



That Braves card belongs in a museum. That Mets card belongs in the garbage.

[batmagadanleadoff]

That Kolb Mets card is from TCMA's 1978 set -- "The 1960s", consisting mostly, I think, of fringy or part-time players. The set design is about as plain as could be -- just a player photo inside of a plain rectangular frame -- no graphics or front text.



Kolb never appeared on a Topps card as a Met, having been traded to the Mets in the middle of the '65 season, too late for Topps to print up a Kolb '65 Mets card. Kolb didn't appear in Topps' '66 set because, as I already mentioned, he was too much of a fringy player. In fact, as it would turn out, he didn't play a single game in the majors in 1966. Or 1967.



The 1970 style card (below) is a custom card that I found on the web.



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Christopher, Kroll and DeMerit, 1978 TCMA "The 1960s":



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[Benjamin Grimm]

Yeah, that 1970 card doesn't look quite right. They used too small a font for the player's name.

[stevejrogers]

That Kolb Mets card is from TCMA's 1978 set -- "The 1960s", consisting mostly, I think, of fringy or part-time players. The set design is about as plain as could be -- just a player photo inside of a plain rectangular frame -- no graphics or front text.

It's sequel set released in 1981 contains the only card, on TCDB anyway, of a unique phantom major leaguer



https://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/9103/cid/499635/1981-TCMA-The-1960%27s-II-399-Chet-Trailhttps://www.tcdb.com/ViewCard.cfm/sid/9103/cid/499635/1981-TCMA-The-1960's-II-399-Chet-Trail



Chet Trail, from 1903 through the 2005 postseason, the only member of a postseason roster, 1964 Yankees, that did not appear in a game that season.



I think it's been done three times since 2006.

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Streakers (Part Two) - Three threads in a row: Octavio Dotel



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[ashie62]

Eddie Bressoud 1967 Topps

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Streakers - Parts three and four.



Miguel Batista (four straight threads); Chasen Shreve (three straight threads)



Not in the mood to post their streaking cards.





Our interloper here is the spectral Jim Bibby, owner of some of the hugest hands in the game. Thank you for not playing.