I’d done only two of these 1976 SSPC posts since the end of 2017; I’m going to try to streamline my process a bit to get them done more often. Paul Lindblad was a lefty reliever whose 3.29 career ERA … Continue reading
Here’s another in the sporadic series about the 1976 SSPC set… Mike Torrez had 20 wins in 1975 while also leading the league with 133 walks. According to his baseball-reference.com bio, he’s the last pitcher to win 20 games while … Continue reading
From when I was a kid and up until I was in my 20’s, when you spoke of “Mike Tyson”, you meant this guy. “The Original Mike Tyson” was a middle infielder with the Cardinals and Cubs from 1972 to … Continue reading
I’m overdue for another batch of 1976 SSPC cards… I’ll start with HOFer Rod Carew. I’ll let you write your own caption to this picture, because I made several attempts and figuratively crumpled and tossed each one into the trash. … Continue reading
Bill Gogolewski is from Oshkosh, WI (b’gosh!) and pitched 19 games of relief in 1975 to finish his pitching career. Before that, he pitched six seasons, mainly for the Senators/Rangers, and bbref.com lists his main accomplishment as a 1-hitter he … Continue reading
This SSPC post features players from the Giants, Padres and Dodgers, giving a California flair to the proceedings… 1976 was Chris Arnold’s last year in the Majors, and his stats for that year momentarily threw me for a loop. The … Continue reading
Hall-of-Famer Phil Niekro was only 37 in 1976. For anyone else, that would come across as trying to be funny, but Phil was still over a decade from throwing his last knuckleball. Phil went 17-11 with a 3.29 ERA… and … Continue reading
This was meant to be a quick post… You’ll soon see that this goal was not met. In my last post about 1976 SSPC, I featured a checklist card that has Keith Hernandez and Lou Brock on the front… but … Continue reading
One of the things that’s unusual about the 1976 SSPC set… Wait a minute, let me rephrase that… One of many things that are unusual about the 1976 SSPC set is that the checklist is organized by team from card … Continue reading
I picked up a handful of 1976 SSPC cards during the COMC Black Friday promotion, and while I was scanning them, it inspired me to do another SSPC post. None of these cards are ones I just got – I … Continue reading
