Saturday, January 23, 2021

Vintage backgrounds: Surprise Hammer

 Of all the baseball losses we've had in the last 12 months, I don't think any have hit me quite like the loss of Hank Aaron. Growing up with him as the Home Run King, he had an iconic status that was more than any other living ballplayer, even Mantle or Mays. By all accounts a fine man off the field as well. If I had to pick one favorite card in my collection it wouldn't even be a Yankee, instead it would be the '56 Aaron I won in a contest from It's Like Having My Own Card Shop.

In my favorite vintage set, 1967 Topps, Aaron appears on two league leader cards and the Braves team card in addition to his base card. There is actually a fifth card in the set which features Hammerin' Hank. On the Atlanta Aces card, #44 can clearly be seen chatting with an LA Dodger in the background. Definitely one of the best cameo appearances on a vintage card.



6 comments:

  1. That's a great card! As I was going through my Aaron cards I was actually just wondering if Aaron had an vintage cameo cards.

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  2. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO DIG THROUGH MY BRAVES DUPES TO SEE IF I HAVE ONE OF THOSE. I HAD NEVER NOTICED THAT BEFORE, AND I DO HAVE A CAMEO COLLECTION....SO THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS IN THAT RESPECT. THANKS.

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  3. One of the greatest things about blogging about cards is when you scan card images you notice all kinds of things that were missed looking at the card in hand.

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  4. Don't ever stop doing these posts! :)

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