Cardboard cousins: 2001 Upper Deck Decades 1970s and 1974/1975 Topps

 The 2001 Upper Deck Decades set was one of the first times Upper Deck ripped off vintage Topps designs. I was actually able to find a few good combos here.

#70 Mike Schmidt/Bobby Bonds. I like the way the colors work here. Schmidt (138) and Bonds (134) were #1 and #2 in strikeouts in the NL in 1974.

#61 Steve Garvey/Dave Winfield. Two all-time great Padres. Garvey is shown in a Dodger uniform on a card with Padres colors. In 2018 the two teamed up with Amgen and Don Baylor Jr. for a multiple myeloma campaign, Myeloma MVP. Multiple myeloma was the disease that killed Don Baylor.

#52 Darrell Porter/Robin Yount. This is the best combo here - same team, somewhat similar pose, matching border colors. The two were teammates from 1974 to 1976.

There was also a subset that used the '74 design. #158 matches up two members of the 1977 Reds starting rotation.