For the second post in a row, '62 triumphed by the highly appropriate score of 6-2. Will we get three 6-2's in a row?
Here we have two very similar photos, with one important difference. On the '62 card, we get a simple headshot of Willie Davis, at what appears to be a spring training stadium, though it's hard to say for sure. Davis had 2,561 hits over an 18-year career, and also did some acting in everything from Which Day to the Front to Mr. Ed. He died in 2010.
Did you know that the Brewers' logo is supposed to be an M and an B? I didn't know that for many years, and apparently neither did the Topps photo editor, as Jim Gantner's photo is reversed. That's really the only interesting aspect of this otherwise boring photo. Gantner had 1,696 hits over a 17-year career. He did not act but was known as "Gumby". He lives in Wisconsin where he is part-owner of a car dealership and a bar.
Voting for Davis.
ReplyDeleteThough Gantner played all 17 seasons with the Brewers, so I kind of wish he got an easier match-up.
The flopping of the Gantner images is weird, but the Davis is a far nicer photo, so the 62 gets my vote.
ReplyDeleteWillie Davis.
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ReplyDeleteGoing to be the dissenting vote and pick Gantner - all-time great logo, plus the quirkiness of a reversed image!
ReplyDeleteI'm also going with Gantner--for the super-rad '80s glasses and mustache.
ReplyDeleteThe reverse Gantner image is a great factoid that I did not know, but I can't vote against Three-Dog. 1962.
ReplyDeleteI knew about the Brewer's logo, but never would have caught the reversed image. I'll give Gantner my vote.
ReplyDeleteWillie.
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