I was excited to finally land a '64 Curt Flood a while back, not just because it is a famously-hoarded card, but because the big bold FLOOD on his glove would make it a great card for this series.
Flood is not in the Hall of Fame, and neither is Frank Malzone, though he did have a fine career with six All-Star appearances. He was Boston's #11, but is holding bat #8, which of course belonged to Carl Yastrzemski, who was enjoying a breakout season on his way to a long Hall-of-Fame career.
While that card had a non-HOFer with a HOFers bat, the opposite is the case on this 1964 Topps Giants card. Harmon Killebrew, #3 on the Twins for 17 seasons, is holding the bat of #29, Wally Post. Post had had several good seasons for the Reds in the 1950s, and was at the tail end of his career with Minnesota in 1963.
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DeleteGreat post. Wasn't familiar with Malzone... which is embarrassing since he was a 6x all-star.
ReplyDeleteIt seems like people have started being able to find reasonably priced copies of the Flood in recent years, so I have to think that that guy might not be hoarding them anymore.
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