It's a tale of two angles with these photos. The Hostess photo is taken at Shea Stadium, with the left field grandstand behind him. The infield is straight behind Rose as the switch-hitter poses righty, in his famous crouch. Topps's photo, at spring training, has Rose batting lefty. Though Rose appears to be standing straighter in this photo, he's actually crouching quite a bit - as you can see by the angle of the infield, Topps tilted the photo about 45 degrees. Perhaps the editor felt Rose should like he was standing up straighter, or perhaps they just had trouble fitting the crouching photo into the design.
One of the biggest talents and biggest personalities in baseball history, Pete Rose is the all-time hit leader (4,256 hits). He also played more games and had more at-bats than anyone else. In 1989 he was banned from baseball for life after it was revealed he had bet on games. Despite the ban, the 82-year-old Rose still makes $1M+ a year for paid appearances and autograph signings.
Kind of a tough one, but I'm going with gum.
ReplyDeleteI'm voting for Hostess - the stadium background beats the field of trees.
ReplyDeleteThese are both really good. I think the All-Star star puts Topps over the top.
ReplyDeleteTopps card is too iconic for me. Gum.
ReplyDeleteI'm going with the cake card here. I prefer the photo with the uniform number showing in the front.
ReplyDeleteThink I'd like to blow a bubble this time..... gum.
ReplyDeleteGum.
ReplyDeleteThat cake card's got some character
ReplyDeleteI like the border colors on his Topps card, but the image on the Hostess is far superior.
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