1974 Topps Deckle dating Bobby Tolan

Here's Bobby Tolan, clearly in the uniform of the Cincinnati Reds, who traded Tolan to the San Diego Padres in November of 1973. He is clearly in a stadium with three decks, with the upper deck towering overhead.

So not even remotely true to claim this is Sun Devil Stadium in Yuma with it's single grandstand, on a date four months after Tolan was traded away from the team he is pictured with here. I'd been wondering about the veracity of the spring training dates on these cards. Here's the first one I've seen that has been BLATANTLY inaccurate.

Once again TCDB had the card front but not the back, but there was one on the Memory Lane Auctions website. Sold for $360 in January!

Could the photo be from Shea Stadium in 1972, like his '73 Topps card?

On March 14, 1974, while Tolan was busy doing something other than getting his photo taken by Topps, 50 people were killed in protests in Bangladesh, OPEC leaders met to end the oil embargo, and New York had it's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade. Here are some photos from the '74 parade.