Sunday, August 10, 2025

Cake or gum: 1977 Randy Jones

Last time was another win for Topps, 6-2. Will gum's 1977 domination continue here?

Hostess has a nice portrait of Jones at spring training, with an interesting background. Topps has Jones in the regular season warming up before a game. Possibly he's throwing so hard that his cap fell of his big head of hair.

Randy Jones won 100 games in his ten-year major league career. A two-time All-Star and twenty-game winner, he was the NL Cy Young Award Winner in 1976, going 22-14 with a 2.74 ERA and 25 complete games for the Padres. After his career he owned a restaurant and had a barbecue sauce business. He is now the chairman of the Randy Jones Foundation, which provides opportunities and resources for military families. He shared his thoughts on baseball cards with this blog in 2014.
 

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8 comments:

  1. Johnnys Trading SpotAugust 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM

    cake

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  2. Brett AlanAugust 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM

    A little torn here, but the capless thing really doesn't work for me here, even though it's a more interesting uni. I'll go cake.

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  3. The Angels In OrderAugust 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM

    Gum

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  4. night owlAugust 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM

    Normally I'm not a fan of hatless ballplayers on cards and I wasn't as a kid, but I loved this card as a youngster. It's pretty wild. Gum.

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  5. DavidAugust 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM

    Gum

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  6. defgavAugust 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM

    Cake

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  7. MattAugust 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM

    Randy's wild hair wins it - gum!

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  8. FujiAugust 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM

    I wonder what happened to Randy's hat. Regardless... that card gets my vote. Gum.

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