Last time it was cake with the 5-2 win. Is this gum's turn?
Hostess has Brock in the bicentennial Cardinals uniform of powder-blue jersey and pillbox cap, before a game at Shea Stadium. The same photo with the Topps logo (from Topps Vault?) can be seen on the Cardinals Uniforms & Logos site. The Hostess cards are not Topps cards but Topps sold them their photos, I believe. His actual Topps card shows him at Candlestick, wearing the even less frequently seen pillbox-style batting helmet.A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame and the 3000 hit club, Lou Brock was the former all-time and single-season stolen base champion. In his nineteen-year career he was a six-time all-star and earned MVP votes in ten different seasons, finished second in 1974. His 938 stolen bases are currently second all-time. He was also one of the best World Series performers of all time. In 21 games he hit .391 with 4 HR, 13 RBI and 14 SB. After his playing career he was a successful businessman in various fields, including flowers, airport retail concessions, child safety and mobile marketing. He owned two patents for the “Brockabrella” umbrella hat. He was also active in many charitable endeavors, most notably in spreading awareness about diabetes management. He died of complications from cancer and diabetes in 2020. In 2012 he shared his thoughts on baseball cards with this blog.

stripes on the helmet gets a gum vote from me.
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ReplyDeleteNo contest, gum
ReplyDeleteBoth are pretty great, but the Topps is iconic and gets my vote.
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DeleteYeah, gum, too much to love about that card.
ReplyDeleteWhile I like the pillbox hat, I LOVE the pillbox helmet. Gum!
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ReplyDeleteChoosing Topps. Also, how amazing that Mr. Brock shared some thoughts on cards with you! Got to love his critique on the gum.
ReplyDeleteThe Cards had pillbox batting helmets? That's pretty awesome. And with Brock being photographed at Candlestick... it's not even close.
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Going with Gum and that pillbox batting helmet. Very cool that he responded to your letter too!
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