Friday, September 20, 2024

Cake or gum? 1976 Chris Speier

Last time Topps cruised to an 8-1 victory. Who will win this time?

This is an interesting matchup - almost an identical pose, but two different locations. Speier must have been very consistent with his batting stance. Speier came up with the Giants in 1971 and was an All-Star the next three seasons, mostly because of his defensive reputation. He never hit much, but stayed in the league until 1989. In 19 seasons for five teams, mostly the Giants and Expos, he hit .246 with 112 HR and 720 RBI. After his playing career he was a major league coach for seven different teams between 2000 and 2020. He appears to now be retired.


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7 comments:

  1. Ginko-5September 20, 2024 at 11:52 AM

    I like the picture on the Hostess card better, so I'll go with that one.

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  2. MattSeptember 20, 2024 at 2:08 PM

    Hostess has the better background, so it gets my vote.

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  3. JonSeptember 20, 2024 at 4:13 PM

    Hostess

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  4. Brett AlanSeptember 20, 2024 at 9:21 PM

    Someone on Quora was making a team of the best players to play with Willie Mays on the Giants or Hank Aaron on the Braves. He had Speier as the shortstop and I thought, there's got to be someone better. You can make a case for Johnny Logan, but the real point is that Speier was a much better player than I remembered. (That said, if you included guys from after they changed teams, then the pick has to be Robin Yount.)

    Anyway, tough call but I'll go with gum because you can see his face a bit better, and I like that you can see the name on the back of his uniform too.

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  5. FujiSeptember 20, 2024 at 11:51 PM

    Gum.

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  6. Jeff B - Wax Pack Wonders September 21, 2024 at 4:44 PM

    Gum

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  7. JafroniusSeptember 22, 2024 at 2:41 AM

    Going with cake for the background!

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