Thursday, December 19, 2024

1970 Topps Booklets: The Mike Epstein Story

Like many other booklet covers, this is based off the photo that would be used for his '71 Topps Coin.

Epstein was born in the Bronx, but moved to Westchester County when he was three, and went to high school in California. Bit of a stretch to say he grew up in the shadow of the Stadium.
The boxing gloves in the batters box is a cool idea.
That's flower power, man!


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  1. MattDecember 19, 2024 at 1:17 PM

    According to Baseball-Reference, his nickname was "Super Jew". Not sure anyone would be able to pull off that nickname today!

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  2. FujiDecember 20, 2024 at 8:00 AM

    Had to look up Epstein. Looks like he was on one of those Swingin' A's teams that won a World Series title... but he wasn't popular with Reggie and he went 0 for 16 in the World Series.

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