Thursday, January 23, 2025

Cake or gum? 1976 Greg Luzinski

Last time it was gum squeaking by with a 6-4 win. Who will triumph here?

Hostess has Luzinski in his maroon warmup jacket. He's in front of the dugout, I think at Candlestick Park. Someone hung up all the towels very neatly. Topps meanwhile has Luzinski in his powder blue away uniform, waiting his turn at the batting cage, with the shadow of the net on his jersey.

"The Bull" was one of the big stars of the great Phillies teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was twice a runner-up for NL MVP and led the NL in RBI in 1975. Though 1980 was a down year for him, he had some big hits in the NLCS to help propel the Phillies to their first-ever World Championship. After that season the Phillies sent him to the White Sox where he played for four more seasons, helping them win an AL West title in 1983. Overall in 1,821 games he hit .276 with 307 HR and 1,128 RBI. After retiring he spent several years as a high school baseball and football coach. the fan favorite returned to Philadelphia with a barbecue stand inside Citizens Bank Park when that stadium opened in 2004.


7 comments:

  1. I like the clarity on the Hostess, but he looks more like a trainer than a ball player. My vote goes to gum.

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  2. Gum absolutely. Another '76 banger from when I was 11.

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  3. Can't go wrong with either card, but I'll go with gum. Powder blues, nacho helmet, dirty batting glove, batting cage. Too much good stuff there.

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