Cake or gum? 1977 Jim Palmer

Cake won the last 1976 matchup, 8-2. Who will kick off 1977 with a win?

Hostess goes with a simple spring training portrait of Palmer, while Topps gives us an action shot a Memorial Stadium with a red-orange Orioles jersey. One of the greatest pitchers of all time, Palmer won at least 20 games for eight out of nine seasons from 1970-1978. He twice led the league in ERA, and his 2.86 career ERA is third lowest since 1920. He was a six-time All Star and won three Cy Young Awards. In his 19-year career he never allowed a grand slam or back-to-back home runs. In 558 games he went 268-152 with 2,212 strikeouts. Well-known for a variety of advertising and commercial appearances, most notably for Jockey, Palmer has been an Orioles and national TV announcer since his 1984 retirement.