Baseball Cards Come to Life!

  The card, in brief: An interestingly framed card, a tighter close-up than usual for this kind of pose. An unidentified Padre throws a ball...

  The card, in brief: The age-old question - is he holding a baseball, or not? My guess is not. Playing career, in brief:  Randy Jones won 1...

  The card, in brief: Great hatless photo, you can see why his nickname was "Bear". Playing career, in brief: An excellent set-up ...

  The card, in brief: No logo on the jacket. Today there would be the Padres' logo plus three advertisers. Playing career, in brief: Fre...

  The card, in brief: Foster shows his Rawlings mitt to the camera. Playing career, in brief: Alan Foster was a highly touted Dodgers pitchi...

  The card, in brief: We get a nice clear view of the Shea Stadium parking lot behind left field, in the days before the bleachers were buil...

  The card in brief: Westrum looks like a manager who knows he's going to get fired at the end of the season, which the back of the card...

  The card, in brief: It looks like Speed spent a lot of time working on his facial hair. Playing career, in brief: Speed played parts of th...

  The card, in brief: An interesting change of pace, with Murcer's photo in what is presumably the Shea Stadium dugout. Playing career, ...

  The card, in brief: Joshua wore #19 with the Giants, as can be seen on his bat knob. '75 was his first season with the Giants after fi...

  The card, in brief: This looks like it was a little earlier in the evening than some of the other Giants cards in the set. Adams looks qui...

  The card, in brief: What's so interesting in the upper deck? Playing career, in brief: Thomasson was a part-time outfielder for the Gi...

  The card, in brief: Not a whole lot to say about this card, but it's interesting that the photographer lined up the shot so the camera...

  The card: Some of the Giants players are photographed at twilight, making them borderline night cards. This one might be one of the darkes...

  The card, in brief: A lighter sky than some of the other Giants in the set, with a blurry Shea Stadium scoreboard with Schaefer Beer ad in...

  The card, in brief: Those three streaks are on every card. I guess the best shot they had of Montanez was damaged during development. Play...

  The card, in brief: The dark, cloudy background makes it looks like he's standing on a foggy pier at night. Playing career, in brief: ...

  The card, in brief: No sky is visible on this card but it certainly seems to be a night card. Playing career, in brief: Rader had a fine r...

  The card, in brief: Some of the Giants cards in the set are possible night cards; this one is a no-doubter. While I don't show the bac...

  The card, in brief: The twilight sky and the chaw in his cheek dominate here. Playing career, in brief: Arnold was an unheralded middle in...