All final versions of Mets fantazy cards from the 1962 season will be collected and displayed here.
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Showing posts with label 1962 Topps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1962 Topps. Show all posts
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
My Fantasy Gil
Lets take a trip back in time to 1962, the Mets very first year of existence. It's time to right a few Topps wrongs. One was the picture they used for Gil Hodges regular issue card. The picture they chose to use was awful. So I'll fix that with Gil's fantasy '62 Topps card.
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| Topps Gil |
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| Fantasy Gil |
Another glaring omission was that there was no card to commemorate National League baseball returning to New York City. This was a big story and certainly deserved some kind of notice in the '62 set. But no special card was made to reflect this event. If Topps did make one, I imagine it would have looked something like the one here. Gil Hodges of the Brooklyn and L. A. Dodgers returns to New York and is embraced by Met fans.
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