I have a person on Facebook that connects with me every so often with a batch of Expos for sale.
I recently bought the stack he's had for me for a while. I received it today.
A bunch of it was 90 Donruss and thus added to the duplicate pile numbers for the Project, but he also sent me a number of 1973 Topps..
A nice grouping here of cards.
I like that Boots Day card. The Marshall is a victim of airbrushing..
I like that Gene Mauch card and the coaches.
Something interesting on that Mauch card is this:
For the coaches it says "Years in OB"
I imagine that means Organized Baseball..
One of the coaches was Larry Doby.
I figured I'd just scan the front and back to show it better..
The last two cards I got that I needed were Ron Woods and Jose Laboy. I'm not sure where the Laboy photo was taken.
With these cards, I now am four away from having the team set completed.
576: Expos Team
592: John Boccabella
606: Gary Matthews/Tom Paciorek/Jorge Roque
607: Pepe Frias/Ray Busse/Mario Guerrero
Also, if anyone happens to have card 104: Reggie Cleveland that you're willing to part with, I'd appreciate it as well.
Didn't realize Larry Doby has an Expos card. Heck... I didn't even realize that he coached for them. Very cool.
ReplyDeleteDoby is also featured on the Mauch 1974 card.. Or his disembodied head is, anyway...
DeleteBoots Day was the first-ever batter at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, in 1971.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that.
DeleteBoots!!! Love those 73s!
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