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Merkle923 · 02-21-2015, 04:22 PM

I vote with the experts - the unidentified Giants' catcher is Joe Stephenson.

As to Topps filling in the blanks - mix in the 1966 guys they left out with the 2015 players in the 1966 design being used for the Heritage set that comes out next month - I've been arguing that for years. The closest I got them to do were these occasional autographed cards (liked the 1960-style Dick Burwell). If they can't make a chase card out of it, they won't do it. What they have to pay the player for his image rights, to make a card most collectors would have no interest in, makes no economic sense.

Also, Topps does not have a photo of the "other" Billy Williams of the 1969 Pilots. One of the first things I looked for. They got him with Hawaii during the PCL/IL shoots of 1968 while the major leaguers were boycotting Topps, but that was it.

02-21-2015, 04:22 PM	#24598
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,185	Stephenson, and Topps Heritage I vote with the experts - the unidentified Giants' catcher is Joe Stephenson. As to Topps filling in the blanks - mix in the 1966 guys they left out with the 2015 players in the 1966 design being used for the Heritage set that comes out next month - I've been arguing that for years. The closest I got them to do were these occasional autographed cards (liked the 1960-style Dick Burwell). If they can't make a chase card out of it, they won't do it. What they have to pay the player for his image rights, to make a card most collectors would have no interest in, makes no economic sense. Also, Topps does not have a photo of the "other" Billy Williams of the 1969 Pilots. One of the first things I looked for. They got him with Hawaii during the PCL/IL shoots of 1968 while the major leaguers were boycotting Topps, but that was it.