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Merkle923 · 03-15-2016, 02:54 PM

While we're here, I don't think I've ever posted this before.

Not only did Seaver - before he ever pitched in a major league game - have the gall to try the favorite '60s trick of fooling the photographer, but this pose made it all the way through the Topps production process to the proof stage. The 1968 1st Series sheets which contained this delightful disaster were amazingly error-riddled. Bob Gibson also fooled the photogs and the editors to get a left-handed shot printed as a proof, and at least five of the 1968 Rookie Cards were marked "1967 Rookie Cards." Plenty of other color mistakes and a couple of players with positions left off.

03-15-2016, 02:54 PM	#27330
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,185	Tom Seaver 1967 While we're here, I don't think I've ever posted this before. Not only did Seaver - before he ever pitched in a major league game - have the gall to try the favorite '60s trick of fooling the photographer, but this pose made it all the way through the Topps production process to the proof stage. The 1968 1st Series sheets which contained this delightful disaster were amazingly error-riddled. Bob Gibson also fooled the photogs and the editors to get a left-handed shot printed as a proof, and at least five of the 1968 Rookie Cards were marked "1967 Rookie Cards." Plenty of other color mistakes and a couple of players with positions left off. Last edited by Merkle923; 08-03-2017 at 12:24 AM.