After a bit of a diversion, I'm ready for another round of All Star misses by Topps. As we've established, Topps basis for the players that appeared on "All Star" cards, often didn't reflect the actual starting MLB All Stars. Many of these cards were labeled as "Sporting News All Star Selections". Unfortunately, that often wasn't accurate either. So I've made cards that could've been included in these Topps All Star sub-sets from 1958-62 and 1968-70.
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The 1970 Topps "Sporting News" All Stars featured three AL infielders that started the 1969 All Star game; Boog Powell, Rod Carew and Rico Petrocelli. It also had three from the 1969 Sporting News All Star team; Powell, Carew and Brooks Robinson. Here are some players that could've been included based on either starting the 1969 ASG or being selected to the 1970 Sporting News All Star team:
- 1970 Sporting News All Star selection.
- 1969 MLB All Star reserve.
- 1970 MLB All Star starter.
- Gold Glove second baseman 1969 and 1970.
- 1969 MLB All Star starter.
- 16th in AL MVP voting 1969.
- 27th in AL MVP voting 1970.
- 1970 Sporting News All Star selection.
- 1969 MLB All Star reserve.
- 1970 MLB All Star starter.
- 1969 AL MVP.
- 3rd in AL MVP voting 1970.
- 1969 and 1970 Sporting News All Star selection.
- 1970 MLB All Star starter.
- Gold Glove shortstop in 1970.
- 12th in AL MVP voting 1970.
Great card of the "Killer" and nice corrections. I know Killebrew played a lot of third base and outfield and even came up as a third baseman, but in a perfect world and in my opinion, the AL All-Star team in the 60's and early 70's should always have Killebrew on first and Brooks on third.
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