Managers, Team Cards and Rookies
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Nothing ground breaking here. I simply used the base card format for the managers.
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I had to use this photo because I never noticed that the White Sox coaches had caps that were different than their players. This is similar to the A's look in the '60s and 70s. I scoured 2 of my favorite sites looking for other examples of coach-specific White Sox caps. I had no luck at either Chris Creamer's
Sportslogos.net or Paul Lukas's
Uni-Watch.com. If either of these blogs can help me out with more information, hit me up.
****See update below for more information***
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For the team cards I used the Topps 1965 and 1966 method of including where the team finished the previous year.
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For whatever reason, Topps did not include team cards of the Astros, Cubs, Giants, Indians, Red Sox or Yankees in the real 1968 set. In this alt-set we got the Giants and Red Sox covered.
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As usual I included the Rookies of the Year in my sampling of rookie cards.
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For the Reds, Bench and McRae. And for the Yankees Bahnsen and Bobby Cox.
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UPDATE Jan 10, 2019
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That was fast.
I knew that posing this question to Paul Lukas would yield results. I just didn't realize how quickly he would have the answer. He sent me a link to Todd Radom's blog where he had a great and humorous history of this short-lived ballcap.
Here is a link to
Todd Radom's Blog. There is plenty of good reading there. I can really lose a full day just going through it. (Just a friendly warning)
Here is a screenshot of his explanation:
There is also a terrific graphic that accompanies this story. I won't include that here. I feel I have already taken too many liberties posting his explanation. I do recommend following the above link to see it for yourself.
That is Tiger Stadium depicted in the photo used for this card. I would have to deduce that this was the final appearance of this ill-fated cap.