1939-2020
Depending on whether you were from St. Louis or Chicago, Lou Brock is remembered as the greatest trade of all time or the worst. But he was honored and respected universally. He passed away yesterday at the age of 81. The same season that Hank Aaron set the all time homerun record, Brock set the single season stolen base record. That was the year I really began collecting and these were my favorite (non-hometown) players.
I'm in the midst of creating an Alt-Topps series for 1973 and this card fits in nicely. I've also created a number of cards featuring Lou Brock over the years. Many were stolen base leader cards which Topps didn't include until 1973. Here they are again:
No comments:
Post a Comment