Topps choices for the 1958 All Star cards are a bit murky. This is for two reasons, the first being Topps attributing the player selection to the editors of "Sport" magazine, not the actual starters of the 1957 or 1958 All Star games. Instead they attribute them as "Sport" magazine All Star selections.
The other issue was ballot box stuffing involving Cincinnati in 1957. Seven of their position players made the starting roster. The only non-Redlegs position player chosen by the fans was Stan Musial. The commissioner stepped in and replaced Cincinnati outfielders Gus Bell and Wally Post with Aaron and Mays. Infielders Don Hoak and Roy McMillan started but were replaced by the NL manager after just one at bat. Eddie Mathews and Ernie Banks replaced them respectively.
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My latest project is making All Star Cards That Never Year for the years 1958-62 and 1968-70. During those years Topps decision making on these cards was haphazard and a mystery to everybody but Topps. They were NOT based on the current season's "Sporting News All Stars" nor the previous season's ASG starters. So I've made additional cards based on this criteria.
What started as an idea for a small project, ballooned to over 150 cards so I'll be posting these in small doses. I'll be breaking it down by year, league (NL or AL), and positions (battery, infield and outfield).
Nice cards and good logic on your picks. Interesting that Johnny Temple of the Reds was the 58 Sport Magazine pick for Topps and a resulting card instead of the up and coming Mazeroski who was the player's pick for the actual game in 58.
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