The 1969 starting NL All Star infield was faithfully represented in Topps 1970 All Star subset. Around the horn they had McCovey at 1st, Felix Millan at 2nd, Santo at 3rd and Kessinger at short. Honestly, not bad for Topps.
But arguments could be made for the actual 1970 Sporting News All Star; McCovey and Kessinger were also 1970 TSN All Stars at their respective positions. However, at second TSN picked Glenn Beckert and at third they had Tony Perez.
So here are the 1970 All Star Cards That Never Were of Beckert and Perez:
So, they match the starters picked by the players, coaches and managers in 1969 and call them The Sporting News All Stars, but don't match The Sporting News All Stars. We are fortunate to have you to bring some logic to the process.
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