After a long holiday break, I have a few more All Star Cards That Never Were to share. In 1958, Topps created the first All Star series of cards to appear as part of the regular set. In that set, Topps had Bob Friend as the "Sport Magazine '58 All Star Selection". Warren Spahn was the left handed "selection".
As it turns out, Spahn was the starting pitcher for the NL in the 1958 ASG and Friend was the first righty to come on in relief. Solid, picks by Topps, specially seeing how this was a late enough series in the 1958 set and they most likely used the power of hindsight.
But just for the sake of argument, and to be consistent with my own agenda, here is a couple cards that never were based on the 1957 ASG. In 1957 Curt Simmons was the starter and Lew Burdette was the first righty to come on in relief.
Here is where Topps takes a turn that only Topps could. For their "58 All Star Selection" they chose Ed Bailey, who was the starter in the 1957 game. Del Crandall was the starter in the 1958 ASG. Crandall was also the Sporting News All Star selection for 1958.
