George Bennett

George Bennett @gbennettpost

@Jeremy_Cox @Topps @SABRbbcards @nightowlcards @VintageCardsOn1 @CardboardHistry Wow! Four favorites in one high-number series. Don't think I've encountered an Abernathy collector but he had a nice, long run. Perez is a semi-high in 1967; that series is no picnic, plus he's a short print. — PolitiTweet.org

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Buddy Holly born this date, 1936. Did not realize how big his glasses were until a few years ago when I visited the site of his plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa. https://t.co/wtY9ax9AkG — PolitiTweet.org

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@AbramsonFL Maybe it’s a gender-reveal — PolitiTweet.org

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@vossbrink @buettner_mike @Topps @SABRbbcards @nightowlcards @VintageCardsOn1 @CardboardHistry They are ridiculous. Bob Uecker I understand but the rest always seemed outrageously pricey considering no HoFs in the bunch. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Jackson88949941 @PolyesterUnis @1970Orioles @EbbetsVintage @70sBaseball @baseballinpix @Super70sSports @oriolesrise @uniformcritic @Oriolesrule185 @1974Baseball @LockedOnOrioles Yes! Went to that RFK game as 2nd grader. Remember seeing my hero Clemente, the orange unis and not much else. — PolitiTweet.org

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@buettner_mike @nightowlcards @Topps @SABRbbcards @VintageCardsOn1 @CardboardHistry Shannon and the Red Sox team were among the toughest for me. — PolitiTweet.org

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@vossbrink @Topps @SABRbbcards @nightowlcards @VintageCardsOn1 @CardboardHistry @buettner_mike McCovey & Perry in the high series, off the top of my head. — PolitiTweet.org

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@vossbrink @Topps @SABRbbcards @nightowlcards @VintageCardsOn1 @CardboardHistry I put 1952 in a whole different category; should've specified "aside from 1952." Acquired most of my 1972s at the time so don't have good perspective on scarcity. 1966, '62 and '61 all had pretty tough high numbers but I'd give '67 a slight edge. cc: @buettner_mike — PolitiTweet.org

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Aaron Pointer (#564), brother to the Pointer Sisters, was later an @NFL referee. https://t.co/p2oOiwk9mA — PolitiTweet.org

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I didn’t pay much attention to the hobby from about 1980-2010, but even I remember hearing a lot of buzz about how scarce the #600 Brooks Robinson card was. Is that still true? https://t.co/AFTUhDAfFE — PolitiTweet.org

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Always wondered why this @Orioles rookies card (#558) has red background while all the others have yellow backgrounds. https://t.co/9aUXoe71zt — PolitiTweet.org

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7th series Rookie cards of @RedSox Rohr/Gibson note their early-season heroics. The Seaver & Carew rookie cards note their exploits through late May of 1967. https://t.co/EvtzW28xl1 — PolitiTweet.org

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.@Topps notorious for using old photos, but captured new @Mets Estrada, Buchek, Taylor at Shea early in ‘67 season to include in 7th series. https://t.co/qc7ZtL22Os — PolitiTweet.org

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First Maury Wills @Topps card. He, Jimenez & Short new to @Pirates in ‘67. Photog caught them & Blass on Opening Day at Shea (see bunting) in time to make 7th series later in season. https://t.co/OaCYpNV7Qd — PolitiTweet.org

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@nightowlcards @Topps @SABRbbcards @VintageCardsOn1 @CardboardHistry Maybe my favorite set. Great photos, clean design. Finished it more than 10 years ago so I don’t know how difficult it is now to land Seaver, Carew, Brooks Robinson & some of those other tough high numbers. — PolitiTweet.org

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Carpet o’ Cards: 1967 @Topps 7th series (534-609). Tom Seaver & Rod Carew rookies, short prints — is there a tougher high-number series? @SABRbbcards @nightowlcards @VintageCardsOn1 @CardboardHistry https://t.co/YtzLBEgK6p — PolitiTweet.org

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@SmittysSideline Great story! In addition to the wisdom he displayed with you he obviously understood the science of stealing; the season he swiped a then-record 118 bases was when he turned 35. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MOReilly_58 @fran_haefner @SABRbbcards @fd_jim @CulleyScarboro1 @mattypabst @TimJenkins1962 @MWalk66 @HeavyJ28 @oriolesrise @deetdedee @Markhoyle4 @VintageCardsOn1 @AndrewAronstein @SplitSeason1981 @Number5TypeCard @delspacefranco @ShaneKatz73 @Joeys_Katz @BonomoJoe From a pure photography standpoint, the Dave Ricketts high-number card might be my favorite in 1967 set. https://t.co/VGJ6SZm0mW — PolitiTweet.org

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@sportcardbacks @mosley_mark @BBBA_Podcast Grew up seeing him play in Baltimore & was always frustrated he didn’t get more recognition. And there were no leg hits in his career .282 BA. — PolitiTweet.org

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@pgammo I attended those ‘81 Smithsonian events as teen!Thrilled to see & hear Brock, Bouton, Johnny Mize (?), others in fairly small setting. Remember you as the guy I read in The Sporting News. Met Cal Ripken Sr. & chatted about his prospect son. — PolitiTweet.org

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@kbocollections Need that shirt! — PolitiTweet.org

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R.I.P. Lou Brock (1939-2020) @SABRbbcards @CardboardHistry @nightowlcards @VintageCardsOn1 https://t.co/ii4BT3FhEW — PolitiTweet.org

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@JimmyScroggins @uniformcritic @DerwinLGray Very old-school to drag a bunt & lure the pitcher to the baseline rather than just charge the mound Robin Ventura style. Bunting is a lost art. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Shlabotnik_Rpt @roselleavenue @DeeNoOne2U @jabroni32308 @TimJenkins1962 @nightowlcards @HeavyJ28 @SABRbbcards @VintageCardsOn1 @allerassports @Number5TypeCard @Markhoyle4 @JDaniel2033 I think you’re right. Four straight years (1967-70). Gotta be a record. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Markhoyle4 @MOReilly_58 @SABRbbcards @fd_jim @mattypabst @MWalk66 @TimJenkins1962 @AndrewAronstein @oriolesrise @CulleyScarboro1 @HeavyJ28 @deetdedee @VintageCardsOn1 Sweet — PolitiTweet.org

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@vossbrink @nightowlcards @Topps @SABRbbcards @VintageCardsOn1 @nyctaper @TimJenkins1962 @CardsCigarbox People like Walter Iooss were taking amazing action photos in the 1960s, but there was an enormous gulf — artistic and, probably, technological — between these and what was being shot for baseball cards. https://t.co/oSR12UAnht — PolitiTweet.org

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@nightowlcards @vossbrink @Topps @SABRbbcards @VintageCardsOn1 @nyctaper @TimJenkins1962 @CardsCigarbox The action photography seemed to improve a lot each year in the 1970s. More candid shots as well. — PolitiTweet.org

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@nightowlcards @vossbrink @Topps @SABRbbcards @VintageCardsOn1 @nyctaper @TimJenkins1962 @CardsCigarbox Started collecting in ‘72 and remember how *old* the ‘69s looked. Pre-polyester, no facial hair, all grass. Learned much later most of the photos weren’t current. Even factoring that, it was an era of rapid change in baseball and elsewhere. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MOReilly_58 @SABRbbcards @fd_jim @mattypabst @MWalk66 @TimJenkins1962 @AndrewAronstein @oriolesrise @CulleyScarboro1 @HeavyJ28 @Markhoyle4 @deetdedee @VintageCardsOn1 Another missing piece. — PolitiTweet.org

George Bennett @gbennettpost

@MOReilly_58 @SABRbbcards @fd_jim @mattypabst @MWalk66 @TimJenkins1962 @AndrewAronstein @oriolesrise @CulleyScarboro1 @HeavyJ28 @Markhoyle4 @deetdedee @VintageCardsOn1 Nice! One of the biggest missing pieces to my Clemente collection. — PolitiTweet.org