I'm going to make an attempt to collect as many baseball cards as possible from 1976. I was 9 when the 1976 Topps baseball cards came out. I have most of those cards, but I'd like to expand and get the other cards from this great year.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
What happened to the poll???
I just noticed a very odd (and irritating) thing. The last time I checked the Card of the Year poll (last night) Oscar Gamble was leading Johnny Bench. I think it was 19-15 with about 20 hours to go. When I got up this morning the poll showed Gamble leading 2-1 with 10 hours left on the poll. What happened to it?
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year - Semi-Finals II
- Pete Rose beat the Kurt Bevacqua Bubble Blowing card 14-10. Pete will be in the finals against the winner of:
Oscar Gamble Traded #74T
and
Johnny Bench #300
- Please vote for your favorite of these two cards. :)
Sunday, March 27, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year - Semi-Finals
- Johnny Bench and the Oscar Gamble Traded card advance to the semi-finals
- The first semi-final round pits Pete Rose against the Kurt Bevacqua Bubble Blowing Champion card. Please pick your favorite. The top vote-getter will advance to the finals.
Pete Rose #240
Kurt Bevacqua Bubble-Blowing Champion #564
Thursday, March 24, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year (Round 4, Group 2) - down to six!
Pete Rose and the Kurt Bevacqua Bubble Blowing card advance to the semi-finals.
This bracket is going to be a tough one. Please vote for your favorite out of these four cards. The top two cards will advance to the semi-finals.
This bracket is going to be a tough one. Please vote for your favorite out of these four cards. The top two cards will advance to the semi-finals.
Carl Yastrzemski #230
Steve Garvey #150
Johnny Bench #300
Oscar Gamble Traded (#74T)
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year (Round 4) - the final eight!
- We're down to the final eight cards. Steve Garvey, Johnny Bench, Oscar Gamble Traded, and Carl Yastrzemski advanced from round 3 group 2.
- Please vote for your favorite card from round 4, group 1. The top two vote-getters will advance to the semi-finals. Some really cool cards are going to be voted off in this round (especially in the other bracket)
Dave Parker #185
Pete Rose #240
Kurt Bevacqua Bubble Blowing Champion #564
World Series Champions #462
Sunday, March 20, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year - round 3, group 2
- Pete Rose, Dave Parker, World Series Champs, and the Kurt Bevacqua Bubble Blowing Card will move on to the final eight. I had to make a decision between the Worlds Series Champs and the Luis Tiant cards since both had the same number of votes.
- Here are the cards from the "other side of the bracket." Please vote for your favorite card(s) from this group. The top four cards will move on to the final eight.
Steve Garvey #150
Carl Yastrzemski #230
Jerry Reuss #60
Oscar Gamble traded #74T
Johnny Bench #300
Ray Fosse #554
Fred Lynn #50
Lou Brock #10
Thursday, March 17, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year - on to round 3!
- Dave Parker, Pete Rose, Tito Fuentes, and World Series Champs advanced to round 3.
- We're down to 16 cards. We'll do two groups of eight. The top four cards from each group will advance to round 4.
- Here are the competitors in the first group:
Dave Parker #185
Pete Rose #240
Tito Fuentes #8
World Series Champs #462
Mike Schmidt #480
Rick Manning #275
Luis Tiant #130
Kurt Bevacqua Bubble Blowing #564
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year (Round 2, Group 4)
- Mike Schmidt, Rick Manning, Luis Tiant, and the Kurt Bevacqua Bubble Blowing card all advanced to the next round.
- Here is the last group for round 2. Please vote for your favorite(s). The top four from this group will advance to round 3.
Dave Concepcion #48
Pete Rose #240
Hank Aaron #550
Willie Horton #320
Manny Sanguillen #220
Tito Fuentes #8
World Series Champs #462
Dave Parker #185
Sunday, March 13, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year (Round 2, Group 3)
- Oscar Gamble Traded, Steve Garvey, Carl Yastrzemski, and Jerry Reuss all made it to the next round. Jerry Reuss and Sal Bando were tied for the fourth spot so I made an "executive decision"
- Please vote for your favorite(s) from Group 3. The top four cards will advance to the next round.
- The following cards comprise Group 3 of round 2:
Greg Luzinski #610
Kurt Bevacqua Bubble Blowing Championship #564
Dave Lopes RB #4
Luis Tiant #130
Gene Tenace #165
Rick Manning #275
Al Oliver #260
Mike Schmidt #480
Friday, March 11, 2011
1976 Topps Card of the Year (Round 2, Group 2)
- The cards that will move on from group 1 are Johnny Bench, Ray Fosse, Fred Lynn, and Lou Brock
- Here are the cards for round 2, group 2. Please vote for your favorite(s). The top four from this group will make it to the next round
Steve Ontiveros #284
Oscar Gamble Traded (#74T)
Sal Bando #90
Brian Downing #23
Carl Yastrzemski #230
Steve Garvey #150
Bill Plummer #627
Jerry Reuss #60