https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23854-1989-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Hi folks. I want to start off this week’s blog entry with a note that this summer is setting up to be crazy. I know I will not have posts the next few weeks, and not sure about the frequency for later in the summer. It’s my intent to keep my series going, but it’s just harder to find the time at th...23854Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23852-1988-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/If you have seen my previous posts in this series, you may have noticed a trend. I like simple, clean crisp designs in baseball cards. And the 1988 Topps design certainly fits my preference. However, I would say it’s good not great. Above average is what I would say about 1988 Topps. (Someday I nee...23852Tue, 28 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23850-1987-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/The 1962 Topps set is a vintage, classic set of baseball cards. I don’t care for it very much but there’s no mistaking the wood-grain border of the set. Some people love the design, and some hate it. Perhaps enough collectors love them that 25 years later Topps was at least inspired by 1962 in the...23850Tue, 21 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23846-1986-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Too many Topps sets lack character and are rather bland, hard to differentiate year over year. That’s my problem with the sets from the late 1970s. At least to me, those designs are difficult to set apart in my head, and I have a tough time remembering which design is which year. Let’s take a close...23846Tue, 14 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23843-1983-fleer-and-the-minnesota-twins/Today I’m talking about the first non-Topps set in my blog series about baseball cards. Topps had a baseball card monopoly from 1956 to 1980. In the early 80s competitors were allowed into the baseball card world and Donruss and Fleer were the first two to jump in. This post is about a set I origin...23843Tue, 07 May 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23840-1982-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Alright folks, today we are going to talk about the 1982 Topps and Topps Traded baseball card sets. Some of you who have been following my blog series may wonder, why did he skip 1981. The reason is that I set a rule for myself and said if I do not have all Twins cards in a particular set, I would...23840Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23837-1980-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/The 1980 Topps baseball card set is better than the average set of that era. To me it’s not great, but better than average. The design consists of a banner in the upper left corner with the player’s position. The upper right corner has the player’s name. The bottom right has another, larger banner...23837Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23835-1979-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Welcome to my review of the 1979 Topps baseball card set and the Minnesota Twins player cards in that set. Once again, Rod Carew is the Twins lone superstar from that era. Mr. Carew will make an appearance later in this post. When it comes to my review of any of the late 1970s Topps cards, I h...23835Tue, 16 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23830-1978-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Welcome to my review of the 1978 Topps baseball card set and the Minnesota Twins. There really are not any Twins superstars in this set other than Rod Carew. It’s easy to see how the Twins weren’t world beaters in the late 1970s. In my judgment, the 1978 Topps baseball card design is one of th...23830Tue, 09 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23818-1977-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Hello again Twins fans! This is another post in my series about Minnesota Twins baseball cards. Please share your opinions, stories, comments, and memories below. 1977 Topps Overall, I think it’s safe to say the mid to late 70s cards are not my favorite. But 1977 might be little better th...23818Tue, 02 Apr 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23804-1976-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Hey Twins fans! This is the sixth post in my series about Minnesota Twins baseball cards. Please share your opinions, stories, comments, and memories below. 1976 Topps Well, I feel like this entry is a bit of a dud. Few star players and few interesting cards. The 1976 Topps baseball card...23804Tue, 26 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23801-1973-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Hey Twins fans! This is the fifth post in my series about Minnesota Twins baseball cards. This post is in a little different order than prior posts. Because I tend to dive most deeply into the most obscure player of the set (we all know about Tony, the Killer, and Carew not to mention Puckett, Hrbe...23801Fri, 22 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23796-1968-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Hey Twins fans! This is the fourth post in my series about Minnesota Twins baseball cards. Please read my first post here for deeper detail on my series. 1968 Topps Game This insert set from the 1960s is unique. It’s a very limited set and like the 1964 Topps Giants seems to contain only...23796Tue, 19 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23795-1968-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Hi folks. This is my third post in my series about Minnesota Twins baseball cards. Please read my first post here for deeper detail on my series. 1968 TOPPS The 1968 Topps set is one of my personal favorites which is interesting because I find the look rather ugly, but I really like some of...23795Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23794-1964-topps-giants-and-the-minnesota-twins/Hi folks. I am a collector of Twins baseball cards. About 10-15 years ago, I made it a goal to get at least one card from every Twins player who had a card. That goal seems to have morphed into getting each Twins card for every Topps set (and a few other brands here and there). I currently have mor...23794Tue, 12 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000https://twinsdaily.com/blogs/entry/23792-1963-topps-and-the-minnesota-twins/Hi folks. I am Al from SoDak. I have been reading Twins Daily since its inception and always thought of contributing. Well, here I go. I am a collector of Twins baseball cards. About 10-15 years ago, I made it a goal to get at least one card from every Twins player who had a card. That goal se...23792Fri, 08 Mar 2024 23:51:47 +0000