by Paul Semendinger
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As we wait for the season to begin, I thought it might be fun to look back at some of the old Topps baseball card sets and rank the designs.
Here are the 1950s. Here are the deigns year-by-year:
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
Now comes the difficult part, ranking the designs. Some thoughts...
1960 - I'm less a fan of the sideays cards and the action shot is over a colored background, not great
1961 - One of my favorites ever. Classic and simple
1962 - A fun idea, the wood and the curling up photo doesn't thrill me
1963 - The idea is great. IN 1983, it worked. Maybe the technology in 1963 needed to develop more.
1964 - A great design
1965 - A great design
1966 - A good try, but I've never loved the diagonal team name
1967 - So similar to 1964 and a great design
1968 - A swing and miss, but I do love this set because it's the year I was born
1969 - Good, not great. I don't love the circle.
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MY RANKINGS:
1961
1965
1967
1964
1969
1968
1960
1966
1962
1963
How do you rank these designs?
