tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post6976962845035979700..comments2024-01-21T00:40:03.840-05:00Comments on Topps 1971: no. 713 - mike marshallnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-70241388873287161662020-11-25T11:51:42.944-05:002020-11-25T11:51:42.944-05:00The expos logo stood for Montreal Expos Baseball. ...The expos logo stood for Montreal Expos Baseball. Witzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097478168797068657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-4671913187915338862020-09-26T16:45:03.003-04:002020-09-26T16:45:03.003-04:00That is a "b" on the cap? What does it ...That is a "b" on the cap? What does it stand for? Kraft1963https://www.blogger.com/profile/04543139140167539352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-49944931936932646772017-10-17T13:35:01.938-04:002017-10-17T13:35:01.938-04:00The man is a genius. Teams won't hire him as a...The man is a genius. Teams won't hire him as a pitching instructor because his ideas make sense, plus he would put trainers out of work.Scooter Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10127687125468516172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-62800670742367821652017-10-16T22:31:22.234-04:002017-10-16T22:31:22.234-04:00I wonder exactly when Marshall stopped posing for ...I wonder exactly when Marshall stopped posing for Topps? From a little internet research:<br /><br />--His rookie card was in the '68 set with the Tigers. The photo on that one is a posed shot, and looks legitimate.<br /><br />--His '69 card shows him on the Pilots, a first-year expansion team, in a capless shot.<br /><br />--He doesn't have a card in the '70 set.<br /><br />--His '71, '72 and '73 cards all look airbrushed.<br /><br />--His '74, '75, '76 and '77 cards have long-distance action shots. <br /><br />--He doesn't have a card in any Topps set after 1977. There may have been legitimate reasons for not including him in 1978 and 1981 sets (at the time each set would have gone to press, he was not under contract to any MLB team, and it may have been questionable whether he would play in the majors in the coming season; Fleer and Donruss didn't include him in '81 either), but there is no obvious reason why he shouldn't have gotten a card in 1979 and 1980. <br /><br />--Marshall last played in the majors in 1981 with the Mets, who released him shortly after the season ended. The only one of the three major card companies to include him in their '82 set was Fleer, who used a long-distance action shot. <br /><br />MCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283702499696500079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-28821322396740530552017-10-16T20:29:24.117-04:002017-10-16T20:29:24.117-04:00Tried to get his autograph when he was with the Do...Tried to get his autograph when he was with the Dodgers. Told me to produce my school report card showing that I had all A's and he'd sign for me. Like I carried my report with me back then. Probably because it didn't have all A's...Rumpleforeskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17500282546759417737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-17968544693264831102017-10-16T13:24:01.757-04:002017-10-16T13:24:01.757-04:00I love it when the phrase Mike Marshall-autograph ...I love it when the phrase Mike Marshall-autograph comes up. By some happenstance 35 years ago I found myself in graduate school and befriended and shared apartments with Bill Corcoran who was into baseball autographs. He told me then Mike Marshall was (along basketball's Bill Russell) the toughest autograph. Fast forward to near the present day, Bill has made a living out being an autograph collector dealer but has in the past 10 years persuaded Mike Marshall to at least one possibly two private signing sessions. It must have been amazing case of salesmanship. But I can see it too, Bill is gracious and funny a real straight shooter. Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050857323785108411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72805078553416215.post-80263316792269139152017-10-16T11:36:58.379-04:002017-10-16T11:36:58.379-04:00He pretty much refuses to sign autographs now as w...He pretty much refuses to sign autographs now as well. One of the most famously difficult sigs to get for anybody working in sets of this era.Jamie Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184760000629386642noreply@blogger.com