tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post5906033019639197314..comments2023-04-05T00:41:39.483-04:00Comments on 1975 Topps (it's far out, man): #330 - Mike Marshallnight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-83123692136604905952010-10-12T22:47:25.704-04:002010-10-12T22:47:25.704-04:00Anyone know what this card might be worth?Anyone know what this card might be worth?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15824459490157892120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-22096754841982127212010-10-04T19:24:47.242-04:002010-10-04T19:24:47.242-04:00I had never known of Marshall's dispute with T...I had never known of Marshall's dispute with Topps before. From a little internet research:<br /><br />--Marshall's '73 card has a posed shot, but it looks like it might be airbrushed...even though he had been with his current team (the Expos) since 1970.<br /><br />--Marshall's '74, '75, '76 and '77 cards all have action shots.<br /><br />--Marshall didn't get a card in '78. This may not have been related to his issues with Topps, though. Marshall missed most of the 1977 season due to injury (he did not appear in any games after June), then became a free agent after the season. During the 1977-78 offseason there seems to have been some question as to whether he would play in 1978. He didn't sign with anyone until the Twins picked him up about a month into the season.<br /><br />--Marshall didn't get a card in either the '79 or '80 sets, with no apparent explanation.<br /><br />--Marshall's last year in the majors was '81. He didn't have a card that year, but he was more or less out of baseball at the time Topps would have been assembling its set. Minnesota had released him with the 1980 season in progress, and the Mets didn't sign him until August 1981. The Mets released him shortly after the end of the season.MCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283702499696500079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-87930372990190996942010-10-04T14:25:42.396-04:002010-10-04T14:25:42.396-04:00Marshall is also well known for his refusal to sig...Marshall is also well known for his refusal to sign autographs. One autograph expert I know (he told me this in 83) said he is the toughest in the sport. Oddly enough he is now his rep for very private signings.<br /><br />A while ago HBO Inside Sports did a piece about his the pitching school he runs. <br /><br />Interesting career of very outspoken individual who didn't mind burning bridges.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-25375326569247422192010-10-04T13:31:15.428-04:002010-10-04T13:31:15.428-04:00That's three straight cards with level backgro...That's three straight cards with level backgrounds in the photos...that has to be some sort record.Jim Qhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01444485339413731463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-81154371025020421732010-10-04T02:37:32.401-04:002010-10-04T02:37:32.401-04:00What? No comment about the "meat hand" ...What? No comment about the "meat hand" cartoon. I'm sure that elicited a chuckle or two from kids at the time. <br /><br />That is a great action shot too. I didn't want you to think I was focusing too much on the meat hand.Play at the Platehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-88186414634840417942010-10-04T02:24:07.486-04:002010-10-04T02:24:07.486-04:00I always loved this card.
And you forgot the prot...I always loved this card.<br /><br />And you forgot the prototype of the crazed reliever, the Mad Hungarian, Al Hrabosky.jacobmrleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13991748868368917576noreply@blogger.com