Tuesday, December 1, 2009

#44 - Pat Dobson

Card fact: This is the last color combination in the set: yellow-red. There is a variation of this combo, which we will see with our first All-Star, coming up soon.

What I thought about this card then: Never saw it.

What I think about this card now: Dobson looks like he is posing for an old-style portrait. And I love how he has the collar out on the jacket he's wearing under his uniform. It reminds me of the collar-out shirts we wore under sweaters back in the early 1980s. So sauve. That look got ALL the girls.

Other stuff: Pat Dobson has some rather distinctive cards. He's hatless on his 1970 card, wears an airbrushed cap on his '71, features a staggering, open-mouthed gape on his 1972 card, looks like Will Ferrell on his '76 card, and displays an awesome fro/crap-eating grin on his '78 card. Now that's a body of work for you.

Back facts: Dobson was born where my great aunt and uncle once lived. ... Also, why is there a gap after the 1974 stats? Creative white space?

Other blog stuff: OK, we have covered all the color combinations, so now it is time to list them, in order of appearance:

1. orange-brown
2. yellow-light blue
3. purple-pink
4. orange-yellow
5. green-purple
6. brown-orange
7. yellow-green
8. red-yellow
9. green-light green
10. brown-tan
11. blue-orange
12. pink-yellow
13. light blue-green
14. red-blue
15. tan-light blue
16. yellow-red

So, there you are. Sixteen color combinations in the '75 set. But you knew that already, right?

3 comments:

Play at the Plate said...

I think he has a smug look on his face because he is VERY aware of his place in history..the last color-combo to show up in the set should be reserved for someone of some stature. And he knows it.

Matt Runyon said...

He's coming up in a few weeks on my '76 blog. He really does look like Will Farrel on the '76 card.

Flitgun Frankie said...

Yankees at Shea. Don’t know why this still fascinates me, especially since I went to quite a few Yankee games at Shea those two years.