tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post5595514227394410808..comments2023-04-05T00:41:39.483-04:00Comments on 1975 Topps (it's far out, man): #655 - Rico Cartynight owlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11673973790245316059noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-26428338481545137452018-10-19T10:18:35.938-04:002018-10-19T10:18:35.938-04:00Carty is definitely in an AL uniform since this sh...Carty is definitely in an AL uniform since this shot is from Comiskey. I can't imagine it's an Oakland uniform but I guess you never know. My vote is Texas.wobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305879328812721699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-29713760043348671022011-09-21T23:01:23.829-04:002011-09-21T23:01:23.829-04:00A year or 2 after his first missed season, Carty m...A year or 2 after his first missed season, Carty made the all-star team as a write-in starter.Jim from Downingtownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01537007940455183397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-29512820873828651452011-09-21T07:05:10.535-04:002011-09-21T07:05:10.535-04:00According to Carty's transactions on baseball-...According to Carty's transactions on baseball-reference.com, he was sold twice in the last two months of the 1973 season, was released by Oakland in December 1973, and apparently played much of the '74 season in the Mexican League (the Indians acquired him from a Mexican League team in August 1974). <br /><br />I'm not sure exactly when Topps would have been putting its 1974 set together, but one or more of the above facts likely explains why he didn't get a card in the 1974 set. Texas had sold him to the Cubs in August 1973, so he wouldn't have been shown as a Ranger in any event.MCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08283702499696500079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487834052004001845.post-8233331013417472302011-09-21T01:31:31.769-04:002011-09-21T01:31:31.769-04:00Almost as jarring as the double disabled list line...Almost as jarring as the double disabled list lines is the three teams listed for one season. I wondered if he had a Rangers card and he is terribly airbrushed into a Rangers cap on his 1973 card, but I couldn't find a 1974 card for him.<br /><br />I did find this play at the plate where he appears to be in an awfully vulnerable slide.<br /><br />http://chewingliquorice.blogspot.com/2011/02/random-card-rico-carty.htmlPlay at the Platehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14231140141558021698noreply@blogger.com