A sad card for me, though I don't remember the play. The A's Joe Rudi rounds third base as my all-time favorite player, the Dodgers' Ron Cey, looks on. Rudi had just hit a tiebreaking home run in the 7th inning that wound up being the game-winner in the clinching Game 5 of the 1974 World Series.

Another World Series anniversary today I have to mention as a Dodger fan. Kirk Gibson's HR in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series! Here are all my versions of the 2007 Upper Deck Masterpieces card (base and parallels) showing Gibson's celebration.

Luis Tiant pitched his second complete game of the 1975 World Series in Game 4 against the Reds at Riverfront Stadium. The '75 WS is the first one I remember, but only snippets. Tiant is one of the snippets.

I completed this about 3 years ago. The last couple of cards were tough to get! A bit of trivia: My daughter bought me the Ruth-Mays-Aaron card for Christmas!

Good luck to the two 1976 MLB expansion teammates tonight, whose first season was 48 years ago.