1973 Topps #305, Willie Mays ⭐ MLB Pioneer
Willie played so long in MLB that some forget that he started his professional baseball career in the Negro League with the Birmingham Black Barons.
This is the last Topps base card featuring Willie Mays during his playing days.
I think its a superb card and I'm neither a Mets fan, per se, nor a Mays supercollector.
Though he made an appearance in the 1974 Topps set within a "1973 World Series" subset (card #473), the 1973 base card is recognized as his final standard Topps card.
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1973 Topps #615, Rookie 3rd Basemen ⭐ R. Cey - J. Hilton - M. Schmidt
I am glad that I grew up collecting baseball cards in the 1970s.
I pulled this card from a pack as a kid and kept it in a shoebox until a couple years ago when I sent it to PSA.
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1973 Topps #50, Roberto Clemente ⭐Greatest Humanitarian in all of Sports.
This is the last Manteland Card of the Day for 2025. Thank you to all the great folks on this app that interact with me and who have become my friends.
I’m looking forward to another great year of collecting fun here, in Manteland!
53 years ago, today, on December 31, 1972, Roberto left this world trying to deliver relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua.
Your life was well done, Roberto. Be Thou at Peace.🙏

1973 Topps #462, Ron Blomberg ⭐
On December 10, 1972, the A.L. adopted the designated hitter rule.
The first designated hitter in Major League Baseball history was Ron Blomberg of the New York Yankees on April 6, 1973, during the first game the American League implemented the rule, where he drew a bases-loaded walk in his first at-bat against the Red Sox

1973 Topps #193, Carlton Fisk ⭐ Autograph
On November 21, 1972, Carlton Fisk became the first unanimous AL Rookie of the Year.
I like his 1973 Topps Rookie Cup card better than his 1972 Topps RC, which he shares with two other players.
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