1969 Topps wraps up on binder page 61 three slots short of a full page, which just happens to be the perfect size to fit in the three Tigers from the Topps Deckle Edge issue. Unlike the ‘68 game cards, which felt out of place, these B&W cards fit in nicely with the rest of the set #ToppsTigers75

I tracked down an incredible piece of original artwork for an unissued 1953 Topps card that surfaced in a 2004 auction catalog. With help from Keith Olbermann, the mystery player turns out to be Jim Suchecki. www.postwarcards.com/the-original...

One thing I love about 1969 Topps is that they really brought back the All Star cards. Yea, there were All Star cards on ‘68, but as in ‘62 they’re visually similar to the base card. These scream ALL STAR! On page 60 we get a perfect row of them and they are just the best. #ToppsTigers75

Page 59: Willie Horton and shirtless Willie Horton. Dick McAuliffe and Dick McAuliffe in a silly hat. ‘68 was all about Denny McLain, but as the prior page showed, the World Series was all about Mickey Lolich! We get his card too. First page of 1969’s that are mostly the base design. #ToppsTigers75

🌈OG RAINBOWS🌈 #1 Going back in time to what I believe is the first ever Canseco rainbow: 1989 Donruss Grand Slammers! And it’s the definition of a rainbow, with the colors flowing into each other. It would actually be fun to get this framed.

I page my team sets in this order: Team Card, Manager, Base in alphabetical order, then subsets in what ever order makes the page aesthetically pleasing. Here’s my page for those cards.

Page 58 is special. The fabulous World Series subset dominates the page, with 30-game winner Denny McLain taking one of only two normal card spots. The game-by-game headlines from the ‘68 World Series simply cannot be topped. Best subset in Tigers card history. #ToppsTigers75

These new MLB City Connects are straight fire.

Brutal two challenge overturns for the Tigers there

Binder page 57 brings us the start of 1969 Topps. You don’t get a great feel for the set on this page, what with the Leaders cards and the Checklist, but the base cards have this understated but nice design that I like a lot. Love the leader variety including the different Denny pics #ToppsTigers75

Okay, it is time for the Forbidden Don't Overreact About April Baseball Meme

It's Championship Day, so what better way to celebrate a Michigan win than with the 1968 Champs and TWO cards of UofM's own Bill Freehan (and battery mate Mickey Lolich) on Binder Page 56. On page 56a I added the '68 "Topps Game" cards with a third (and Kaline). Go Blue! #ToppsTigers75

As my dear friend always says: Free Throws. Win. Basketball Games.

Go Blue!!! Just now remembering to breathe

Hate this

Need some Championship energy right now (Go Blue!) and these are the ‘68 Tigers to deliver it. Pg. 55 has Kaline, Cash and Horton, plus a young John Hiller just emerging as a force on the mound. Also, long time broadcaster Jim Price as seen in his playing days. #ToppsTigers75

We’ve reached 1968 here on binder page 54 - a special year for Tigers fans. In our first glimpse of the “burlap sack” set, leaders are back at the top of the set, Denny McLain is leaning in to get the sign on his way to 30 wins, and we get our only Tigers card of HOFer Eddie Mathews. #ToppsTigers75

Ooh baby, this Michigan basketball team

Let’s Go Blue!

Tigers broadcasts have a random “Tiger of the Day” and I’m loving it because it lets me think about my “Every Tiger” card collection. Today’s Tiger is Gary Thurman, who played 75 games for Detroit in 1993 and has very few Tigers cards. Mine is his 1993 Gatorade team issue

We wrap up 1967 Topps on binder page 53. Like with 1966 these are tricky high numbers (looking at you Norm Cash and Mickey Stanley). We also get George Korince (for real this time). With space on the page, I gladly added my favorites: Venezuelan “Retirado” cards of Cobb and Cochrane #ToppsTigers75

It’s late and I’m tired but I’m the interest of keeping the streak alive, here is binder page 52, of the very good 1967 Tigers that lost the pennant on the last day of the season, but did win their home opener like the Tigers did today! #ToppsTigers75

Exactly right, with the caveat that the home jerseys were made marginally worse when they changed the D on them for no reason a few years ago (and they should go back to how it was)

Page 51 - the Earl Wilson page! Sure, he’s not pictured as a Tiger in any of them. My favorite card on this page is Bengal Belters, which I’m guessing is a common opinion. Though airbrushed, Mayo Smith is the new Tigers skipper, after Chuck Dressen’s death in 1966. #ToppsTigers75

50 pages into the binder gets us to 1967 Topps. Top heavy with star power (3 of the first 5 cards), Topps goes a little off-brand with its dual rookie cards, the design for which stands out in a way they haven’t in prior years. Also: Dave Wickersham has red text for some reason? #ToppsTigers75

He’s definitely a guy I collect.

Page 49 is the worst. High Numbers. Did it take too many years and too many dollars to get a team card? It did! Should players like Orlando McFarlane and John Sullivan cost more than like a buck? They should not! Yet here we are. A completed page that I’m just happy to be done with #ToppsTigers75

Most games played, Cleveland history: Terry Turner: 1,619 José Ramírez: 1,614 Nap Lajoie: 1,614 When he plays his 1,620th game, Ramírez will become the only active player to currently lead a franchise in games played

How is it that on Page 48 we get the same airbrushed photo shoot of Gates Brown that we had in 1964? He was fully in uniform in between! Kaline, Cash and Lolich are the stars, but personally I’m partial to Bill Monbouquette’s cocked eyebrow and Dick Tracewski’s fielding pose. #ToppsTigers75

Page 47 is almost half multi-player cards and the Tigers are well represented! This is the first release where the League Leaders are not the first cards in the set Mickey Stanley gets his first card, and Larry Sherry gets his first Tigers cap after 2 capless years. Congrats to both #ToppsTigers75

I don’t mind the blue jerseys the Tigers are wearing tonight, but boy Jack Flaherty’s letter H sure does look stupid

Page 46 kicks off 1966 Topps with Horton and Freehan as the big names. Interesting mix of “definitely spring training” and “definitely Yankee stadium” photos Chuck Dressen get his last card - he would only manage 26 games before being sidelined with a heart issue and died in August. #ToppsTigers75

Did not know this!

you guys…my best friend took an extra copy of my book with her on a trip and gifted it to the stranger sitting next to her on the plane who apparently read it, loved it and said she was going to buy her own copy and pass the current copy onto one of her friends. Amazing.

As we wrap up 1965 Topps on binder page 45, I really only have one thing to say: Jackie Moore looks like a damn movie star. And he's a catcher? This guy looks like the star centerfielder on a CBS Sunday Movie. Sadly this is the only time we'll see "Hollywood" Jackie on a Tigers card #ToppsTigers75

This is engagement bait, but we'll keep it from being too on the nose: For whatever your definition is, who was your favorite baseball player when you were a kid who did _not_ play for the team you rooted for? I was a big fan of Dan Quisenberry because submarine-style relievers are awesome.

It's going to be one of those days. Time to piddle through my card boxes and see what fun I find. #CardSky

if you need moar baseball cards in yer feed, boy do I have an account for you!

Page 44 by the skin of my teeth to keep the daily post streak alive. Chuck Dressen still yelling one year later. Billy Hoeft returns for the first time since 1959 and can someone please get Larry Sherry a hat? That’s two years in a row! #ToppsTigers75

Interesting to see where they play McGonigle this season. Bopping back and forth between 3B and SS depending on how they want to platoon the OF, I'm guessing?

11 down, 3 Venny’s to go. Today’s mail brings me two more Al Kaline Venezuela Topps cards, one of which has 3 HOFers. The only Kaline Venny’s left are 3 cards from 1964. 64 Tigers Team card, 64 AL Batting and the toughest and most expensive AL Bombers with that pesky Mantle guy😭 #cardsky

Happy Opening, um, Night! Page 43 is a great one and with it the core of the 1968 team is in place. Willie Horton individual card. Denny McLain rookie. Mickey Lolich. Jim Northrup too. And everybody’s wearing a cap! Great page. #ToppsTigers75

The Tigers are going to have 6 brand new faces this year. Kevin McGonigle is the only new position player, Framber Valdez is new and into the rotation, and Kenley Jansen, Drew Anderson, Connor Seabold and Enmanuel De Jesus in the pen. We had 4 at Opening Day 2025: bsky.app/profile/gran...

🔥🏈🎨 “Sweetness” Walter Payton, by artist Jacob Burgess. (Colored pencil) #FootballArt #SportsArt #SportsArtist

Tigers old friend alert

Last time Topps used team logos until 1987.

On binder page 42 we get our first taste of 1965 and every time I see it I think: this is my favorite set of the 60s On this page we get Kaline and Cash in a row, plus Gator fresh off his only season as a starting OF in 1964, before becoming a legendary Pinch Hitter. #ToppsTigers75

George Sisler hit .340 over 15 big league seasons, and his 719 hits from 1920-22 are the most ever in a three-year span. The Hall of Fame first baseman was born #OTD in 1893.