General Forum

I could probably Google this, but I thought this would be a good way to meet some of the baseball fans of the site.  The Chicago Cub team cards of the 70s (perhaps 60's and 80's too?) never showed a complete team photo.  They were always created with head shots of each of the players.

Anyone know the story about how this got started?

The floating heads team cards were from 1971 thru 1981 (except 1973 & 1975). A few theories out there. The images are the same as the team "floating head" postcards that were sold at Wrigley Field.   I can understand the postcards, it's easy to substitute players in the image when there are trades made during the season.  But why the team owner wanted the postcard image instead of allowing a Topps photo; who knows? Quirky? Uniqueness?

Sorry for the delay in posting (I was on vacation - I don't say anything until AFTER).

Anyway, from what I always heard, the teams were requested by Topps to supply the team photo for the team cards, and that is what the Cubs sent in. Doesn't sound quite as glamorous as we all hoped, huh? :)