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Several of the 1972 Topps baseball 'In Action' cards have a historical list of League Leaders on the back.  Should these also have a Note "LL" for League Leader cards?

Example: 1972 Topps #172 Darrell Evans IA - Should this also have the Note LL for the list of historical Leading Batsman on the back?

Also on the In Action cards, several have a story and photo about a player that occurred the previous year, but not the player portrayed on the front.  Should these cards also be 'linked' to the player on the back?

Example: 1972 Topps #430 Bob Robertson IA - Has a HIghlight story about Bob Gibson's August 1971 No Hitter against the Pirates. Should this card also be linked to Bob Gibson and the St. Louis Cardinals?

Similarly: 1972 Topps #432 Clarence (Cito) Gaston IA - Has a Highlight story about Ed Brinkman of the Tigers establishing a new (at the time) record of 56 consecutive games at SS without an error. Should this also be linked to Ed Brinkman and the Detroit Tigers?

Lastly, later series In Action cards have the backs form a puzzle for either Tony Oliva, Carl Yaztremski, Joe Torre, or Tom Seaver. Should these be linked to the respective player on the back and their team also?

Thanks for any advice,

Dan

I asked Admin about the IA cards with the other player backs previously.

The ones with the alternate bio on the backs are not to be linked to the player on the back. At least that was the guidance a while back. It might be time to ask that one again, as many guidelines that were in place previously have been updated (many site features have been updated, and accomodate a wider array of links/tags/etc.).

The LL cards can (and probably should) be Noted as "LL".

Yeah, doesn't make a lot of sense.  There are many insert sets that have double-sided cards with a different player on each side. These are no different. It's obvious the backs were meant and designed to have a separate subject from the front.