Mike's helmet looks to be too small in this photo. I liked him as a player. There wasn't much that I liked about the design with the hockey sticks on the side and the awful green back.

Ahhh, the year of the end of Topps being the only game in town with Fleer and Donruss entering the business. I do like the 1981 design. I recently went through the entire set and I would say it was the year of bad hair. But not for Rod!

1980 was my first awareness of baseball cards that I can still remember having. I still think the Rickey Henderson rookie is one of the best looking cards ever. I loved the cartoons on the back too. I also always think of the commercial Johnny Bench did for Krylon and "No runs, no drips, no errors".

I wish Topps would use the old logo again just for nostalgia. The action shots where getting better with the Topps cards. The black and green backs were nice and easy to read as well. I wonder if Tom Seaver wished he was with the Reds sooner to enjoy some of the glory of the Big Red Machine?

Not a very flattering photo of George Brett with chew in his mouth and a messy mop on his head. I like the '78 design and I like the All Star designation even if it looked like a highway symbol. The back of the cards had a fun little game and I wonder if kids did play that game much (I was only 3).

In the midst of the Big Red Machine years, a great 2nd baseman has found a nice 2nd career as a color commentator. The card design is nice. I do like the facsimile autographs on the cards and it's about time Topps did that again in their base set. The back of the 77 design was nice with the large print of the name.

Catfish had some great years in Oakland and I believe he was the first Athletic to have his number retired. This after his legendary Free Agency to leave the A's for the Yankees. He died far too young. I do like the 76 design with the character of the position in the lower left and the black and green backs with the big bat on the left.

Back to back honors for Pops! The bat looks like it was touching the camera. I didn't like the 2-tone color borders on this set, especially the pink and purple ones. It might have been better if the colors matched the teams. I do like the vertical backs, but I didn't like the red-green christmas colors.

I love the simplicity of this design. I love the black and green reverse and the fact that Topps introduced a 'Traded' set for the first time. Pops was a very popular player in Pittsburgh and truly an honor on this card.

Whoa! An action shot for a baseball card? It seems so common place today, but it was so rare back then. Probably because they didn't have as good of lenses and high speed photography? Hammerin' Hank makes another worthy appearance. I like this design, even with the portrait stats on the back.