2001 Upper Deck Decade 1970's baseball

 

This was a set that I tried not to like but it was impossible. The psychedelic colours,  'groovy' fonts and purple/orange combination of the packs certainly make this different. 
This was also a simpler time of collecting, no variations or short printed time limited gimmicks, just the base set, a few inserts, some relics and autographs. 

There are 180 cards in the base set, the last 90 cards are broken into sub-sets: 

Rookie Flashbacks #91- #110, 

Decade Dateline #111- #140, 

Award Winners #141- #170, 

1970 World Series #171- #180.

The inserts include:70's Super Powers, Bellbottomed Bashers,  Decade Dynasties, Disco Era Dandies and The Arms Race. 

The back of each pack states:

"Randomly inserted into these specially marked packs are the following cards:10 Disco Dandies (1:14), 10 Bellbottom Bashers (1:14), 10 The Arms race (1:14), 6 70's Super Powers (1:23), 6 Disco Era Dandies (1:23), UD Decade Game Used Bat Cards (1:48), UD Decade Combo Bat Cards (1:336), UD Decade Game Jersey Cards (1:168), Signed UD Decade Jersey Cards (1:480), UD Decade Game Used Patch Cards (1:7500),"

The Red Sox, (although I have always toyed with the idea of trying to collect the whole set), available from this set are:
#24 Dwight Evans
#25 Fred Lynn
#26 Rico Petrocelli
#27 Carlton Fisk
#28 Luis Aparicio
#91 Carlton Fisk RF
#93 Fred Lynn RF
#128 Carlton Fisk DD
#147 Carlton Fisk AW
#157 Fred Lynn AW
#176 Carlton Fisk WS

I purchased this blaster quite a while ago when it looked as if the card collectors in the UK were going to meet up in a sort of conference/get together type thing. However when push came to shove not many people were willing to travel since the collectors were spread across the UK, as far north as Scotland and me down south in Kent - so it never happened and doesn't look like ever happening. Hence the breaking of this blaster plus a few others in the future.

The blaster contains 8 packs and each pack contains 5 cards.

Pack 1:
#26 Rico Petrocelli Boston Red Sox
#71 Jack Clark San Francisco Giants
#150 Reggie Jackson AW Oakland Athletics
#176 Carlton Fisk WS Boston Red Sox
#BB9 Graig Nettles New York Yankees

Pack 2:
#15 Dennis Eckersley Cleveland Indians
#67 Steve Rogers Montreal Expos
#93 Fred Lynn RF Boston Red Sox
#129 Chris Chambliss DD New York Yankees
#155 Mike Hargrove AW Oakland Athletics

Pack 3:
#42 Chris Chambliss New York Yankees
#68 Gary Carter Montreal Expos
#119 Billy Williams DD Chicago Cubs
#145 Chris Chambliss AW Cleveland Indians
#SP4 Willie McCovey San Francisco Giants

Pack 4:
#8 Sal Bando Oakland Athletics
#34 Bert Blyleven Minnesota Twins
#104 Dale Murphy RF Atlanta Braves
#130 Ruppert Jones DD Seattle Mariners
#171 Brooks Robinson WS Baltimore Orioles

Pack 5:
#17 Brooks Robinson Baltimore Orioles
#60 Fergie Jenkins Chicago Cubs
#86 Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirates
#105 Bert Blyleven RF Minnesota Twins
#156 Joe Morgan AW Cincinnati Reds

Pack 6:
#43 Roy White New York Yankees
#69 Andre Dawson Montreal Expos
#131 Ron Fairly DD Toronto Blue Jays
#157 Fred Lynn AW Boston Red Sox
#D1 Boog Powell Baltimore Orioles

Pack 7:
#18 Tommy Davis Baltimore Orioles
#44 J.R. Richard Houston Astros
#70 Bobby Bonds San Francisco Giants
#106 Thurman Munson RF New York Yankees
#132 George Foster DD Cincinnati Reds

Pack 8:
#19 Eddie Murray Baltimore Orioles
#45 Jose Cruz Houston Astros
#98 Robin Yount RF Milwaukee Brewers
#124 Al Kaline DD Detroit Tigers
#158 Tom Seaver AW New York Mets

Only 4 Red Sox, but as I said I think it is time to go after the whole base set plus inserts. I need another pursuit like I need a third armpit, but these cards are awesome, I like them almost as much as the 1975 Topps set.

1970 Kellogg's Cereal Baseball Cards

The 1970 Kellogg's set was notable for two reasons, firstly the 3-D look and secondly, these were the first cards released by a breakfast cereal company. The cards were inserted in specially marked packs of Kellogg's Corn Flakes.  Unfortunately due to the fact that these cards are made of plastic, they are subject to warping and cracking- not desirable features.
There are 75 cards in the set included a huge number of future Hall-of-Fame players, most notably: Tom Seaver, Willie Mays, Frank Robinson, Roberto Clemente, Reggie Jackson and Johnny Bench
Two noticeable omissions from the set were Carl Yastrzemski and Hank Aaron.

The 75 cards in the set are:
1 Ed Kranepool
2 Pete Rose
3 Cleon Jones
4 Willie McCovey
5 Mel Stottlemyre
6 Frank Howard
7 Tom Seaver
8 Don Sutton
9 Jim Wynn
10 Jim Maloney
11 Tommie Agee
12 Willie Mays
13 Juan Marichal
14 Dave McNally
15 Frank Robinson
16 Carlos May
17 Bill Singer
18 Rick Reichardt
19 Boog Powell
20 Gaylord Perry
21 Brooks Robinson
22 Luis Aparicio
23 Joel Horlen
24 Mike Epstein
25 Tom Haller
26 Willie Crawford
27 Roberto Clemente
28 Matty Alou
29 Willie Stargell
30 Tim Cullen
31 Randy Hundley
32 Reggie Jackson
33 Rich Allen 
34 Tim McCarver
35 Ray Culp
36 Jim Fregosi
37 Billy Williams
38 Johnny Odom
39 Bert Campaneris
40 Ernie Banks
41 Chris Short 
42 Ron Santo
43 Glenn Beckert
44 Lou Brock
45 Larry Hisle
46 Reggie Smith
47 Rod Carew
48 Curt Flood
49 Jim Lonborg
50 Sam McDowell
51 Sal Bando
52 Al Kaline
53 Gary Nolan
54 Rico Petrocelli
55 Ollie Brown
56 Luis Tiant
57 Bill Freehan
58 Johnny Bench
59 Joe Pepitone
60 Bobby Murcer
61 Harmon Killebrew
62 Don Wilson
63 Tony Oliva
64 Jim Perry
65 Mickey Lolich
66 Jose Laboy
67 Dean Chance
68 Ken Harrelson
69 Willie Horton
70 Wally Bunker
71 Bob Gibson
72 Joe Morgan
73 Denny McLain
74 Tommy Harper
75 Don Mincher

1970 Topps Booklets

The 1970 Topps Story Booklets consist of a 24 player set. The 24 miniature biographies of ballplayers (one player per team) measure 2-1/2" X 3-7/16" and were inserted into 1970 Topps regular issue baseball card wax packs. The 6 page comic book style story book features a checklist on the back page.

There are 24 cards in the complete set:

 



1 Mike Cuellar
2 Rico Petrocelli
3 Jay Johnstone
4 Walt Williams
5 Vada Pinson
6 Bill Freehan
7 Wally Bunker
8 Tony Oliva
9 Bobby Murcer
10 Reggie Jackson
11 Tommy Harper
12 Mike Epstein
13 Orlando Cepeda
14 Ernie Banks
15 Pete Rose
16 Denis Menke
17 Bill Singer
18 Rusty Staub
19 Cleon Jones
20 Deron Johnson
 21 Bob Moose
22 Bob Gibson
23 Al Ferrara
24 Willie Mays