Looking back what could have been better

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Greetings:
Looking back at the 2001 Upper Deck Decade 1970’s set. I still can't believe that I have 1 out of a possible 97 complete sets of the single bat game used sets that I set out to make back in 2002. The reason it's 1 out of a possible 97 sets is cause of the Tug McGraw piece is only was said to be limited of 97 pieces made. They weren't any serial numbers like xxx/xxx amount on any of the SPs bat pieces.


As you can see from my phone I posted the 48 different players so I hope you are able to view it. From left to right here's the list of who is in this set also I placed the Short Prints by labeling them with an SP notice as well the print run of how many pieces of that single bat game used is.

Andre Dawson
Al Oliver
Bobby Bonds
Bobby Grich
Bill Madlock
Bobby Murcer
Boog Powell
Bill Russell
Bud Harrelson SP/290
Carlton Fisk
Darrell Evans
Don Baylor
Dave Concepcion
Dave Parker
Dave Winfield
Dwight Evans
Eddie Murray
Fred Lynn
Gary Carter
George Foster
Greg Luzinski
Garry Maddox
Graig Nettles SP/219
Hank Aaron
Hal McRae
Jack Clark
Joe Morgan
Jose Cruz Sr.
Ken Griffey Sr.
Keith Hernandez SP/243
Manny Mota
Maury Wills
Nolan Ryan
Ozzie Smith
Randy Jones
Reggie Jackson
Roberto Clemente SP/243
Ron Hunt
Rick Monday
Ron Santo
Roy White
Steve Garvey
Tommy Davis
Tim McCarver
Tug McGraw SP/97
Tom Seaver SP/121
Willie Montanez
Willie Randolph

Looking back at this set 21 years later after it was produced there was 180 cards made in the base set some players were in the set fit the set like Tom Seaver,Reggie Jackson,Steve Garvey who were Stars in the '70s. Then there was players who & yes I know that licensing plays a problem with things but,there should been some players included that were Stars in the '70s like Mark Fidrych,Rod Carew,George Brett aren't in the set. While guys like Luis Aparicio who was a star in the '50's & '60's is in it. Then comes guys in my 48 piece set who I wonder what was Upper Deck thinking sure I know Pitchers in the National League bat but they are more famous for their arms not hitting no offense to Shohei Ohtani of today's game but if you look closely like Tug McGraw he was a relief pitcher but there's 97 possible pieces that you can get (95 actually cause I own 2 of the McGraw pieces) Randy Jones was a starter he won the 1976 National League Cy Young Award for his efforts he should have been in the game worn jersey cards not a bat piece but he's not in there as jersey but as a hitting star instead. I apologize for the long read of this post but I just like to hear from others & I am sure that @michigandan would agree why wasn't Fidrych included in the set what star players from 1970’s would you include in the set. I could go on & on about certain players who in my opinion I consider Stars but you would say how was he a star he wasn't. So I like to have this post open for you to read as for some of the newer collectors I like to hear from you if fanatics were to create a version of this set now but it be set in 2035 & they focused on Stars in the 2000 to 2022 who would make the cut & what 48 players in the frame would you see in a game used bat piece set. So with that said I open the door for you to comment on this post thanks for reading & I'll be adding my side comments to anyone who might comment on it & give my views on your responses.

[Devlin]

Fidrych had one good yr, 19-9, lifetime 29-19

[BSEBALLCOMMISH75]

Greetings:
@Devlin true but if you look closely at all the people who represented the Detroit Tigers in that set you have Al Kaline who retired in 1974 after amassing a career 399 home runs 3007 hits & the other Tigers represented was Jason Thompson who was with Detroit from 1976 to 1980. Compared Thompson's career with Fidrych's in Detroit they pretty much are equal sure Thompson was a first baseman with 30 home runs in both leagues but he didn't make stride until he was with the Pirates & like you mentioned that Fidrych had the 1 good year in 1976.

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Fidrych may have only had one good year--but what a year! There are guys in the Hall who, IMO, didn't deliver as much fun as that their entire careers.