A look at THE LAST WAVE OF ‘MODERN ERA’ VINTAGE TOPPS BASEBALL CARD SUBSETS
In the July 17 issue of Sports Collectors Digest, we looked at the first wave of “modern era” mainstream vintage Topps baseball card subsets, a period from 1958 through 1968. Now we roll the focus ring toward the second and last wave of this chunk of hobby time, 1969 to 1980. As a refresher, subsets for our purposes are consecutively numbered blocks of cards with a “theme” appearing in a regular issue.
Like several ‘60s baseball issues, the 1969 set started its cardboard cavalcade with League Leaders. As 1968 was often referred to as “The Year of The Pitcher,” with Denny McLain’s 31 victories for
