1977 Topps

I have struggled to come up with coherent paragraphs to describe this set and its relevance to me as a collector. So I'm just going to go bullet points instead.

• This is a great looking set
• I don't have many Tigers from this set. In fact, I only have seven Tigers cards from this set.
• I don't have the Mark Fidrych RC from this set.
• I do have the Mark Fidrych/John Denny ERA Leaders card from this set.
• There's not a lot going on "Tigerswise" with this set.
• I didn't realize it until now, but the 2009 RobbyT cards bear a strong resemblance to this set.
• This is a great looking set.
  

I don't much like the bullet points. I don't think I'm going to do that again.

The 1977 Topps Detroit Tigers:

7 ERA Leaders Mark Fidrych

22 Bill Freehan

69 Jim Crawford

98 Milt May

122 Ben Oglivie

145 Tom Veryzer

173 Chuck Scrivener

240 Ron LeFlore

265 Mark Fidrych

291 Jason Thompson

311 Vern Ruhle

363 Dave Roberts

420 Rusty Staub

453 Pedro Garcia

477 Rookie Infielders Phil Mankowski 

487 Rookie Pitchers Ed Glynn

490 Rookie Shortstops Mark Wagner

491 Rookie Pitchers Bob Sykes

492 Rookie Outfielders Steve Kemp

506 Steve Grilli

533 Mickey Stanley

554 Bruce Kimm

574 Aurelio Rodriguez

595 John Hiller

621 Detroit Tigers Team Card

637 Alex Johnson

660 Willie Horton

This was the last year before I started collecting cards, so despite the fact that it's a nice looking set, I just never really got into it. That's pretty obvious since I only have seven Tigers cards. One of these days I'm going to have to break down and pick up a Bird rookie. 

Looking at that class of rookies is absolutely scary. There must be a total of 10 rookies (Bird, Thompson, Garcia, Kimm, and Scrivener too) Amazing that there are that many rookies who didn't amount to much in the way of the Tigers' future success, especially when compared to 1978 Topps.

Like I said, I struggled to come up with cohesive paragraphs. Or perhaps the Ray Bare Stare has scared the shit out of me.....