Card thoughts: Pete Rose sure looks boyish in these pictures and he doesn't have a crappy haircut yet. The 1964 card design was recycled by Topps for the design of the 1986 Topps set and the 1966 card is similar to the 1988 set. I really like these old Reds uniforms, with the vest/undershirt combo. My favorite card shown would have to be the 1965 one. It looks like Rose is being blown over by a strong wind!
The player: Rose started with a bang, winning Rookie of the Year in 1963. He had a bit of sophomore slump in '64 but rebounded with a fine campaign in 1965 leading the league in at bats with 670 and in hits with 209, all while scoring 117 runs and batting .312. 1966 was a similar season to 1965.
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If you squint hard enough, he's so boyish in the 1964 card that he looks like Potsie. My favorite thing about some of the old Topps sets (1963-1976 or so) was the lettering. It was always somewhat cartoonish, with odd-almost-surreal flourishes to the serifs. And these were the days before big font-banks, so they no doubt had an artist visualize and design by hand all the letters for every card. Not that a lot of artists don't do that, but it's an exceptionally impressive feat for something that needs to be small, so full of letters and so reproducible.
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