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| Jeff McNeil - 2020 Topps Heritage Baseball Card |
By Brian Joura
2020 TOPPS HERITAGE JEFF MCNEIL
This heritage issue is an homage to the 1971 set. The black borders look terrific, even if they’re a nightmare to collectors. This was also the set that first contained in-game action cards for players, which makes this Jeff McNeil offering seem so right. We think of McNeil as a bat-first player but in my mind, he has a distinctive throwing motion that this card somewhat captures. You look at this and you can see the follow through on his throw to first. Just a strong card all the way around.
And this card was chosen today as a springboard to a topic that should be discussed here and that’s the news from [the other day] of the passing of Mets Hall of Famer Bud Harrelson at age 79. Harrelson got the COTW treatment earlier this offseason with his iconic 1970 card. I also wrote a COTW piece with his 1969 card. And Doug Parker did one with his Milk Duds box/card. He’s been well-represented in this space, as a guy who was a starter on two World Series teams should.
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