vintage week... Day 5 ZZzzzz edition

today's card is another '61 Topps. Thankfully it's the last '61 for awhile. No offence to Don McMahon, but this is about the most boring baseball card ever.

 

EVER!

 

Even Don himself seems unimpressed.

The only saving grace to it is the trees / forest in the background. You won't see that around any ballparks or training facilities anymore.

Any other nominations for the most boring baseball card ever? And no, you can't nominate the entire 2014 Topps set.

If I get enough, maybe we'll have a vote off or something. I should be able to find the images easily enough if I don't already own the card.

vintage week... Day 4. Papa Roach

moving right along, here is the card I had planned to show yesterday.

 

a 1961 Topps Mel Roach

 

and before you go running to baseball-reference.com, Mel was born in 1933. So he's 27 in this pic.

Really.

No kidding.

That is IF Topps used a current photo of him. And we know how Topps LOVES to use old photos.

So he may be even younger.

Hmmm.

1961 is one of my least favourite sets of the vintage era. I think it and the 1966 set are by far the worst.
I still love them.
But they u-g-l-y.

What's your ugly set?