1980 Topps Jim Palmer

1980 Topps Jim Palmer

I always like the 1980 Topps design.  Back when they had no competition for  the market, Topps still did a great job of coming up with new and stylish baseball card designs.

And the 1980 Topps design is no different.  The banners that hold the player’s name and team name wrap the image nicely while not taking away from the main feature.  And the color choices that Topps used work well with the team theme and add a nice consistency to the card.

 But for the life of me, I cannot understand why Topps would select this photo of the future Hall of Famer for this card.  Yes, Jim Palmer has a great head of hair.  But should his baseball card celebrate that?  I don’t think so…

Something tells me that somebody working at Topps in 1980 might have had a little crush on the 3-time Cy Young award winner!!!