1978 Pepsi Cards

As in 1977, Pepsi of Cincinnati issued a set of cards heavily flavored with Reds players and some Indians among other MLB stars and/or notables of the time.  One could also order a deck of cards featuring the players as well.

The checklist of 40 players includes (not in order):

Sparky Anderson Mgr
Pete Rose
Rick Auerbach
Manny Sarmiento
Doug Bair UER
Tom Seaver
Johnny Bench
Dave Tomlin
Bill Bonham
Don Werner
Pedro Borbon
Buddy Bell
Dave Collins
Larry Bowa
Dave Concepcion
George Brett
Dan Driessen
Jeff Burroughs
George Foster
Rod Carew
Cesar Geronimo
Steve Garvey
Ken Griffey
Reggie Jackson
Ken Henderson
Dave Kingman
Tom Hume
Jerry Koosman
Junior Kennedy
Bill Madlock
Ray Knight
Jim Palmer
Mike Lum
Nolan Ryan
Joe Morgan
Ted Simmons
Paul Moscau UER
Carl Yastrzemski
Fred Norman
Richie Zisk

1975 Hostess Buddy Bell

This card may bring back some great memories for a few of my readers (those of us old enough to remember cutting the bottoms off Twinkies, Ho-Hos and the like, that is).  Hostess had 150 cards in the set and I bet a quick search would tell me that Topps supplied the photos. You can check that if you'd like.   I'm surprised that this is the only one of these in my collection (er, I think so anyway), since several Tribers made it to the set.  Ah well, something else to shoot for!

The checklist of all 150 cards can be found at Baseball Almanac!