the next two pages in the steve garvey binder get us through 1978

here's the fourth sheet in the first of two steve garvey binders that contain the regular issue stuff, plus some oddballs that fit in regular sized 9-pocket sheets.

this sheet contains:

1. 1975 sspc
2. 1976 topps dodger team
3. 1976 topps
4. 1977 burger chef disc
5. 1977 hostess
6. 1977 hostess twinkie
7. 1977 kellogg's
8. 1977 o-pee-chee
9. 1977 topps

as you'll recall from the previous post, the 1975 sspc card is mixed in with the 1976 cards, since i used to catalog that set as a 1976 set.  now i call it a 1975 release based on the copyright date on the backs.  speaking of backs, here's the back of the sheet

which is best used to note the difference between the regular hostess issue and the twinkie version.  the twinkie card has that black bar on the back.

here's page number 5

which features:

1. 1977 topps dodger team
2. 1977 topps cloth sticker
3. 1977 topps cloth sticker nl all-star team/checklist
4. 1978 o-pee-chee
5. 1978 pepsi (trimmed)
6. 1978 sspc
7. 1978 topps
8. 1978 topps dodger team
9. 1978 wiffle ball disc

and the backs

the 1977 o-pee-chee card is more similar to the 1977 topps cloth sticker than the 1977 topps card due to the absence of the all-star banner, but you already knew all about those types of o-pee-chee variations, right?

there are a bunch of msa disc variations that i don't have from this span of garvey releases (with the others that i do own sitting in the oddball binder due to their size), but that's about all i'm missing here.  for some reason, both hostess and kellogg's left the garv out of their 1978 sets, which is unfortunate.

next up, 1979...

the great burgerini knows all but tells only some

for the longest time, i ignored those non-mlb licensed discs that came out in the mid-1970's.  i had a garvey isaly's disc in my collection just so that i had one, but otherwise i had no interest.  over the last few months, however, i have picked up a few team sets, including the isaly's.  i bought that one because it had an andy messersmith card in it.  how could i not want that?

the latest addition to my dodger disc team set is the 1977 burger chef variety.  these discs are smaller than the isaly's, and have some cartoonish characters on the back.

i suppose if you didn't care about baseball players, you might care about halloween themed caricatures. the burgerini is my favorite - i would like the burgerilla if he were slinging something other than a banana peel like real gorillas do.

it's too bad that the burgerini is on the back of the lopes card and not cey's, since he's getting beaned in the head and all.  it looks like he swung his magic wand, so he doesn't get to go to first base.

here's a close look at the fronts - i'll give steve garvey the honors

you will notice those perforation tabs - these things were punched out of food trays, apparently.  i never visited a burger chef restaurant, but they supposedly were the first to introduce 'funmeals' which were a precursor to mcdonalds' happy meals.  here's a link to the burger chef wikipedia site if you care to learn more.

and, here's the entire team set - 3/4 of the infield, 2/3 of the outfield, 3 pitchers and the catcher of the team of my youth

reggie smith is stylin' for sure.  and, while it is cool to see the likes of doug rau and rick rhoden, couldn't bill russell get some attention once in a while?