Topps put out 150 card sets of retired players in 2003-2004-2005. Players are pictured on card designs from their playing days but with different photos than were in the originals. Here are my favorites, alphabetically.
2003 #7
Love this image. The card design is 1977 and so is the Time magazine.
2004 #106
What better year's design, 1968, for Tiger great Norm Cash. He hit .385 in the Series for the World Champions.
2005 #112
12 seasons with the Cubs deserves a spot here.
Shawon's lifetime average was just nine points lower. If you're from Chicago and are old enough you'll remember the Shawon-O-Meter.
2004 #103
Dennis looks cool here. I like the flash lighting and the clouds in the background. It's a big improvement over the original from 1979:
2005#15
It's John Elway playing baseball. Guess he made the right choice.
2005 #24
One of the "Boys of Summer", Carl Erskine.
What is this over Carl's right shoulder?
2004 #56
One of the great names, "Elroy Face". Aside from being a great pitcher Roy looks like he would have made a great character actor, don't you think?
2005 #88
Just a terrific looking card!
Here's the original photograph:
2003 #110
Pretty much any Rollie Fingers card would be here. This one looks like classic Rollie. Better than the original 1973?
2003 #21
This is a 1976 design but the picture of a young Carlton Fisk is from no later than 1972. I like the big catchers mitt and the distant look.
2005 #120
Pal to Mantle and Berra, HOFer, the "Chairman of the Board", Whitey Ford. A classic card of a classic player.
