New Label: Situation ID

I've decided to add a new label where it may occur: the Situation ID label.  This label will apply to card photos where I can identify the situation in which the photo was taken, down to the game, date and play or at bat.  This will usually occur on action shots.  Several I've seen so far have been identified, and one is coming up in the next ten cards.  I've looked through the previous posts to see if any fit under this label.  I found that George Scott's card contained enough information that I could pinpoint.  On Jim Wynn's card, however, there wasn't enough info, as I could narrow it down to several possibilities.  I will also add Situation ID to the text of a post just below Ballpark background and tell the detective story.

Labels Update

I have updated the Labels page at the top of the blog.  New labels have been added over time to keep track of various things.  I've added a Traded with no Trades card, because there have been players traded before the season and not make it into the Trades set.  I'm also keeping track of players and managers who have won World Series some time in their careers.  I'm also adding an airbrush label to keep track of those wonderful paint jobs.  Horizontal layout cards, too.  Each card I post has the "Cards" label because there are cards from the 660 set, the Trades set and from the team checklists that are not numbered.  Also, I'm adding a "players" label to all cards that show a player, to keep track of the number of player cards total.  I'm sure there will be more added before I'm done, but these are the latest.

I'm open to suggestion from readers as well.

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Testing labels...

Labels

I've added a Labels page at the top of the blog to discuss how I am using labels, including to track certain things about the 1974 Topps Set.  Have a quick look by clicking on the Labels button above or by clicking here.  Some of the usual labels I'll be using in this set that haven't been applied yet may appear in the labels at the bottom of this post.

Ballpark Backgrounds and Other Stuff

I like trying to figure out which ballpark is in the background of each card photo.  Some are obvious, some take a bit of figuring.  I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area, and many of the 70's cards were shot either in Oakland (AL) or San Francisco (NL).  This is one reason I always try to get the location.

In each card description, I'm going to put the ballpark.  If it's spring training, I'll say that, or if it cannot be identified at all.  I'm going to add labels, and start each ballpark label name with the letters "bp" (e.g. "bp Shea Stadium") so that all ballparks are consecutive in one group in my labels list in my right margin.  I'm also going to label players' positions (label starts with "pos"), and whether the photo (label starts with "pic") is a pose, action or candid shot, and the team (label starts with "tm").  Also, since players were smaller back then and did less muscle building, I'm going to label players over 200 lbs.  I'll probably add other stuff as I go along, and if it's early enough in the set, I may do it retroactively with cards already posted.

I'm also going to include in my card description my comments about the cartoon found on the back of each 1974 Topps card.