Not just another Cey Day

 

 

Today is Ron Cey's birthday, I try to recognize the birth date of my all-time favorite player almost every year if I can.

I had intended to feature a new acquisition for my Cey post this year -- I had ordered it in what I thought was plenty of time. But in the continuing fight I'm having with ebay recently, where buyers aren't acting like buyers and sellers aren't acting like sellers, the item isn't here yet. 

So, never-mind that I guess. I'll have to go with this:

It's not only The Penguin's birthday today but it's his 75th birthday. That absolutely blows my mind. I remember doing a post on him when he reached his 64th birthday and I could swear I did that only three years ago. Cey was born in 1948, which when I was a kid, was about the year when many MLB players in their prime were born, 1946-49, in that area. The young ballplayers were born in the early-to-mid 1950s. Robin Yount, who was an 18-year-old kid at the time, was born in 1955. That was younger than young!

Now, Robin Yount is 67. Oof.

But 75 is nothing to snort over. In fact, it's the best age when you're a fan of the 1975 Topps set. There is nothing more enjoyable than showing a '75 Topps card of a player celebrating his 75th birthday!

And I can do even more than that.

These are all of my '75 Cey cards.

Starting from the top row on the left is the regular-sized Topps card, followed by the mini card, followed by the buyback card (which is actually just a dupe with a stamp) and the NST Mr. Baseball stamp (which I call a "card").

The bottom row begins with the '75 Hostess card and then the '75 Hostess panel featuring Cey. My signed mini of Cey and the O-Pee-Chee Cey covers up the two other players on the panel (Darrel Porter and Steve Carlton).

That's my salute to The Penguin on his big 75th. Happy birthday sir!

Of course, I have a few more Cey '75s. I have at least 4 duplicates of the flagship card and I have another mini, for the main mini set, and I have an extra O-Pee-Chee card. And I have another Cey Hostess, too.

But without that new Cey item that's all I have to show here. Maybe I'll save it for next year.