Night Owl Cards

The best version of the record breakers/highlights subsets that Topps churned out each year during the 1970s and 1980s is -- without a doubt -- the 1976 Topps record breakers. Part of the reason I feel this way is because it's the first time I realized what Topps was doing with this subset. When I collected the '75 set, I consider the Kaline and Ryan "highlights" as just another card. But no, in 1976, I knew: Topps was recounting great feats from the past season! But the other reason the '76 record breaker set is the greatest has nothing to do with me -- it has to do with the backs of the cards. Yes, I said the backs of the cards. I'm going to make you look at the backs. No whining. Your life isn't that difficult. You can read a card back. The backs are unlike any other Record Breaker or Highlights subset ever issued by Topps. And that's because Topps used numbers to support its words. Real, live, interesting statistics. I'll show ...