Dirty Browns
January 15th, 2010 | Published in New in the Gallery | 2 Comments
As I reported earlier, a few weeks ago I bought a set of 1972 Sunoco Stamps, and now I’m scanning them for the Vintage Football Card Gallery. Yesterday I did the Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns. As I’ve said, overall, I’m not fond of the images used in the set. The stamps are small, and because the images are mostly action shots, you can’t see much of the players.
When scanning the Browns cards, though, I noticed that several of the action shots pictured the Browns in a mud game. Now these I like! I love watching weather games, be they in snow, rain, mud, or wind. For one thing, I prefer defensive battles to offensive shows, and bad weather slows the offenses down. For another, it’s just fun to see guys flopping around in the mud. To me, the weather is part of the game, and playing in a dome is playing something short of real football. I’ll take a mud game in Cleveland or a snow game in Buffalo over a dome game anytime.
January 15th, 2010 at 10:39 AM (#)
I’m in the process of opening 100’s of sunoco stamp packs and filling the album. I like these stamps because of action shots and the color quality. I do agree with your comment regarding the size. Another thing that bothers me is, the album has the player info where you place the stamp. It should be below the square so you can see it!
June 6th, 2010 at 8:09 AM (#)
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