Every Wednesday, I'll feature a card from my collection that has something unusual or weird about it.
This week's Weird Card Wednesday candidate is 1981 Fleer #537 Bob Forsch.
The Fleer Corporation of Dubble Bubble gum fame broke Topp's monopoly of the baseball card industry and produced its own set of cards in 1981. Among them was #537, which shows Forsch sporting a perm. Up to this time, his Topps cards always showed him with straight, longish hair. It's weird because I'm not used to seeing him look that way!
Apparently at some point during the season, Bob abandoned the curly look and went back to his natural look as his 1981 Donruss #69 card shows.
One of the all-time great Cardinals pitchers, Forsch passed away suddenly on November 3, 2011.
thank God the man-perm days are over.
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