Dodgers Baseball Card Collection: 1976 MSA Andy Messersmith

Thursday, July 21, 2011

1976 MSA Andy Messersmith

Probably the most confusing Dodger in the MSA sets is Andy Messersmith. In 1976 Andy was traded from the Dodgers to the Atlanta Braves. Because of this he has two variations of discs in the 1976 MSA sets, one with him on the Dodgers and one with him on the Braves. The only question is which variations appear in which sets? In 1977 he is only listed on the Braves. Now I know for sure in 1976 that Messersmith has a Dodgers disc for the Towne Club, Orbaker's, Buckman's, Dairy Isle, Safelon, Isaly's, and Blank Back Sets. I know because I have them. I am unsure, however, if he has a Dodgers variation in the Red Barn or CRANE sets. I have never seen one for sale or even a picture of one. I contacted ebay user oddballbob whom I have purchased multiple things off of in the past. He has multiple CRANE sets for sale (four) and says that Messersmith only had a Braves variation in the CRANE set. I tend to believe him because I have never seen one and a guy who has multiple sets should know but I will have to keep it open on my checklist until I have more solid proof it doesn't exist. The Red Barn discs are some of the rarest MSA discs to obtain so it may be a while before I find out one way or the other on those.

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Introduction

I began collecting baseball cards in 1987 when I was 11 years old. After little league games we would receive a raffle ticket which we could use at the field snack bar and I began choosing to use mine on a pack of baseball cards. I stopped collecting in 1992 when the popularity of cards exploded. I moved my interests to music. I picked up collecting again as an adult in 2002. When I started back up I made the decision to create an area of focus for my collection. I am a HUGE Dodgers fan so I decided that I would collect every Dodgers Topps card from 1995 (the year I graduated H.S.) and earlier. I chose to stick with just Topps because that's what I collected when I was younger. Over time that focus has held to form with a couple exceptions. At some point I began to include odd-ball food cards (and discs) to my collection and also decided that I would collect any cards that were vintage (prior to 1965). I don't spend too much time looking for them but if they cross my path I certainly will not pass at the opportunity to snatch them up! Hope you enjoy following me on the journey to completing my collection!