That's great. The guy at Topps could have easily just tossed the entry in the trash. He wouldn't let it go and the contest winner gets to smile with his brother one more time.
I think it was years after another Topps promotion actually expired that I took a chance and sent in for a Star Wars Galaxy promo (Bend-Ems offer). I did get the card. Someone there must have thought that was weird too but decided to play along because they still had some cards lying around. Thank you, Topps.
Originally posted by Tommy C: I was slightly confused by the story. The 1957 offer consisted of having to correctly guess the score of a baseball game on a particular day that year
The guy looked up the score on the internet 50 plus years later, wrote it on the entry form, and mailed it to Topps
But as part of the original offer, were you supposed to guess the score in advance of the game, what the score would be ? That is what confused me
No, nothing to be confused about. You are absolutely correct. I found a couple of them on Ebay where I could actually read the rules on the card.
This was a guess the score contest with a date that the entry needed to be mailed in by. You found out you were a winner when the games were over. So this is more of a cool little fluff piece than an old contest still in play.
I am sure that not everyone who decides to send theirs in now will get the same wonderful treatment.
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