Up for your consideration this week in Houston Astros legend J.R. Richard. Already featured in this blog as card #50, J.R. was also given a Topps Fan Favorite card in 2005. These cards are remarkably similar, in fact they appear that they could have been taken at the same game.
The 2005 card:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6E4qF1PIQQfsnzLEIbAOimKkxPBasEagIBegqnXL9NRfJit0dDp75icIEhPsHSXgZhc2C8dpSl-b0sOqY5Xot1tdgJQqa-vExO6UJXeiPTn-2DR7a96ziGvkaeqcW8zhXCLu7YgCYpZ75/s320/richard+05T(FF)_NEW.jpg)
Here is the 1980 base set version:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_pOHjoQykKg_rM6zVuyBytBcs4w8vfdT3fYBTVGMWrI0260T6R0cXfsYHGuNquiPW8_fSgIxUWl5kAUz4AMZpdmJIyQXrQ3-43uiGpI9AZPSRxtQIAqj2MV_tF9kxojHs9EGV3UyXlaru/s320/scan0001.jpg)
I have an inkling that this one may be close. Voting booth on the right.
The scowl on the 2005 says it all...
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