On June 28th the Pirates close out 61-year old Forbes Field in style by sweeping a doubleheader against the Chicago Cubs. A little over two weeks later on July 16th Pirates open Three Rivers Stadium, a circular faceless multipurpose faculty similar to other stadiums built around that time. In that first game at Three Rivers the Pirates debut their new double knit uniforms that would soon become the trend in baseball. The Pirates would lose that first game at their new stadium 3-2 to the Cincinnati Reds, but with an 89-73 record captured their first division title. However, the Reds would play spoiler again sweeping the Pirates in three straight games in the NLCS.
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Card Values
Team Set Checklist
1970 Topps
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Card#
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1970 TOPPS JOSE MARTINEZ
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8
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1970 TOPPS MATTY ALOU
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30
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1970 TOPPS BRUCE DAL CANTON
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52
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1970 TOPPS N.L. BATTING LEADERS
CLEMENTE/JONES/ROSE
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61
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1970 TOPPS FRED PATEK
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94
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1970 TOPPS BOB MOOSE
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110
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1970 TOPPS PIRATES ROOKIES
CASH/JETER
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141
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1970 TOPPS AL OLIVER
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166
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1970 TOPPS MANNY SANGUILLEN
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188
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1970 TOPPS CHUCK HARTENSTEIN
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216
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1970 TOPPS BOB VEALE
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236
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1970 TOPPS RICH HEBNER
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264
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1970 TOPPS LUKE WALKER
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322
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1970 TOPPS ROBERTO CLEMENTE
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350
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1970 TOPPS DAVE GIUSTI
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372
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1970 TOPPS STEVE BLASS
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396
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1970 TOPPS JERRY MAY
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423
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1970 TOPPS BILL MAZEROSKI
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440
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1970 TOPPS MATTY ALOU AS
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460
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1970 TOPPS WILLIE STARGELL
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470
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1970 TOPPS JOE GIBBON
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517
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1970 TOPPS DANNY MURTAUGH
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532
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1970 TOPPS DOCK ELLIS
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551
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1970 TOPPS GENE ALLEY
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566
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1970 TOPPS PITTSBURGH PIRATES TEAM
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608
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1970 TOPPS DAVE RICKETTS
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626
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1970 TOPPS JOSE PAGAN
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643
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1970 TOPPS N.L. ROOKIES
DAY/GAMBLE/MANGUAL
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654
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1970 TOPPS BOB ROBERTSON
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664
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1970 TOPPS LOU MARONE
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703
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