Much has been made recently of several Kansas City Royals players questionably leading All Star voting at their positions. As many as seven Royals could start in the July 14 game with talk of revising fan voting. All the same, this wouldn't mark the first time deserving players have missed their All Star chance. Seventy years ago, in the waning days of World War II, baseball … [Read more...] about Baseball Cards of the 10 Forgotten 1945 All-Stars
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1942 Joe DiMaggio Jersey Coming to Auction
The only known and authenticated Joe DiMaggio jersey from the 1942 Wartime season hits the auction block in the Goldin Auctions 2015 Winter Auction scheduled for January 12, through February 7. According to owner Ken Goldin, it would be the last jersey "The Yankee Clipper" would wear before he enlisted in the U.S Army from 1943-45 to serve his country during World War II. … [Read more...] about 1942 Joe DiMaggio Jersey Coming to Auction
Moe Berg: The Spy and His Baseball Cards
There are two types of players who tend to have longer careers then their abilities seem to predict. The first is now known as the left-handed pitching specialist. When you hear of people such as Tony Fossas or Jesse Orosco pitching into their 40’s, one realizes if you can throw a strike to a left-handed batter as a left-handed pitcher, you just might have a long career ahead … [Read more...] about Moe Berg: The Spy and His Baseball Cards
Old Baseball Card Backs Sometimes Reveal Uncommon Courage
I was recently working on a project where we were discussing the incredible text detail on 1950 Bowman football cards. We looked at one player and discovered that 1) he had a brother playing professional baseball 2) he was going to graduate school and 3) he was also a former Marine. So many vintage sports cards really have a lot of tremendous information, much of it which … [Read more...] about Old Baseball Card Backs Sometimes Reveal Uncommon Courage
Blog: New T206 Book Delivers on Promise
The T206 Collection, the Players and Their Stories, a book we've been talking about for a few months, arrived on the doorstep last week. Billed as a biographical companion to the cards that make up the content-challenged T206 set, the book is a great read even if you're not a card collector. The bios of the players aren't long but that's a good thing when you're dealing … [Read more...] about Blog: New T206 Book Delivers on Promise