1952 Topps: Smiling Joe Presko
I have to admit it. Joe Presko is the youngest looking player appearing in the 1952 Topps checklist, a trait that likely contributed heavily to his nicknames “Baby Joe”...
1949 Leaf Nicknames: Snuffy
What did the mid-twentieth century smell like? Probably cigarettes. The locomotive and the Lucky Strike were twin emblems of mid-century mobility, each leaving their own haze in the air. Both would prove inseparable from the life of Snuffy Stirnweiss.
An Off-Centered 1952 Topps Card [Could Have] Led to a Mike Piazza and Roger Clemens Friendship
Dodgers pitcher Ben Wade hit two home runs as a rookie off Warren Spahn and that’s not even the interesting part.
1952 Topps: Meet Joe Black
One of the best Dodgers pitching performances is hiding in the text of a ’52 high number.
Additional Notes on 1949 Leaf Variations
A follow up on the relative scarcity of the different variations in the 1949 Leaf set. I was able to get insights from someone who has extensive knowledge of the set: Dr. Jim Beckett.
1952 Topps Completed!*
Celebration time! In the mail this week was the final card needed for the non-high number portion of my 1952 Topps set building project.
The Fall of the House of Mack
A Mack always pays his debts…though you may want to cash that check sooner rather than later. I find my long gone relative’s payroll check from the Philadelphia Athletics and catch a glimpse of the chaos hidden inside the turret above Shibe Park’s main gate.
Stolen Cards Alert: Autographed 1993 Finest Refractors
One of the most impressive (and uniquely identifiable) collections of 1993 Finest Refractors was stolen earlier this year. Let’s help find the cards.
Finding the Relative Scarcities of 1949 Leaf Variations
I’m using data to estimate the relative print runs of the dozens of variations in the 1949 Leaf baseball checklist. It turns out some cards are up to 6 times harder to find than others.
What Re:Leaf Brings to the Discussion
I’m two years late in writing this. Brian Kappel’s writing brings readers up to speed on the ’49 Leaf baseball card set and pushes them to explore the next chapter of this set’s story.