A Passing Resemblance
Barney McCoskey looks a lot like Ray Kroc on the front of his 1952 Topps baseball card. Reading the stats on the back, I can’t help but think he bears a closer resemblance to a certain current ballplayer.
.805 and a Car in Every Driveway
What do you need hand over to convince a catcher batting .805 to join your team?
Dead Men DO Tell Tales
I drove seven hours into West Virginia for the express purpose of killing a man who had famously escaped death. Somehow, it ends up perfectly matching up with my ’52 Topps Gene Bearden baseball card.
You Lost WHAT?
It’s not an adventure unless something goes wrong. With all due respect to whoever said that, they didn’t have a Babe Ruth card at stake.
Casing the Joint: Planning For The National
At the outset of the year I set out to plan the perfect trip the National.
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.