One of the most enduring myths in the card collecting world is that Topps destroyed many of its 1952 high numbered cards by dumping them in the ocean. A deeply researched blog highlights some evidence against this tale.
A quick look at the brief career of Bob Hooper, one of the many players getting a short glance in the upper reaches of the 1952 Topps checklist.
A production run of 10,000 cards is not considered scarce, except when you’re talking about the earliest Donruss Elite cards. Why are these seemingly so hard to find compared to later sets with the same print run?
How’s this for an MLB rookie? A pitcher with just one inning of experience is called into a game as a reliever in the fourth inning. He proceeds to hold the opposing team hitless for 9 more frames and wins the game well into extra innings. While not technically a no-hitter, I’m the one writing this post and I will let the title stand.
It’s understandable why “Barnacle Bill” Posedel is associated with the water. He spent more time in Navy ships than pitching in the major leagues.
No, this isn’t an article about Ted Williams hitting .406 in 1941. It’s not about his batting .400 and .407 in his war-shortened 1952 and 1953 seasons. Wade Boggs is the last .400 hitter since Ted Williams retired in 1960. But wasn’t Boggs’ highest single season batting average “just” .368? Aren’t the closest approaches to .400 George Brett’s .390 in 1980 and Tony Gwynn’s .394 from 1994?
Sometimes you have to round upwards to claim ownership of a single baseball card. That is certainly the case with the first 1952 high number entering my collection.
The career 300/300 ballplayer quietly had a very impressive decade in the 1990s.
Baseball returned to a famous cornfield in Iowa, complete with a fantastic back and forth game.
