Set Collecting
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.
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.