Wally Cards
For a guy who made his debut at 26 and struggled to get full playing time after turning 30, Wally Westlake sure has some interesting baseball cards. How many other players can claim to share their rookie card with Shoeless Joe Jackson?
For a guy who made his debut at 26 and struggled to get full playing time after turning 30, Wally Westlake sure has some interesting baseball cards. How many other players can claim to share their rookie card with Shoeless Joe Jackson?
Richie Ashburn was a man of extremes: Excelling in the polar opposites of base hits and putouts.
What if there was a player in the 1952 Topps checklist just as scary to face as Carl Hubbell or Bob Gibson?
Pick any Don Mueller card at random and you will see one of his two poses: 1) Confident slugger watching a double sail deep into the outfield; or 2) A closely cropped portrait of a guy who was just asked a surprise math question.
Move over Shoeless Joe Jackson. The Tigers have their own bare-footed phenom.
Two things are true if you remember opening packs of 1952 Topps. One: You’re getting old as dirt. Two: You were looking for pitchers who won 20 games.
A mop-up specialist, a record high score for the St. Louis Browns, and a weird looking baseball card.
When you get right down to it, the shortstop position is just playing left field exceptionally shallow.