Burnishing Credentials
Figures lie and liars figure. I have a whole lot of baseball statistics in my hand and want to tell you some stories about Monty Kennedy.
1952 Topps Profile
A Good Card in 1952 and a Good Card Today
Someone opening a pack of baseball cards in 1952 would have been quite happy to find card #106 between folds of wax paper wrapping. It pictured Washington Senators first baseman Mickey Vernon. The former batting champion was the best player on his team, racking up respectable totals in home runs and doubles.
Granny’s Close Calls
What’s that Mr. Hamner? You say you’ve never seen the Final Destination movie series? Then this should all be new to you.
The Shot Previously Heard ‘Round the World
Before Bobby Thomson, Dick Sisler had the most famous walk off home run in the game.
1952 Topps Johnny Klippstein
A mailman kept making the rounds while carving out a baseball career that started prior to D-Day and ended well after the Six Days War.
Herm Wehmeier’s 1952 Topps Card
High expectations followed the local sandlot star in Cincinnati.
An Eye for The Strike Zone
Gus Niarhos had one of the most impressive eyes for the strike zone.
Still Looking for A Missing Bud Podbielan Corner
I picked up most of this card in my early 2022 return to a card shop had not been visited since childhood. I say “most” because there is a missing corner which could still be floating around in a shoebox somewhere.