MLB banned nearly two dozen ballplayers for joining a rival league in the 1940s. Not since the expulsion of 8 players in the Black Sox scandal of 1919 had the sport kicked out so many players.
Snider’s career was seemingly dreamed up by a group of Hollywood writers. This card was picked up in my first card show since the 1990s.
An unbroken chain of knuckleballs was passed down like black magic for a century.
In terms of stats already in the record books, no other player appearing in the 1952 Topps set was as accomplished as Johnny Mize.
Bob Elliott carried his teams through several tough seasons and would have undoubtedly brought the same intensity to the military if not for some wayward baseballs.
Al Rosen could have been one of the game’s all-time greats if not for a late start and a contract dispute.
Home runs didn’t come from shortstops until Junior Stephens got to the majors.
Bob Friend was durable. He was never on the disabled list at any point in his career, but that didn’t stop him from hanging around the office of the team doctor. He married the resident nurse.
