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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: January 2017
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Saturday, January 21, 2017. Darrell Johnson was a baseball 'lifer' who spent parts of six seasons as a backup catcher for six different teams from 1952 through 1962. He never got more than 115 at bats (he did that twice) and had a couple of career homers. He spent the 1958 season with the Yankees but only appeared in five games. Is worth a look. Wednesday, January 18, 2017. This Banks card put me wi...
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: November 2016
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Saturday, November 19, 2016. The card is in decent shape.until you turn it over. A former owner extended the checklist with a pen. I have this on 'upgrade.someday' status. Monday, November 7, 2016. Wynn stares mournfully out at us from his card. The S-O-X logo has been added to what is probably an Indians cap. In December of '57 he was brought over to Chicago in a deal that sent Minnie Minos...A bit...
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: October 2016
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Friday, October 28, 2016. After 12 seasons stateside he went to Japan where he extended his career by playing three years then coaching and managing. He became the third American to pilot a Japanese team. His dugout career in Japan lasted through 1982. WikiFacts: " For all those years Blasingame and his wife and children spent half the year in Japan and half in the United States. After it was al...
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: #145 Ed Bouchee (A Bob Lemke Custom Card)
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Thursday, January 5, 2017. 145 Ed Bouchee (A Bob Lemke Custom Card). As noted in my last post hobby pioneer, historian and custom card producer par excellence Bob Lemke passed away Tuesday at the age of 65. This is from Sports Collector's Digest which in years past he edited and published:. He had had some health issues in the last few years, some of which contributed to his decision to curtail his ...
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: #107 Ozzie Virgil
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Tuesday, January 3, 2017. In nine scattered big league seasons he played every infield position, the outfield and even did some catching. Along the way Virgil also played for the A's and Pirates as well as a one plate appearance for the Orioles in 1962. That was news to me! He also spent time in the Senators and Braves' systems. His son, also named Ozzie. January 3, 2017 at 3:25 PM.
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: RIP Bob Lemke
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Wednesday, January 4, 2017. I just read this afternoon of the passing of hobby pioneer Bob Lemke. You will be reading about his long and diverse hobby career elsewhere. As for me I'll miss his wonderful blog. In keeping with the theme of this blog here are two of the '58 customs I picked up from Bob to supplement my '58 Topps set. I'll post again this week with his 'missing' Ed Bouchee card.
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: #69 Wally Burnette
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Monday, January 2, 2017. Knuckleballer Wally Burnette pitched in 68 games for the Athletics over three seasons, 1956 thru 1958. He had been in the Yankees' minor league system (and had some outstanding seasons there) before being dealt to the A's for Tommy Lasorda. He shut out the Washington Senators, 8-0, at Griffith Stadium in his big league debut. Labels: Kansas City Athletics.
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: #180 Lindy McDaniel
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Wednesday, January 4, 2017. The back of this card sings McDaniel's praises and he appeared poised for another big year but his final numbers for the '58 season were among the worst of his career. Those are a couple of outstanding cartoons though. I've collected most if not all of McDaniel's Topps cards. He's been a favorite of mine for a long time. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: #82 Ronnie Kline
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Thursday, December 29, 2016. Ron Kline (I never heard him called 'Ronnie') got off to a very inauspicious big league career losing all seven of his decisions for Pittsburgh in his rookie campaign of 1952. He served in the military for a couple of years after that and when he returned to the Pirates he continued to struggle as a starter. He led the NL in losses twice. Gives a lot of the background.
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Talking Heads: The Topps 1958 Baseball Set: #410 Murray Wall
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A card by card look at the one of Topps' most colorful sets. These gems were my introduction to the hobby. Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Signed in 1950 out of the University of Texas by the Boston Braves, Murray Wall got a sip of coffee (one four inning appearance) in the big leagues that year. He then spent eight seasons in the minors. The Braves dealt him to the Giants in 1956 but he was still a couple of years away from getting a big league shot. Topps didn't have a huge window to take Wall's photo in Re...
