February Pick Up Thread

[Fred]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Nice one, Kenny. The double-name cards are nice.


I got this Germany Long Chicago Maroons card from Clean Sweep, and looked it up in the OJ book, and it appears to be the "plate" card from the book. In other words, the card I have is the same one pictured in the book as 278-3.

Perhaps someone here could comment on Herman Long -

I could never understand how Herman Long could receive the 8th highest percentage of votes by the first veterans committee for HOF enshrinement and then drop off the HOF balloting after that. The 7 players ahead of him (Ewing, Anson, Keeler, Cy Young, Delahanty, McGraw and Radbourn) have all been voted in. The next 6 players on that list after Long (King Kelly, Rusie, Jennings, Clarke, Jimmy Collins and Wilbert Robinson) have been enshrined.

He died in 1909 so the fact that he received the 8th highest percentage of votes in 1936 means that people must have had a good reason to consider Long in 1936.

Anyone with any ideas why?