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Old 09-17-2002, 05:17 PM
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Posted By: Brian C Daniels 

Leon and I were talking today and were thinking about asking you all if you recall the probable best card you ever abused on your bicycle spokes! Mine was a mintish 67 of " The Mick". I remember opening two packs and getting three of this card from the two.....

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Posted By: David

Never put a card in a spoke.

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Old 09-17-2002, 06:41 PM
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Posted By: Julie Vognar

never having had the opportunity as a child (1940-45).
Bob was sort of horrified, even though the card only cost 10 cents.

I deveolped this theory that it was a lot more fun in the thirties, because the cards were so much thicker, so they would make more noise, and not bend so easily.

I swear I never saw a baseball card. My best friend, Dick Pollak, collected comics, and loved baseball--but he never brought home a card. Even though--I think the big amusement park, Riverview, did have coin-op machines that dispensed Chicago exhibits, from all teams, not just the Cubs and White Sox. Bob said he got them there from '47-'52. The only one he remembers is a Hal Newhauser. Now he remembers a Ray Boone, and a Hank Sauer...They cost 5 cents A PIECE! He would never THINK of putting them in his bike spokes.

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Posted By: Patrick McMenemy

I also remember putting 1967 Topps Mickey Mantle cards in the spokes of my bike, which covered both front and back wheels. Growing up a "die hard" Red Sox fan, only 50 miles down the MASS PIKE, any Yankee card automatically needed to be abused. IT WAS AN UNSPOKEN LAW! I also remember trading a playground outcast 3-4 Mickey Mantles for several Ken "The Hawk" Harelson cards.

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Posted By: Paul

I never put a card in spokes. But I did use my trusty pair of scissors to cut apart my rookie cards so that I could place each player with his proper team. Fortunately, I did this from 1970-72, when there were very few quality rookie cards to cut apart.

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It was a 1980's Topp's card of "Razor Shines" for my spokes. Mostly because of his exotic name. A friend of mine used to collect soccer cards, and he gave me a card of this guy named Homer Screws, who directly went into the spokes, then into a medal fan that we had at home, along with all the other soccer cards. Other spoke denizens for me were Dick Drago of Red Sox fame and several White Sox players, for my loathing of the south siders.

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Not sure who the best player was, but I know for sure that no MN Twins ever saw the spokes of my bike. More tha likely a Few Orioles or A's did though.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

should be someone you DON'T like. I picked Pedro because I DID like him (of course I never would have put an expensive card of ANYONE in my spokes).

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Posted By: TBob

I used to think the 1958 Topps yellow letter variation cards were freaks and since I had the "real" ones, many of them found their way in to my bicycle, including Clemente and Kaline. (Hey I was only 8 years old!)

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I found that playing cards were more durable in spokes, so I didn't use baseball cards; however, I routinely pinned baseball cards to the dart board, mainly of players I didn't like, like Pete Rose. I trashed three '71 Pete Rose cards with darts one summer. I still have one, complete with dart holes.

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Posted By: W.M.

All Topps 1970's manager and team cards went in my spokes.

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Posted By: Brian C Daniels

Specifically to a 1968 of Dooley Womack!

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Posted By: David

Not wishing to be left out of the fun, I tell that one of the first vintage baseball cards I bought at a kid was a 1957 Mickey Mantle with a cigarette hole right through the middle. Knowing that it was bought on my allowance, it probably cost me about a buck and, funnily, apprceated well.

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