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thanks man! Al

Another new arrival.

Never heard of him but that is a nice image.

The last of the 4 sticking to the 1/day rule.

https://live.staticflickr.com/3935/3...f7081809_b.jpg1912 Postcard - West Side Ball Park- Chicago by BN2CARDZ Collection, on Flickr

I like this card because it shows the Terrapins uniform really well.

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John Ward Falk Cabinet.

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Odd factoid about Mostil: He led the league in fielding % by a centerfielder in 1925 and then led the league in errors by a centerfielder in 1926.

The Johnny Mostil-fest continues with (from top) Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3 of his W573 strip cards, though I believe Type 3 cards, which are thicker and wider, were machine cut and issued individually, and thus not distributed in strip format, and therefore are not strip cards.

Brian

Couple of Matty's

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Mostil had an incident in his career where he seriously slashed his wrists and almost died over an affair with Red Fabers wife, allegedly.

I saw something about a suicide attempt. Didn't know it was that. I guess he forgot about bro's before ho's.

And yes, my wife will kill me if she sees this. ;)

Happy birthday, Hugh Jennings.

Pie Traynor R311

And, here we have a really, really "BIG CARD"............

This Elysian Fields picture is a print of the original Currier & Ives Lithograph (1866).

It was reprinted from the original by the Sidney Lucas gallery in NYC (circa 1930's).



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Well, since it's Hugh's birthday, I'll post the only card of him I own.

A view of a Hugh of a different hue.

Brian

Happy Birthday Hughey!
Buehler Bros. back stamp.
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The hair...

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Here is a squatty but slim and trim(med) D310 Pacific Coast Biscuit of Hugh Smith of Los Angeles.

Brian

That’s fantastic, Brian. My favorite pose in the set, along with Mitze. Here’s another trimmed toughie. Not because it’s Wolverton, but because it’s green.

Am loving all the PCL stuff.

Wow. Very nice.

More PCL stuff.

It looks like you just got it straight from the Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. today.

A poor trimmed D card. really like the Smith card

Staying with the west coast theme...


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Man, we could form a club of beater PCL card guys. If only there was an online forum where we could talk cards and show them.

Here is my nicest ZEENUT. And, it's my last remaining ZEENUT.


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I guess I am the type to break up a good PCL thing...here is T206 El Principe De Gales of Terry Turner with that mysterious extra Fancy F (F. Scott Fitzgerald?) stamp on back.

Brian

Ice cream for Speaker's birthday.

Uncle Jack
 

To my own dear Uncle Jack, sadly passed now, I present a Hack Wilson.

My lone Zeenut. Thanks to Brian for this one. These are beautiful cards.

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Keeping with the Zeenut theme.. the Lil Professor
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Cool.

Another Zee

Damn, Larry!

Another Pfyl for the Pfyl file.

I definitely could gladly show more PCL cards, but don't want folks to think this is strictly a West Coast minor league thread. So here's a beat up 1914 T213-2 Coupon card of Mike Donlin that, because of a little scrape, my eyes still want to see as ".200 batter 7 years" instead of the actual ".300".

Brian

Two rarely seen Premiums, just to change the pace here......


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I’ll follow Brian’s lead and do something non-PCL. For now.

More on the PCL theme, here are two projection variations for the 1914 Zeenut Hosp

Larry Moe, do my eyes deceive me or is that a Zeenut Coveleski with coupon? I've been looking for one without the coupon for probably more than 25 years. I can't imagine having one with the coupon.

New purchase
 

Thanks Todd (Redlegs25), for another successful net54 purchase.

Cheap at Twice the Price
 

Cliff Blankenship only played three MLB seasons, including the two he spent in Washington. For Washington, he got a total of 38 hits for a .235 average. I have no idea what his salary was, but it is still easy to say that he would have been "cheap at twice the price".

For it was Blankenship, out with an injury, who was deemed available to travel west and scout a prospect the team was interested in. And on that trip, he detoured to evaluate a second prospect named Walter Johnson. Immediately recognizing Johnson's potential, Blankenship signed him to a contract on the spot.

Sealing the deal by agreeing to fund Johnson's return to Idaho in the event he didn't measure up in Washington, Blankenship reportedly replied: "Sure, but son, the last thing you are going to need is return money."

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Great story George thanks for sharing.

Mug shot A: standard issue 1910 Obak of Archie Persons.

Mug shot B: 1910 Obak of Archie Persons, lacking color.


Mug shot A subject: Released upon own recognizance.

Mug shot B subject: File under Missing Persons.


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Don't look back; something might be gaining on you.

Happy Birthday, Ernie Lombardi.

George, very nice card of Blankenship! I very much enjoy reading the player info you provide every time (or almost every time) you post a card.

Here's some additional info re Blankenship & WaJo from baseballreference.com:

"I've got to go up in Idaho and inspect a pitcher named Johnson. He's probably some busher that isn't even worth the car fare to scout." - comment by Cliff Blankenship to Clyde Milan about Blankenship's assignment to look at some fellow named Walter Johnson

Cliff Blankenship hit fairly well in the minors but not so much in the majors. His major league career consisted of three separate seasons - 1905, 1907 and 1909, the first with the Cincinnati Reds and the last two with the Washington Senators. Blankenship was a catcher, and also a first baseman, at a time when first base was an important defensive position. In the minors, he played some third as well, and in both the majors and minors he was in the outfield on occasion. He also umpired one American League game in 1907. Cliff was with Seattle from 1904-1906 and hit around .310 each year. His first year as a minor league manager was 1909, and he managed for 11 minor league seasons.

Blankenship is remembered as a scout of sorts - while injured with the Senators, he was sent to check out Walter Johnson in Idaho. Per the legend, he was told to bring his bat and, because he wasn't much of a hitter in the majors, to sign Johnson only if it was not possible to even hit a foul ball off him. Blankenship wired back: "You can't hit what you can't see." The Senators signed Johnson and the rest is history.

My only Zeenut and my favorite pose on any pre or post war card...plus it plays nicely with the previous trimmed PCL examples :)

Bill

He eats "Big Eater".

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Happy birthday, generic (?) John McGraw. Unfortunatley for John, my better McGraws have already been posted in this thread.

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Long time no D310. Here is one of Frank Arellanes.

Brian

Thanks to Ted for this one

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Another Goudey

I didn’t have Bernard when I was doing my LA team. Brian, thanks for covering Smith, LA for us. Now, if anyone has Ol’Pop Dillon, that’ll be the whole LA team.

Closest I've got is a D311 Dillon and a beater at that. Here's a nice couponed Zee of Pop.
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Never afraid to show a beater, especially if it completes a virtual team set. Here is a Pop with a shave and a haircut, two bits. I guess the toenail clipping came at no extra charge.

Brian

Mahalo, uʻi!

Cool, Brian!

Germany Schaefer
 

Herman A. "Germany" Schaefer. Infielder for the Washington Senators in 1909-1914. 972 hits, 9 home runs , and 201 stolen bases in 15 MLB seasons. His "steal" of first base prompted rule making it illegal. Popular as a baseball "trickster" and "on-field clown", often in tandem with Charley O'Leary and, later, with Nick Altrock. Altrock eventually perfected the art with Al Schacht.

An example of Schaefer's many contributions to baseball lore from baseball-reference: "Schaefer did not reserve his pranks for players alone. According to one story, umpire Jack Sheridan wandered into his favorite Chicago watering-hole for a few drinks one evening. After tilting back a few too many spirits, Sheridan fell asleep on his table, located near a drainpipe. When Schaefer ambled in and saw the ump snoozing, he hopped upstairs and knelt on the floor. Cupping his hands, he moaned into the drainpipe, “Jack Sheridan, your time has come…” After Schaefer’s creepy warning was repeated, Sheridan shook himself awake and streaked from the saloon, frightened sober. The incident so spooked Sheridan that he reportedly gave up drinking for a time. Later, Schaefer let the cat out of the bag during a game that Sheridan was working in New York. When Germany strolled to the plate, he couldn’t resist moaning, “Jack Sheridan, your time has come…” Sheridan’s neck snapped toward Schaefer, “You Dutch so-and-so, you’re out of this game!”

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(Yes, I am 10 years old)

Check out this oversized Merkle (referencing the T206 card of Merkle shown below).

Brian (unfortunately had to borrow image found on the internet to make this post happen)

Latest addition
 

Thanks again Todd.

E90-1 Bob Groom
 

Robert "Bob" Groom. Pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1909-1913. 119 wins and 13 saves in 10 MLB seasons.

For the St. Louis Browns in 1917, he pitched a no-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader after pitching 2 innings of no-hit relief in the first game. With Koob, only teammates to pitch no-hitters on consecutive days.

His best season was 1912 as he went 24-13 with a 2.62 ERA and Washington finished second in the American League. His debut season was not as good, at least not until sabermetrics were invented. In 1909, his 7-26 record included 15 consecutive losses, during which his 42-110 Senator teammates mustered a total of 19 runs. Walter Johnson's record that year was 12-25.

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1948 BLUE TINT set


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I thought I better post this E92 Nadja of Stone with serious color alignment issues before the site flops again.

Brian

Mickey and Matty