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Bauer earned two purple hearts and two bronze stars in the war. Not only looked tough, he was tough. Once had a hit in 17 straight World Series games. In 1959 Bauer, Larsen and Marv Thronberry were traded to KC for Roger Maris and Kent Hadley. That trade indirectly resulted in 2 of the 3 toughest and most expensive Topps cards from 1960
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Reno
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Was born in Italy and roomed with his fellow "bonus baby" Al Kaline for his first two years. Under the MLB rules beginning in 1954 if player was signed with a bonus of $ 4000 or more they had to stay on the major league roster for 2 years. That worked fine for Kaline who was ready to go, but not for Reno who need more time for development
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Tom
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In 1955 the Dodgers sent Lasorda to the minors to clear a roster spot for Sandy Koufax
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Del
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Mentor to Hank Greenberg or just a really good sign stealer ?
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Cal
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Branch Rickey once predicted that Hogue would have one of the best curve balls in baseball if he could ever control it. He never did. Cal became a plumber after baseball
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Joe - fixing my mistake
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Joe appeared in the Topps 1952 set and was married for 70 years. I would guess that makes him somewhat unique
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Connie
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Got into a fight with Eddie Stankey during a game and both were taken to jail but returned before game was over. As mentioned in the 53 Bowman thread he was once ejected in a game for wearing a raincoat in the on deck circle
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Although he homered in his first at bat he had been booed when introduced since he was replacing the popular Enos Slaughter who the Cardinals had just traded to the Yankees. Nickname as a kid was Booger. NL Rookie of the year in 1954 over Aaron and Banks. An Aggie with a masters degree
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...and had one of the greatest uni-brows in baseball history!
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Bush, because Borkowski was a mouthful, eventually had 4 baseball cards
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Ed & John
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John ended with career total 815 ABs and a .250 average. Ed had 554 ABs and a .237 average. Neat card though
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Agree...super clever card, I've always liked this one...
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Edward Joseph & John Thomas
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1954 Topps #140: Tom Wright
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Thomas E. "Tom" Wright. Outfielder with the Washington Senators in 1954-1956. 175 hits and 6 home runs in 9 MLB seasons. He debuted with the Boston Red Sox in 1948-1951. His best season was 1952 as between the St. Louis Browns and the Chicago White Sox he posted a .348 OBP with 27 RBIs in 229 plate appearances.
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9 seasons , 341 ABs, 175 hits, 6 HRs and 99 RBIs. Wonder if he ever had that gap in his teeth fixed. Wonder if there is version of his 54 card without it
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Mr. Jay, a very fine pitcher, mostly for the Reds, is still with us. But if you seek signed baseball memorabilia, it is best to send it to the baseball Joey Jay and not the entertainer Joey Jay
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