Noted scofflaw here breaking the one a day post rule, but for a good cause. Joe Wood is in the E91C set, where no player is based upon the player's facial image. Here is the E91A McGinnity that has the same artwork as the Wood, and McGinnity's E254 counterpart.

Brian

1920 Big Head Type 1 Fulton to tie into the previous and one of my favorite cards.


https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...fa483a6a_z.jpg1916 Big Head Strip Cards (Fulton) by Greg Martin, on Flickr

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...b3bd6df7_z.jpg1910 E96 Philadelphia Caramel by Greg Martin, on Flickr


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Sticking with the current theme, here are my other three Big Heads. I love these cards. They colors are great on them.


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1910 E91-C American Caramel Bob Unglaub (played by Ralph Seybold)
 

The E91-C team now offers the Bob Unglaub Story, a tragedy that ends with our hero's untimely and gruesome death in an industrial accident involving a locomotive and well, you will have to see it to believe it. Playing the part of Unglaub will be Ralph Seybold (unless he is needed elsewhere to play Dan Murphy). From Unglaub's SABR biography, we offer this tease:

A story is told of Unglaub during his stay in Milwaukee. His manager, Joe Cantillon, and several players were walking the streets of Indianapolis. They stopped on a corner to take in the spectacle of a Salvation Army gathering, complete with brass band. Much to their amazement, out of the crowd stepped Bob Unglaub to repent his evil ways.

“I am sorry to admit it,” he said, “but I am a baseball player. I don’t know how I ever got into such a degrading, sinful business. It is an awful game and the men who play it are sinners, not fit for God-fearing people to associate with.”

Cantillon had to restrain his companions from going after their teammate as Unglaub finished his testimony, and they then went on their way. When telling this story a few years later, Cantillon was asked if Unglaub had quit baseball after his epiphany. “Hell no,” snapped the manager, “He was the first man in line at the pay window on the first and fifteenth of every month.”

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Fun thread, here's a T206 Proof...

That proof is great


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Yeah. It looks like he's swatting at the proof marks.

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Thanks Greg!

Adam pretty funny. Now I can't unsee that :)

(Cool Duke pieces)

1937 O-Pee-Chee Louis Newsom
 

Bobo Newsom

Louis N. "Bobo" Newsom. Pitcher with the Washington Senators in 1935-1937, 1942, 1943, 1946-1947, and 1952. 211 wins and 21 saves in 20 MLB seasons. 4-time All-Star. 1947 World Series champion. 1942 AL strikeout leader. He had a career ERA of 3.98. Newsom debuted with the Brooklyn Robins/Dodgers in 1929-1930. He changed teams 16 times. Almost joined Benton as only to have pitched to Ruth and Mantle. He was known for his eccentricities. In 1940 with the Detroit Tigers he posted a 21-5 record with a 2.83 ERA in 264 innings pitched. His last team was the Philadelphia Athletics in 1952-1953.

Excerpt from Newsom's SABR biography: The name Bobo came about because Newsom never could or would remember anybody’s name, so he called everyone Bobo and thus earned that nickname for himself. He was 211-222 in his twenty-year Major League career, one of only two pitchers who won more than 200 games but finished with a losing record.

When Bobo started a game, he was determined to go the distance no matter what. On May 28, 1935, a third-inning line drive by Cleveland’s Earl Averill broke his left kneecap. When Washington manager Bucky Harris reached the mound, Newsom said, “I think it’s broke.” Harris asked Bobo if he should take him out of the game. “You kidding me? I said it was broke, I didn’t say I was dead.” Bobo continued to pitch and after every inning would say, “It’s broke” His teammates laughed at him, assuming it couldn’t be broken because he wouldn’t be able to stand up if it was. Following the Senators’ 5–4 loss, Newsom was hobbling around the lobby of the hotel, still insisting his kneecap was broken. Finally he went to get an X-ray, and it was indeed “broke.”

Newsom always felt the need to express his feelings, often to his detriment. In 1943, when he was with the Brooklyn Dodgers, he had a run-in with manager Leo Durocher. The cause was a difference of opinion between the two over a pitch Newsom threw to Vince DiMaggio. Leo wanted the pitch high and inside. Newsom threw what he considered a high and inside pitch. Leo did not concur. After much debate about the merits of the pitch, Newsom finally said, “With two balls and one strike on the hitter and a man on first base you want me to throw a ball that isn’t close to a strike. Why don’t you just walk the guy and save time? If you want me to pitch that way, I don’t know anything about the racket.” Leo disagreed, and the arguing continued until Leo said, “You’re suspended for the season.” “What the hell for?” asked Newsom. “I haven’t cussed you or gone against your orders. You know you can’t suspend me for the season and make it stick.”

Newsom’s teammates threatened to go on strike unless he was reinstated. The usually reserved and gentlemanly Arky Vaughan was so upset by the argument and subsequent suspension that he rolled up his uniform, handed it to Durocher, and told Leo to shove it up his ass. With the rest of the team ready to walk out in support of Newsom and Vaughan, Durocher relented and Newsom was reinstated.

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Definitely no mistaking the Johnny Evers jawline, seen in this E91A (as well as his E91B) and his E254 Colgan's Chip card, both utilizing the same photo for his face.

Brian

How about the famous Connie Mack on the john pose...



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Not sure if I posted this yet:

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Quite the jaw on The Man too!

Brian

I see your Contentnea with a boomerang in my collection (have owned it 2x).

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Another E91 comparison post, this one of E91A Daniel Shay. This one I couldn't find another card (not sure if there are any...he had a fairly short and nondescript career), but I did find the photo the E91A card was based upon.

Brian

1911 E91-C American Caramel
 

Bob Groom

The E91-C Team now proudly presents The Bob Groom Story, a dramatic roller-coaster ride of highs and lows during a baseball life. Playing Bob Groom in today's feature is Chief Bender. The following excerpt from Groom's SABR biography provides a flavor of the high drama and true grit depicted in our feature:

With Clark Griffith at the helm in 1912, the Nationals improved dramatically, winning 91, losing 61, and finishing in second place. Pitching a career-high 316 innings, Groom won 24 games and Johnson won 33, combining for over 60 percent of Washington’s victories.

A major highlight of the 1912 season was the Nationals’ 17-consecutive-game winning streak. Bob started and won four of the games in that streak, his most impressive win being the last, on June 18. Only after that game was over did the Nationals’ fans learn the grit it had taken for Bob Groom to win that game. Before the game, he discovered a painful abscess on his back between his shoulders. The Nationals’ team physician recommended a debilitating operation, but Bob refused, and instead had the doctor insert a drainage tube. With the tube in his back, he put on his uniform and pitched a complete game, giving the Nationals a 5-4 victory over Philadelphia.

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It's never a bad time for a Jackie Robinson

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https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...04f09ba3_z.jpg1923 Maple Crispette by Greg Martin, on Flickr

Happy Birthday to The Iron Horse

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Best smile in baseball history, crease and all


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That's not a crease it is a dimple.

Lou reduced to his basics.

Brian

1939 and 1940 Play Ball Charlie Gelbert
 

Charlie Gelbert

Charles M. "Charlie" Gelbert. Shortstop for the Washington Senators in 1939-1940. 766 hits and 17 home runs in 9 MLB seasons. 1931 World Series champion. He debuted with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1929-1932 and 1935-1936. In 1930 with the Cardinals he posted a .360 OBP with 92 runs scored and 72 RBI's in 574 plate appearances.

He finished his career with the Boston Red Sox in 1940. He lost two full seasons recovering from a severe ankle injury suffered while hunting. Though he returned to baseball in 1935 and played six more seasons, he was limited to a utility role for the rest of his career.

Excerpt from Gelbert's SABR biography: “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” featured Charley Gelbert in 1941, noting that he “played 239 major league games with a broken leg.” Shortstop Gelbert put in four full seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals and played in back-to-back World Series, losing one and then winning one. And then an offseason hunting accident nearly ended his career. But he kept on playing, and saw duty in five more big-league seasons.

He had seemed destined for greatness. Hall of Famer and teammate Frankie Frisch said, “If he hadn’t been hurt, he would have been the best.”

Under manager Gabby Street, the 1930 Cardinals again won the National League pennant (as they had in 1926 and 1928) with a .314 team batting mark; Gelbert hit .304 and drove in 72 runs in 139 games. He had an excellent World Series; though the Cards lost to the Philadelphia Athletics in six games, Gelbert hit .353, and won praise for some outstanding fielding plays.

In 1931 the Cardinals won the pennant once more and faced off against the Athletics again, this time winning the World Series in seven games. Gelbert collected six more hits and handled 42 more chances without an error.

In November 1932, Gelbert shot himself with a 12-gauge shotgun. It was an accident. On November 16 he went hunting with four friends and a number of dogs not far from his home in Fayettesville, Pennsylvania. “It could have happened to anyone,” he said afterward. “I was talking along, carrying my gun properly, and my foot slipped. I fell backward, my feet flew up, the gun went off. …”

His foot had snagged on a hillside vine and as he tried to right himself, the other foot turned on a piece of rock. “The gun in his right hand crashed against the rocky mountain side. There was an explosion. The jar had discharged Gelbert’s gun.” The shotgun blast hit him in the left leg about four inches above the ankle. “They were afraid to loosen the boot for fear the foot would fall off. That’s how bad it looked.”

An Army surgeon who had served in World War I evaluated his foot and worried that it would need to be amputated; there were few tendons left. But treatment at Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia saved his foot. Gelbert told his wife, “From now on, I’ll confine myself to golf. … I know now there is nothing safe about a gun.”

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TED Z

T206 Reference
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About time I shared another E91 matchup. This one is of Frank Schulte showing his E91A (his E91B duplicates this front) and his E254 Colgan's Chips card. Although not an exact photo match, I think his E91 pretty closely matches his facial features.

Brian

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heh...

Cy
 

Cy hasn't been spotted too much lately...

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And gaping neck wound Cy has been out of commission for some time as well.

Brian

1977 Cy Young Award. 1978 traded. "From Cy Young to sayonara"--Graig Nettles

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Goody Rosen

Schmelzer’s
 

Schmelzer’s… funny

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About time I added something to this thread. Here is another E91A card, this one of Cy Seymour (E91B of Seymour also shares same image), and the facial matches seen in the M116 Sporting Life and E254 Colgan's Chips sets.

Brian

I'd like to think Tom Hughes and Eddie Plank looked a lot alike, lol.

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At first I thought that was Harry Niles of the Red Sox.
(a little E91-C humor!)

I always like a card that shows Ed Walsh swingin' a bat.

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This is still my fave:
E104-1 Harry Krause (NO World Champions Tag Line);
With Nadja Caramels back.

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... and the personal history/backstory adds so much for me. at card shows that i set up at; I pull a T206 common out of the case, out of the sleeve; hand it to a kid and ask, "How does it feel to hold a 110 yr-old baseball card?". I follow it up with, "Congratulations! You are the 837th person to touch that card, in it's lifetime. your Dad may have touched it; your Grandpa may have, even his Dad.". I then turn to the parent and say, "See, this is really what it is all about".

I didn't know that Bob Groom was native American. (lol)

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"88 Score is a great looking set. The photos they used were crystal clear and awesome. One of my favorite '80's sets.


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Tin top
 

Memories of Skydash…

Popular for rowdy/bored teens in many rural parts of the country: E98 blue Miner Brown tipping.

Brian

See, for me, it's a toss up; Your "tipper", Brian or the maximum amount of front paper loss of that one on eBay. I still like a complete image tho.

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Something Different
 

Picked up this 1909-13 M101-2 in a recent auction. 8" x 10" supplement to the Sporting News. They issued about 100 of these in this issue. Pretty cool and very good detail in photo.

Here is a Hack.

How did he have so many RBIs with such small feet?

O'Neil

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This trimmed down and updated W572 of Speaker is spoken for.

Brian

Haven't seen any Babe's on here in a while. So here you go. Attachment 466451Attachment 466452

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Another Babe. I have seen him somewhere before.

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It's an official Babe-Fest...here's a 1933 Zeenut Sepia of Babe Dahlgren.

Brian

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Not a card exactly, but would eventually become one!

I adore pieces like this ... cool stuff!

I just want to say this has been a fantastic thread. Lots of tough cards I've never seen before. As a side note, with the next post, I believe this thread becomes the 3rd most popular in terms of replies since the "new" board started around 2009.

It is a great thread, and with this Batter Up of Moe Berg I just slyly caught the coveted spot.

Brian

"This Babe is pissed"

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George is getting angry...

Babe Pinelli, as seen in this W573 Type 3 card (cardboard stock instead of paper, larger and machine cut borders instead of hand cut) also was a hothead as a player, but kept his cool and exacted revenge for 22 years as a MLB umpire.

Evidently his backside was also rather large, as can be seen in these scans.

Brian

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Nice image

About time for a good looking Obak, this one a 1911 of Jess Garrett.

Brian

Trivia Question
 

Who gave up the final hit in Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak?











He is a Canadian of Lithuanian descent.











(Some of) His 1940 Play Ball baseball cards contain a very early advertisement for Superman Gum:

"Millions of young folks asked for SUPERMAN CARD GUM. Now it's on the way here. This new Adventure and Taste Thrill awaits you at your dealers. Ask for it. Watch for it."














Joseph V. "Joe" Krakauskas. Pitcher with the Washington Senators in 1937-1940. 26 wins and 4 saves in 7 MLB seasons. His most productive season was 1936 with Washington as he posted a 11-17 record with a 4.60 ERA in 217.1 innings pitched. He finished his career with the Cleveland Indians in 1941-1942 and 1946. He is best remembered for giving up the final hit in Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941.

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I'm willing to Play Ball (1941 style).

Brian

SF baseball's royalty...Attachment 468479

And their manager:

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So you have DD, JD and...VD???

Don't worry they got medicine for that.

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As far as I know Lefty led a clean life and never had to manage VD.

Brian

Al Capone could’ve learned a thing or two from lefty after getting out of Alcatraz.

Say Hey!

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1978 Family Fun Centers Ray Kroc signed
 

Fresh back from PSA. Very happy with this one

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1955 Topps Kaline signed
 

Another fresh from PSA. Just under 9 months turnaround

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