Bring Frickin' Joy Now!!!!!
 

There's been an ever-growing pestilent plague of nastiness going on in all sorts of Net54 threads lately, so it's time to fight back!!!!!

Grab and post pics of cards that show the players loving life and being incredibly joyful for being able to play the game they love so much!!
Cards that define "HAPPINESS" and immediately make you grin from ear to ear!!

Heck, if you prefer, just post cards that make YOU YOURSELF extremely joyful...and do it now to help turn the nasty tide around...


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Ducky is always happy as long as he's playing baseball!

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And he's got plenty of room on his dance card, ladies.

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HOORAY !! ... i’m not on the Cubs no more

Happy

:D

Happy doesn't really look that happy.
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The first cards that come to mind for this thread are the '53 Bowman Color Stan Musial and the '56 Topps Mickey Mantle, but I don't own either of those.

Seems like the further you go back in card issue, the tougher it is to find someone smiling. For example, how many T206's show the player smiling, even among the portraits? Not many.

Pre-war

https://i.imgur.com/uvKRUmq.jpg

and post-war

https://i.imgur.com/Mz5pVr4.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/irRZtiB.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/VvqZnVl.jpg?1

The Mick is thrilled to be here, gracing the Pre-War section with his presence.

Side note: Am I the only one that thinks some of his best issues are not from Topps?

Except for the headless fellow, they all seem to have a smile on their face.

Brian

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I know its not baseball but............we adopted this sweet thing today. My son saw her on a rescue site and fell in love with her. We thought she was in the Philadelphia area as the site referenced. However, we were asked if we could wait for about a month because she was in South Korea! It is an International Rescue. Long story short, she arrived at JFK around noon today and they dropped her off at my house around 3:30.

We introduced our other three dogs one at a time and they all get along very nicely! In just a few hours we saw a change in her that was skiddish from us at first to sitting in our laps.

I think we brought as much joy to her as she has to us.

Bob
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Love that Home-Run King card of Aaron.

A few Charlie Hollocher cards got posted on another thread and I made a comment about how good he might have been without the burden of mental illness. He made it until his mid-40s before he decided he couldn't take it anymore.

Here's a card documenting what seems to be one of his better days, hopefully during an extended period of better days.

Smiles And Grins :
 

Dan! Great to see you post. That’s a happy guy for someone named Krapp. Here’s a Happy guy.

Hank and Ralph look like they're pretty happy, don't they?

Lots of smiling faces in Wilson Franks. Maybe they got free hot dogs for being part of the set.

I'd smile too for my 1925 cards if I had driven in the winning run in the 12th inning of the 7th game of the most recent World Series to make WaJo the winning pitcher!

Jolly, I think it's time for you to bring out that cool looking bear guy from several threads back. If he can't lighten things up, nothing can.

I was going to post the '77 Fidrych, but I see someone beat me to it. Instead I'll share a photo that always makes me smile.

Another E99 smiler for the thread.

The Mick

By your command, Heeeeeeeeeeee-eeeeeeeeeeere's Harvey...

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Full of joy (except while watching Mets games, of course), that one. :D

That's awesome Tom, thanks for posting.

Here are a few.

Smiling Sadaharu Oh and Isao Harimoto

E98 Walsh

Awesome pic, Harimoto was the ultimate Badass.

Conlon capturing some joy

The ever joyful Mr Berra
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+1 Awesome card featuring some awesome players, that is perfect for this thread.

Put me in coach!

Now this is my kind of thread!

What a great pic! Thanks for adding this one! Made me smile!

Bring Frickin' Joy Now!!!!!
 

Amen

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Oh, those aren't quite right...

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Well, the kid is happy but the players aren't.
Strike two.

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Ah, that's better.
It's a little surprising how few cards I have scanned have players that look happy. Maybe calm and satisfied, but not happy.

Those the back of the card count ................... ;)

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Fun, fun, Scott :rolleyes:

" Oh Gimme A Head Wid Hairrr "
 

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..any guess on the hat size ?

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Perhaps that smug, self-satisfied smile was the result of really having had a good one this morning.

The "Boy Wonder" often smiled for his baseball card pics:

Here are several from the greatest Topps set ever....as well as one from a lesser issue....

Thanks Ed, very kind of you. Good to see you and thanks for sharing cards out of your magnificent collection.

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A grin at least

Puts a smile on my face every time:

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The Original and my Brooks (as a kiddo)

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he's so happy he gets to shower!
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Please, no photos of Judge Landis on this thread.

Brian

Set sail with Captain Morgan

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You'd smile too, like Gus Zernial, who, legend has it, introduced Joe DiMaggio to Marilyn Monroe.

Clowns always bring joy!

Stan looks like he's having a great time hanging out at the ball park.

More players doing their best to bring joy back to Mudville.

Ruth and Higbe are reluctant participants, and patiently await for the next train leaving Mudville.


Brian

"Burn down Chicago!".

Agreed.

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"...uhhh...I very much disagree..."

Luis, Orlando and Kiki (and Jimmie and Dick)

Barney Joy may not be smiling in this picture, but he was the first Hawaiian to play in pro ball, winning 17 and losing 21 for the San Francisco Seals in 1907. He played in the Honolulu League outside that year, and was the league's best batter and pitcher.

Edwin Lee

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clowns
 

So would my daughter. She can't stand them.
Dogs always have a good time at the ballpark though! Some of these guys are even smoking stogies..
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Only a handful of the 75 cards in the 1941 Double Play set feature two smiling faces...this one is a favorite.


Brian

George is so happy to be included in the T207 set. Plus a recent cartoon from my newspaper.

I just noticed that Gus is looking pretty laughtastic in his 1960 Topps card. He is even smiling in his batting pose photo. And not surprisingly, the Reds baseball mascot with a ball for a head and sporting a handlebar mustache appears pretty happy as well.

Joy meter is at 11 for this card.

Brian