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Three Finger Brown B-Day

I saw that Brown was born on this date in 1876. I lifted the two images from the "Can't Have Too Many Cards " blog. I had never actually seen the "Three Fingers":D:D

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Bet with those twisted, missing and stubby digits, old Mordecai's pitches would be tough to hit.

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Originally Posted by pclpads (Post 1045592)

Bet with those twisted, missing and stubby digits, old Mordecai's pitches would be tough to hit.

I read today that he had an awesome-plus curve and that his sinker "acted the a bizzare knuckleball":eek:

The article also states that Brown kept the corn shucker that destroyed his hand as a seven year old. He stored it in his garage until he died, more than happy to drag it out and show the curious folk. I wonder what ever became of that piece of "memorabilia"?:D

Beauty of card Jim, as are most of yours.

My only card of Three Finger Brown.

Boy, you guys will just use ANY excuse to bust out cards.:D:D:D:):)

Mike,
Thanks.

Wow, there are a lot of great cards in this thread.

Jeff,
I love that Sepia PC!

JimB

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Originally Posted by E93 (Post 1045730)

Mike,
Thanks.

Wow, there are a lot of great cards in this thread.

Jeff,
I love that Sepia PC!

JimB

Agreed. Really nice Mordecai's in this thread. I have very few Brown cards for some reason....

WOW, that's an incredible collection of Mordecai Brown cards, and I thought you were mainly a Ty Cobb collector..........

Posting a card that hasn't already been posted is becoming increasingly difficult! ;) Great cards, all!

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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb (Post 1045745)

WOW, that's an incredible collection of Mordecai Brown cards, and I thought you were mainly a Ty Cobb collector..........

.......and Hal Chase, Mike Donlin, Hughie Jennings and 3 Finger Brown. Great cards Jeff!

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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb (Post 1045745)

WOW, that's an incredible collection of Mordecai Brown cards, and I thought you were mainly a Ty Cobb collector..........

Thanks. I've always been drawn to the strange and odd players in the hobby.

Really nice cards, some I have never seen before. These are my Three,
Three Fingers.

WOW. Calvindog's cards are truly impressive. I mean, not as impressive as mine, but still..

Nice profile pic, Cheesecake. Lots of svelte, eligible bachelors on 54 will appreciate that.

I do notice that except for the two pictures that I used in the first post, they did an excellent job of concealing his mangled mitt. Either by avoiding it all together or having him pose with a baseball, the photographers were able to pull it off a la Radar on M*A*S*H*.:)

Mordecai ....... Three Finger ...... Miner ...... Brown.....

Full name: Mordecai Peter Centennial Brown.

I've always wondered how many other people born in 1876 also had that as part of their name ??

Jeff,
That Plow Boy sucks! Get it out of your collection immediately! Call me for help.
JimB

Jim, take your vitamins and keep exercising...I plan on calling you someday about a lot of these cards. :)

I've always appreciated the chance to see some really tough ones from Jeff's collection--wonderful cards! The black and white, photographic images somehow seem much more appropriate to me for the era. I thought someone might post an example of the only 3-Finger I own, 1907 Dietsche Cubs (PSA Ex+), which was tough enough for me (and brings back the long-lost Cubs glory days). Guess I'll have to get a scanner when times aren't so damn tight for the wife and I financially, as they are right now (she lost a $150,000/yr. job 2 and a half years ago, and thanks to our impossibly far right Michigan Supreme Court, rendering premises liability non-existenct here, my law practice is bringing in less than half what it was).

Best to all of you guys,

Larry

Not really a card, but a cool (and cheap) flea market find from a few weeks ago.

Alan