Happy Birthday Al Rosen!
 

Happy birthday to Al Rosen (the baseball player, not Mr. Mint.) Born February 29, 1924. If he were alive today he would be celebrating his 24th birthday! :)

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February 29 is also the birthday of Pepper Martin.

He was an occasional visitor to one of the Houston card shops I frequented back in the 80s. I think he was an Astros exec at the time.

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Happy Birthday and RIP. Big Rosen collector here. I am working on a signed run of his cards. I think I am about 1 or 2 short of a full Bowman-Topps run. The regionals are another matter entirely. And gotta love the oddball stuff

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Al Rosen......
 

'52 Bowman...…….

I saw a dude with an Al Rosen jersey at the Spring Training game yesterday between the Indians and D'Backs. I don't think I had ever seen one worn in public before. I certainly didn't know it was Rosen's b'day. Now I get it.

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The single took a surprisingly long time to find.

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