Remar Bread Oakland Oaks
 

I went to a show today and, on a lark, picked up a couple of Remar Bread Oakland Oaks cards: 1949 Charlie Dressen and 1950 George Bamberger. I'm curious if anyone out there knows much about the sets. They are fun little cards and I wouldn't mind casually building the sets, but I don't want to set myself up for another sinkhole for my money. The checklists don't look bad, with only a 1949 Billy Martin looking to be a challenge.

I’m casually doing the same with the 1950 set as focus, they’re readily available and pretty cheap. A fun side set without any huge pitfalls or money pits. Extra cool because I love not far from where the team was. As I wind down the Topps sets, have to find more regionals to keep my 50’s stuff going. Plenty of cool little sets in the early postwar period

Also a chance to add a card of Artie Wilson, who played in seven Negro League all-star games.

Ooh! Since I am pretty sure I'll never have either Satchel Paige's 1949 Bowman or 1953 Topps cards, this will be as close as I can get.

At this point, Wilson is considered the last .400 hitter in the Majors. He hit .437 in 1948 and .421 in 1944. Not a lot of cards out there of him. His Remars (1949 and 1950) are nice additions.

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I am partial to the 1949 because of the bio.

I wouldn't mind having a Mother's Cookies or (especially) a Hage's. I do have this nice 1949 snapshot of him in action:

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The bio seems to elide a significant bit of history.

He holds the MLB record for highest batting average, single season by a catcher, minimum 250 plate appearances, hitting .399 in 1939.

Another player whose career was significantly altered by WW2, although not a big star or likely HOF'er, he missed 4 years in his prime, and was never the same.

My Artie, since cracked open.
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To be honest, the Negro Leagues were not what I would call "organized baseball." No reserve clause, team instability, and lots of non-league games. Not their fault, obviously, but the Negro Leagues were very, very high quality semi-pro leagues.

Well, let's not have that debate here; there is an entire thread devoted to it. MLB has spoken, game over. The NLs are MLs as much as the American Association, Union Association, Players League, and Federal League.