Thread: Baseball Cards - where obscure players become legends
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Old 08-12-2016, 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by BleedinBlue View Post
Ron Tomkins and Bill Denehy have an elevated status is most collections due simply to which guy Topps elected to pair them with on their rookie baseball cards. Tomkins shares a card with Johnny Bench and Bill Denehy is the guy sharing a card with Nolan Ryan.

Most of the T206 Southern League guys would have been lost to history if not chosen for a T206 card. Now they are highly sought after.
Agreed about the sharing of a rookie but Jerry Koosman shares the card with Ryan, not Denehy.
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