Since I had the 1959 stack out to get the Aaron card listed, and since I don't have a lot of them left, I'm going to do a few days of those, I suppose. We'll start with this six-pack, featuring Dale Long. Everybody pretty much knows the story of Long's home run legend, but the back of his card mentions that he caught in two games the year before. Nothing special about that, except that he's a lefty. That's a pretty rare feat, also, for Mr Long. Not counting one-game catchers, who were probably an emergency, there have been 23 players to catch multiple games, left-handed. Most of those were before T206 cards were printed, so is it possible to find a left handed catcher on a baseball card? Well, yes there is! In 1969, you can see the flipped image of Larry Haney, so that doesn't really count. But check out the 1955 Doubleheader card of Long. His card is the only one I know of, featuring a lefty catcher. It's funny that his actual catching duties didn't occur until three years later, with the Cubs. There may be other cards the late 1800 issues, but they generally don't have gloves, so it's hard to tell. Hopefully you found that interesting with your coffee this morning. If not, well then I just hope your coffee was tasty...
BTW...the catcher cards ARE NOT part of the auction.
