Billy Pierce and Charles Bender
Pierce pitched in the first game i saw live (1960 at Yankee Stadium) and I sort of latched on to him from that although, as a Baltimore native, I'm an Orioles fan. I communicated with BP during his later years. He was a prince.
I was given a book about Bender some years back and found his story to be fascinating. A unique guy with many interests and relatively affordable cards for a pre-war HoFer.
