Big Thanks to Ed Hans for some nice Coupons, including one of my new favorites .......
Had to have this Kruger --- It has everything !!!! Typewriter front / way cool redemption punch / Buck Barker scribbling .............
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Babble time -- It's the St. Patty's parade in Savannah today. That's when all the tourists come and get sloppy drunk, and all the locals (like me) stay away:
Rudolph / a self made man -- He was a very successful pitcher (spit baller) in Toronto, but was annoyed he never got a major lg. chance. Often claiming he'd quit. So he wrote to many team presidents asking for try out, no responses. One day he recognizes a Braves coach on a train and corners him. He pestered the coach enough that he got a try out -- successful -- made team. The team was the 1914 Miracle Braves, which he did very well. In the WS, where Braves swept Athletics, he won both his games: Both complete, giving up only 1 run in each. So here we have a T206 player, who most (including me) just glance over turning into a very interesting Coupon player.
Kruger -- The most interesting aspect being that Baseball Reference shows he never played for Columbus (this may have been discussed before). During those years he played for Kansas City in the American Assoc. For those who care .......
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Fun, fun, Scott
