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GeorgeMy contract does not allow me to divulge my age. However, I did see the Brooklyn Dodgers play in Ebbets Field and I did see the New York Giants play in the Polo Grounds. And I do remember Red Barber broadcasting the Dodgers games and Mel Allen doing the Yankees, when PeeWee Reese and Phil Rizzuto were the shortstops. (Reese was better.)
Like Ted Zanidakis, I am a Senior Electronic Engineer, although, unlike Ted, I am not retired. In recent years I have designed circuits for satellites and space probes, including the Mars rovers and the Huygens probe, which went to Saturn. I have a few patents, and others pending, including some related to lithium ion batteries.
I am an avid baseball fan, and a member of SABR. I have played baseball forever, although my skills are now fading. My teams have played in tournaments in Cooperstown for many years, and I am very proud to have hit nine home runs in Doubleday Field in these games.
I collected baseball cards as a kid. I still have all of them, and they are the nucleus of my collection. I discovered T206 cards when I was in the Army, stationed at Fort Dix, and went to Philadelphia on a weekend pass. For some reason (was it fate?), I wandered into an antique store, found a shoebox full of T206's, and bought about 100 of them, mostly HOFers, for forty dollars. I was certain I was grossly overcharged, but figured I was entitled to the extravagance. Not until many years later did I discover what the cards were, that other people collected them, and that they were somewhat valuable.
My favorite cards today are my T206 Eddie Plank, which is ungraded but might be a 5 or 6 if it were graded, and my 1951 Bowman PeeWee Reese, which was my first card. If the Reese were graded it would be a 0 (if that grade exists). I now have almost every card from 1950-1962, and almost complete sets of T205 and T206. I also collect other T and N cards, including baseball and non-sports.