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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Did you ever play POKER for BB cards ? We graduated from Flipping cards to playing Poker
for them.
I can clearly recall four (or 5) of us gathered on our stoopes (spelling ?) and playing "5-card
draw" for 1950 and 1951 Bowmans. It didn't matter who we threw in the "pot"....we would
raise the ante with a Jackie Robinson or a Ted Williams. Best hand of playing cards would
take all Bowman BB cards in the pot.

And, the never-ending quest was for a Joe DiMaggio card. We kept spending our pennies
and nickles hoping to open a Bowman pack and find a Joe D. And, the suspense grew as each
new series was available.

After all, in early 1949 we were excited to tear open Leaf BB packs to find Joe D cards.
Alas, we were whispering the words......"where have you gone Joe DiMaggio ? "......way
before Simon and Garfunkel ever thought of the lyrics.

TED Z