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Posted By: Chris Counts

It's not a baseball card, but it's looks more like one than the '38 Wheaties panel, which I've never liked, although I'm a big fan of several other Wheaties sets. It's remarkable that Lou never ended up on a card because he was quite a good pitcher for a couple years. I have a couple 1938 Wheaties ads (if you've never seem them, they're worth checking out) from Saturday Evening Posts, and Lou is featuring with several other baseball stars, and he's the only one not in the Hall of Fame today. I picked up this signed snapshot a few weeks ago. I'm guessing it dates from 1937 ...