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			I was always interested in who Memo Luna was on card 222 of the '54 Bowman set, and over the years I kept an ever growing file on this one-game wonder who managed to get his own baseball card. Last week I finally wrote the story of Memo Luna, the first Mexican-born southpaw in the majors  | 
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			Gary, very impressive research and article. Thanks for sharing that.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Great article - thanks for the insight. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			That card always stuck out from the rest of the set, almost like a Sid Finch card stuck into a Topps set. Now, we know the rest of the story... 
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			Thanks for the nice words about my story, and most of all, thanks for posting a copy of the card. I was trying to find my copy but I must have shuffled it somewhere when I was putting everything back in my Memo Luna file after I was done writing it.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Thanks for posting.  I've had his card signed for a while. And new he was an obscure player. It's great to know the story behind his career and life.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
			
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