CLOSED...1961 Topps $15 Auction...Day 36

[clydepepper]

Originally Posted by xplainer

With fifty bucks, can you share any stewardess stories. Would pay almost that ....for that.��
And you got a bump.

Would you settle for a waitress story?

WHAT DON'T YOU WANT?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdYXQ-IPZcc


Now, THAT'S a bump!


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[HercDriver]

It’s Friday, so you probably need to go to happy hour armed with a decent trivia question, so here you go. Who threw the last pitch in Colt Stadium in 1964, then threw the first pitch to open the Astrodome in 1965? If the bartender or the guy next to you comes up with Bob Bruce, then they earned that beer today. Is it just me, or does it look like Jerry Walker just told Lee Maye that he’ll be taking airplanes to games now? Have a great day!!

[frankbmd]

If you gave this commentary on a long haul international flight to Cairo or Taipei, I would love to see the reaction of your passengers.

The Chinese would be googling Lacy Starrald and the flight crew would be handing out prayer rugs. Many would offer you $50 just to land somewhere.

[HercDriver]

I just flew from Atlanta to San Fran and spent the whole five hours going over the Cubs/Indians World Series on the PA. People just love that stuff, Frank!!

[HercDriver]

I’m too tired to say much. My alarm goes off in a couple hours, so min run today. But I’ll give you Billy Martin to make it fair. Good night, my friends!!

[HercDriver]

OK, back at hime with the 'ol scanner, so here's five more cards with my morning Joe! A bit of a batting helmet theme with Cash and Gonzalez, as Cash was one of the last guys not required to wear a helmet, and Gonzalez was the first one to wear one with an ear flap. I love that card of Cash, I have to admit. I was too young to see him play, but anybody who would bring a table leg up to the plate to hit against Nolan Ryan, is my kind of guy. He did that, coming to bat as the last out during one of Ryan's no-hitters, but the ump turned him around to get a bat, with which he promptly popped out. He was also famous for coming back to a base ahead of where he left, during rain delays, trying to catch the umps off guard. Reading about him, he seemed like somebody that everybody enjoyed in the clubhouse. His 1961 card, showing his strong forearms, just make him look like a ball player. In a set of heads, this is one of the best. Enjoy!

[HercDriver]

Well...I guess I could tell you that Johnny Blanchard probably wish he would have dropped another finger or two when he called the pitch that Mazeroski hit to win the World Series, but that's just not obscure enough. So I'll tell you that another Johnny, Johnny Damon, became the 2nd MLBer in history to collect three hits in an inning, during a game in 2003. The Red Sox plated 10 runs that inning, with Damon just a homer short of the cycle in that first inning. The 2nd MLBer, you ask?!? Yes, the first is here today...Gene Stephens, who accomplished the feat, also for Boston, in 1953 during a 17-run inning. He spent most of his career backing up Ted Williams, but for one inning, one day, he did something The Splinter never accomplished.