Aaron's first collectible?

[Bob Lemke]

That's the image I've seen, I don't think it is Aaron.

[jschris]

More major league ties in this picture:

Back row, far left is Charles "Chet" Morgan Jr., son of Chet Morgan Sr., an outfielder briefly with the Tigers in the 1930s.

And in the second row, third from the left, is Chuck Doehler, who just passed away a month or so ago. Though he never made it far professionally (he was a late-season fill in for the injured "John" Covington in 1952) as a player, Doehler has one of the most unique baseball connections you could ever imagine. Chuck was one of the last to see the earthly remains of Babe Ruth (long story, but Claire had the casket re-opened so that Chuck and his late-arriving teammates could place a ball with Babe), and one of the first to welcome the new HR King, Henry Aaron.

Several years ago, I purchased an original Bears team photo, complete with the mailing envelope. Alas, it's from 1951.

[drc]

An off topic tidbit is the U of Wisconsin Eau Claire supposedly is the coldest winter campus in the U.S.

[jschris]

Anyone who claims that has definitely crossed the foot bridge in the wintertime, and anyone who questions it definitely hasn't.

I've never been to UW-Superior, though.

[ElCabron]

Are you joking that it's not Aaron on the Clowns postcard, or being serious? It's funny, when you guys have an item with random white guys on some town team, suddenly they're all Joe Jackson. If they're black guys, they're all Josh Gibson. But then if another item with an easily identifiable player (say, Hank Aaron, for example) would make it so your "earliest collectible" of that player turn out not to be the earliest, suddenly you're skeptical.

The Hank Aaron postcard is absolutely 100% Hank Aaron. Not 99%. 100%. Sorry to ruin this big discovery, i.e. jackpot.

The wishful thinking of people on this board is way more annoying than any of the childish bickering or silly arguments. Mainly because it's always about greed. It's strange that no one makes great discoveries by identifying the "earliest collectible" of a player on an item they don't themselves own.

And for the record, I don't own the Aaron postcard. I did at one time. Because it's Aaron and it's awesome.

The Eau Claire premium is also super cool, btw. It's just not a postcard of Hank Aaron in the Negro Leagues.

-Ryan

[Bob Lemke]

Sorry, Ryan, I just don't see Aaron in that face.

Anybody else care to chime in?

[ElCabron]

I know, Bob. Maybe you should buy it and it will become crystal clear.

-Ryan

[ElCabron]

Here's a better scan. You can see they did some touch-up outlining to the original picture, as was common. Maybe that's what's making it look not quite right to you. Still not seeing it?

-Ryan