1887 A.D. (Here comes de judge)

[z28jd]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Beautiful Tyng John.


That Jordan is one of my favorite poses too.

Thanks Matt. Those are two of my favorite cards. When I first saw that Jordan card, I had to have it.

I like how you put Cook, Rooks and Crooks in the same picture. I pictured the scene from Electric Company where they say the words back and forth Cook-Rooks-Crooks

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by z28jd

Thanks Matt. Those are two of my favorite cards. When I first saw that Jordan card, I had to have it.

I like how you put Cook, Rooks and Crooks in the same picture. I pictured the scene from Electric Company where they say the words back and forth Cook-Rooks-Crooks

Ha! Thanks John.

[Joe_G.]

Great cards of some tough players. Here are some of the easier Detroits with decent images.

[RCMcKenzie]

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Here is a former Barker card and a poor Mack RHH and I have a Tebeau Time on the way. Spider's MGR more to come..

[DixieBaseball]

Rob - Nice Barker stamp... Some really nice photo quality on this thread as well.

[z28jd]

Refusing to let this thread die! Here are two Pittsburgh players you don't see too often and two cards of Monk Cline, who I just decided the other day to try to get all five poses of since I had two nice ones already

[z28jd]

One more post for today. Back when the law firm of Miller, Masson and Gonsowski asked me to help out with the Old Judge book, among other things, I took on the task of researching the bios. One particular player, who wasn't in my group, remained a mystery until near the end. So I spent a week trying to figure out if there really was a Whiteacre, or was it Pat Whitaker spelled wrong, like it had been suggested for many years. The name "Whiteacre was listed on the Reserve List for the Philadelphia Athletics over the Winter of 1887-88, but no player with that name ever played minor/major league ball. After searching daily for hours a day, I finally stumbled upon an obscure book about the town of Kennett Square, Pa with an 1886 team photo of the town's amateur team and in the corner was a match, a man named Harry Whiteacre! This card may only be a psa1, but it is one of my favorite cards because 120 years later, he finally had a name and wasn't misidentified as someone else from the set anymore.