June Pickups

[ALR-bishop]

Nice high # card. His only season was 52. He was a sandlot player prior to 1952. An example of the many marginal players ( some never making it in the ML) and coaches that were included in the 52 Topps set during their contract wars with Bowman

[pclpads]

That is a great 6! Nice pick up! When I was on the grounds crew at SD Stadium '75 - '77, he was the Pirates trainer. I gave him his '52T and '53T to sign, which he happily did. But not B4 delightfully showing the cards around to younger Pirates in the dugout, who were young enough to be his kids. My impression nearly 40 years later: helluva nice guy!

[KCRfan1]

That's a great story Dave! Nice to have those kinds of memories to recall.

[bnorth]

Picked up these 3 1966 Topps off COMC today. They all have a nice slight print offset and everyone should have a Mossi card.

[kailes2872]

That Mossi is one handsome fellow

[Brianruns10]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Nice high # card. His only season was 52. He was a sandlot player prior to 1952. An example of the many marginal players ( some never making it in the ML) and coaches that were included in the 52 Topps set during their contract wars with Bowman

Funny you mention that. I was aware he only played in '52 and wrapped up his pro career in September of that year...so why did he have a Topps card in '53?

And speaking of marginal players in the '52 set...how about poor Johnny Kucab? He disappears after '52, this is his only card, and it seems to be the lowest valued card in the whole high series. I've seen cards of his that have sat on ebay for years. He just doesn't sell.