October Pickups

[kamikidEFFL]

great buys so far for the month of October. I really do enjoy these threads. Seeing the monthly pickups. Its amazing some of the beautiful pieces that has survived this long.

[Koufax32fan]

Here are 4 cards that I bought at a local show today - thanks Tony for the Monster Cards! I saw a Bresnahan earlier in this thread. I forgot (did I ever know?) that he finished his career with the Cubs (player manager in 1915). Not to turn this into one of those HOF threads, but if not for the shin guards would he have been elected (in 1945 by the Veterans Committee)? I like the McGraw pose in his sweater.

[Matvoo]

Still quiet for me havent found something yet but Im eying some cards but dont know if i should pull the trigger

[Peter_Spaeth]

Good luck keep us posted.

[T206Collector]

Originally Posted by Matvoo

Still quiet for me havent found something yet but Im eying some cards but dont know if i should pull the trigger

Keep at it! You almost won some caramels in my BST auction. Patience...

[MattyC]

Been all about the Post War lately and just realized this is Pre War. I think Greenberg is tragically underappreciated; the guy's performance was amazing and he lost prime years to the war. Was otherwise a lock for 500+ HRs. Love the error factor on this classic card, too.

[itjclarke]

Nice card. Greenberg was a total beast. Think there's a pretty solid collecting niche for him, as evidenced by multiple people ordering his signed '34 Goudey soon after it popped up on eBay as well as JV's sight. Too bad for me, two sales doesn't make two cards!

[Peter_Spaeth]

He was out almost an entire season at age 25, lost 4 seasons to the war, essentially had only 2 full seasons after age 29, and was gone at 36. With any semblance of a normal career, he would have retired close to or ahead of Foxx.

[Luke]

Does anyone know why he retired? I wouldn't if I lead the league in RBI at age 36. Also, that is a sick OPS for his career

[Brian Van Horn]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Been all about the Post War lately and just realized this is Pre War. I think Greenberg is tragically underappreciated; the guy's performance was amazing and he lost prime years to the war. Was otherwise a lock for 500+ HRs. Love the error factor on this classic card, too.

There is a documentary on him out there entitled "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" and I enjoyed picking up this piece on him recently, albeit a bit O/T:

[MattyC]

I gotta watch that. Peter puts it well up above. The guy's numbers are just cartoonishly great. That string of .400+ OBP and .600 slugging is bananas. The guy goes to war, comes back, and at age 35 leads the league in bombs again. What a pimp.

[itjclarke]

Originally Posted by Brian Van Horn

There is a documentary on him out there entitled "The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg" and I enjoyed picking up this piece on him recently, albeit a bit O/T:

Yes! This is the movie I saw. I don't remember completely, but seem to think he was upset at being traded to Pittsburg, and that factored into his retiring relatively young.

Regardless, fans should cut players some slack for leaving (better teams, better cities/lifestyle, more money), because teams/owners made plenty of cold hearted trades back in the days prior to free agency.