TCMA past and present...

[DaClyde]

I just put together a blog post on the TCMA reprint cards that were produced for the various collecting kits and grab bags one used to see in the late 1980s. Would anyone care to give it a once over and point out anything blatantly wrong with it?

http://clydes-stalecards.blogspot.co...ollectors.html

My assumption/conclusion about the MLB logo on the backs of cards led to a lot more possible reprints than I originally thought were out there. Expert insight would be greatly appreciated by the more knowledgeable TCMA enthusiasts here.

[Minor Leaguer]

Just saying hello. I'm Chris. As my collection focus is first cards of players from my birth year of 1969 to about 1991, (I call it Reggie to Chipper, lol), TCMA minor league cards are very prominent in my collection. They are very hard to find in high-grade condition, if even at all. I'm enjoying the thrill of the chase. I think they are great cards and just wanted to say thanks!

[DaClyde]

Over on TradingCardDB.com, someone just posted asking for help identifying this card:



I did not realize TCMA had issued any collegiate sets. Was this the only one, and does anyone have any idea where I might be able to find the rest of the checklist?

[TCMA]

Originally Posted by DaClyde

I did not realize TCMA had issued any collegiate sets. Was this the only one, and does anyone have any idea where I might be able to find the rest of the checklist?

This is a funny story actually. From what my father tells me the team called him up and asked if he could do the cards, to which he agreed and offered to do them as a favor to the team. They sent him a team jacket as a thank-you though he wasn't expecting anything at all in return. That's typical of my dad.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by TCMA

This is a funny story actually. From what my father tells me the team called him up and asked if he could do the cards, to which he agreed and offered to do them as a favor to the team. They sent him a team jacket as a thank-you though he wasn't expecting anything at all in return. That's typical of my dad.

Very nice thing for your dad to do!!

[joeadcock]

Originally Posted by TCMA

This is a funny story actually. From what my father tells me the team called him up and asked if he could do the cards, to which he agreed and offered to do them as a favor to the team. They sent him a team jacket as a thank-you though he wasn't expecting anything at all in return. That's typical of my dad.

And I am glad you dad picked this particular team:
"IT'S ALL ABOUT THE U", as we hurricane alumni say

[TCMA]

Thought you guys might enjoy this article I just came across from 1983/1984. Not sure of the publication but I'm thinking it's a local paper:










[url=https://flic.kr/p/AzNP71]

[brian1961]

I enjoyed the article. Thanks for posting it. Your father looks just as I remember him at the Midwest Show at Troy, Michigan in July of '72.

Be that as it may, I would sure appreciate it if you would pump your Bronx-born father for any information and memories he may still have of the local 1953-55 Stahl-Meyer Franks baseball cards, as well as the hot dogs themselves. How much did they cost at the Polo Grounds?

---Brian Powell