1888 N162 Cap Anson (SGC 20) For Trade / Sale

[Herpolsheimer]

Bump....

[Moesalty]

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[Leon]

Originally Posted by Herpolsheimer

Bump....

Longest bump of a for sale item I have ever seen on the board. Good luck!!

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[1952boyntoncollector]

Cap Anson passed the magical total base total of 4500 and finished with 4592 good for 43rd of all time...i heard there was a massive countdown to that magical 4500, and people all knew what they did the day he broke that magical number..

..yeah he was 7th in all time hits but lets celebrate the total base accomplishment given the era he was in..

[Scocs]

Let's not celebrate him too much -- he was singlehandedly responsible for helping to keep African-Americans out of organized professional baseball...

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Scocs

Let's not celebrate him too much -- he was singlehandedly responsible for helping to keep African-Americans out of organized professional baseball...

Man we could also not celebrate many of the U.S. Presidents and founding fathers if want to go that route

[Scocs]

I don't really want to hijack this seller's thread, but there were several blacks in pro baseball until Anson personally saw fit to end it.

I would rather have an Oscar Charleston or John Heny Lloyd card in poor condition than an Anson card in gem mint.

But good luck to the seller on this undeniably aesthetically beautiful card!

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by Scocs

I don't really want to hijack this seller's thread, but there were several blacks in pro baseball until Anson personally saw fit to end it.

I would rather have an Oscar Charleston or John Heny Lloyd card in poor condition than an Anson card in gem mint.

But good luck to the seller on this undeniably aesthetically beautiful card!

What about the large gap between when Anson stopped playing and when Jackie started to play, theres probably a lot more blame to go around on celebrated HOF players than Anson...

[gracecollector]

Originally Posted by Scocs

I don't really want to hijack this seller's thread, but there were several blacks in pro baseball until Anson personally saw fit to end it.

I would rather have an Oscar Charleston or John Heny Lloyd card in poor condition than an Anson card in gem mint.

But good luck to the seller on this undeniably aesthetically beautiful card!

Saying Cap Anson "singlehandedly" kept blacks out of pro ball is laughable. It was the team owners, and later commissioner Landis, that had the power to do so, and did. No one singlehandedly created the color line - it was a group effort. Anson's racism was just the most reported. Many others at the time and throughout the next 60 years had the same opinions, both players and management.

[cammb]

Originally Posted by Scocs

Let's not celebrate him too much -- he was singlehandedly responsible for helping to keep African-Americans out of organized professional baseball...

I do celebrate him for being the ballplayer that he was. This is just PC nonsense. Thanks for the hijack!