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[BleedinBlue]

Ron Tomkins and Bill Denehy have an elevated status is most collections due simply to which guy Topps elected to pair them with on their rookie baseball cards. Tomkins shares a card with Johnny Bench and Bill Denehy is the guy sharing a card with Nolan Ryan.

Most of the T206 Southern League guys would have been lost to history if not chosen for a T206 card. Now they are highly sought after.

[almostdone]

Originally Posted by BleedinBlue

Ron Tomkins and Bill Denehy have an elevated status is most collections due simply to which guy Topps elected to pair them with on their rookie baseball cards. Tomkins shares a card with Johnny Bench and Bill Denehy is the guy sharing a card with Nolan Ryan.

Most of the T206 Southern League guys would have been lost to history if not chosen for a T206 card. Now they are highly sought after.

Agreed about the sharing of a rookie but Jerry Koosman shares the card with Ryan, not Denehy.
Drew

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by almostdone

Agreed about the sharing of a rookie but Jerry Koosman shares the card with Ryan, not Denehy.
Drew

Denehy shared Tom Seaver's rookie card, not Ryan's.

[bbcard1]

Although one could easily argue it was an anomaly, Jim Konstanty at least has a relatively recent MVP on which to hang his ball cap.

[mybuddyinc]

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[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by trdcrdkid

Denehy shared Tom Seaver's rookie card, not Ryan's.

Fun fact: Denehy and Seaver also appeared together, along with fellow rookie hurler Don Shaw, in a photo on Denehy's page in the 1967 Mets yearbook.