T206 Unique/Fun Fact Cards

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Answer: None. Even Mordecai had eight fingers total.

Brian

On a side note, does anyone know what trophy Hal Chase has in one of his cards?

[Bigdaddy]

Being from Virginia, I'm collecting the Virginia League subset of the SLers. Twelve cards, two from each of six Virginia cities: Danville, Lynchburg, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Richmond and Roanoke.

Having to keep this to some lesser-condition cards, but so far I'm at 5/12 and have not paid over $50 for a card yet.

[Sean]

Originally Posted by KMayUSA6060

On a side note, does anyone know what trophy Hal Chase has in one of his cards?

It was a trophy given to him by his teammates after he ended his holdout I think. Or something like that.

[slipk1068]

Originally Posted by Sean

It was a trophy given to him by his teammates after he ended his holdout I think. Or something like that.

That would be awesome to see. I wonder who owns it? Likely buried in some warehouse at the HOF never again to see the light of day.

[Gradedcardman]

Originally Posted by Sean

It was a trophy given to him by his teammates after he ended his holdout I think. Or something like that.

Actually he had a case of smallpox that kept him out of action until May of 1909. All the teammates had to be vaccinated and their belongings fumigated. When he returned to the lineup and came to bat the first time the team presented him with the "loving" cup. Just googled it and that sounded feasible via Baseball research.

[mybuddyinc]

Some GREAT ideas here Like them all

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Fun thread !!!!! Scott

[KMayUSA6060]

Originally Posted by mybuddyinc

Some GREAT ideas here Like them all

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Fun thread !!!!! Scott

Gonna have to add some of these to my collection.

Keep the fun facts coming! This is, well, fun!

[sreader3]

Here's a link to a contemporary article about Chase (Loving Cup) for those interested:

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...8loving+cup%29