Anyone strictly buy a single specific player?

[abothebear]

My grandfather told me one time that his favorite player when he was young was Schoolboy Rowe. I found a card of him, the Diamond Stars, and sent it to him in the mail. The next time I saw him he gave it back to me saying, "what I am I supposed to do with this?"

Since then, I have picked up a few more. And I have a vague notion of keeping after it.

[MVSNYC]

I heard there’s a guy on here who collects Cobb...I think his name is Jeff.

[pbspelly]

Just Billy Sullivan Jr. and Sr. stuff (as the signature below says). My grandfather and great grandfather.

[jerrys]

Anyone have any collectibles or memorabilia of: John Farrell 2nd Baseman St Louis NL. Played 1901-05.

[ValKehl]

Post-War: Pete Runnels & Mickey Vernon, who were my faves when I was a kid.
Pre-War: I started with Walter Johnson, then added Sam Rice, and more recently I added all the other players on the Wash. Senators 1924 (and only) Championship Team.

[Tennis13]

I collect 1933 Goudey. When I was a kid in Clearwater, Florida I would get to skip school 1 day per year and watch the Phillies with my grandpa at Jack Russell Stadium --- but for some reason I feel like it was always called Jack Russell Field by my family and friends--- and JR happens to have 2 cards in the 1933 set, so everytime I see one that catches my eye, I buy it. There are a few out there highly graded that are owned by a bid rigger name, so I refuse to buy those. Most others, though, I buy when I see them.

[Exhibitman]

Frank "Lefty" O'Doul is the greatest eligible position player not in the Hall of Fame. Over 970 games (30 shy of the 1,000 used for official records) from 1919 to 1934, Lefty averaged .349, winning two batting championships and setting the NL record for most hits in a season, which still stands. Not in any way a "homer" like Chuck Klein (whose numbers were greatly aided by playing in a small park in Philly), Lefty hit .352 at home and .347 on the road, proving he belongs among the elite hitters in history. After his days in the majors ended, he returned to the Pacific Coast League, where he was the longtime manager of the San Francisco Seals and later the San Diego and Seattle teams. He had a restaurant in San Francisco and was a bon vivant and man about town. Lefty was instrumental in organizing Japanese baseball, whose premiere team, the Giants, was named in his honor. Lefty is one of only 3 Americans in the Japanese baseball hall of fame. There are a number of rather rare Japanese cards of him. He is also one of the few players to have played for the Yankees, Dodgers and Giants while all 3 were in New York City. Lefty died on December 7, 1969. His epitaph reads "He was here at a good time and had a good time while he was here."

I find his story interesting and I used to visit his bar when I lived in SF.

[tjb1952tjb]

PCL legend Jigger Statz.........

[joshuanip]

Originally Posted by MVSNYC

I heard there’s a guy on here who collects Cobb...I think his name is Jeff.

Who’s cobb. Is he a HOF?

[ZiggerZagger]

Great thread -- I started collecting Ed FitzGerald cards about 4 years ago after a family friend who knew I was a vintage collector posted a pic of his '50B card on my Facebook feed.
She was right on -- I was a dead-ringer for Ed back in his younger days (from his '47-50 cards, roughly).

Now I look a bit older these days, as I'm sure Ed does as well (although he is apparently still going strong at 93!), but that neat realization was enough to kick me into collecting his cards.

A few years later, I've tracked down all but 1 card -- the '47 Signal Oil issue when he was with the Sacramento Solons. Other tougher issues were the Briggs (of course) and the Sunbeam.
I guess i also technically need a 1957 Topps #22 Jerry Snyder in PSA 8 or better, as the card was an error that actually used a picture of Ed FitzGerald instead of Snyder.
That said, you never know where a new find will come from -- I just found this '48 Pirates Postcard this week, incredibly.

It's been fun having this as a side project to Set collecting and other HOF player runs, which are more expensive and more predictable in nature.

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