March pick up thread

[irv]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

Congrats Ben on not only picking up that 52 Mathews but FINALLY finishing your 55 Bowman set.

Nice p/u's Irv....each p/u inches us both closer to the completion of this 52 set.

Added this 52 SMOKY to my set...down to 21 Hi#s to go for completion.

Great P/U, SFMS's. Glad to read you are almost there!

Originally Posted by JollyElm

Here's another beautiful card that is technically/mathematically off-centered (the back is centered nearly perfectly), but if I was around in the summer of '62, chewing a huge wad of gum, and broke this 'Stan the Man' out of a pack, it never would've entered my mind that it was 'flawed.' And I got it for a fraction of the cost of a straight 9...

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I'd take OC cards like that any day of the week! Nice P/U.

[71buc]

I'm in Arizona for Spring Training. Currently at the Dogers Rangers game. I picked up these autographs a moment ago. The stub is from Jenkins Career High 14 K game. Browne debuted 9/9/1965 in Koufax's perfect game. He told me it was a hell of an introduction to MLB Baseball. He talked to me a bit about the game to include the sound of Koufax's curve and the difficulty picking up his fast ball due to the haze caused by the smoke from Watts Riots fascinating conversation