The thread with the Bob Lemke card creations - share and reminisce

[commishbob]

I 'met' Bob through his blog many years ago. I soon began picking up some of his fantasy cards to supplement my player collections. Sandy Koufax and Jackie Jensen cards come to mind. I need to pull them and scan them as most are no longer available on my (now retired) blog. He almost always sent along a bonus or two when I ordered.

When I was building the 1958 Topps set I knew the hole in the checklist at #145 left by the unissued Ed Bouchee card was going to gnaw at my 'completist' soul. But Bob's 'imagined' '58 Bouchee was the perfect placeholder. Bob actually had a couple of different versions of his Boushee available. I purchased the black background card (the '58 set is overloaded with yellow cards) but Bob sent both.

Bob Lemke was talented, knowledgeable, and generous. His passing was a great loss to our hobby.

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