1952 Bowman

ChiSoxCardboard · #1 12-04-2024, 12:52 PM

I see your Mays and your Schoendienst, but let's talk about that Smoky Burgess! One of those guys who was really well-regarded at the time and had a lot of staying power, but doesn't even really reach semi-star status for today's collectors. I've attached a screenshot of the writeup I did as part of a project I'm working on related to the 1965 Topps set. Cool ballplayer, I enjoyed learning about him!

Volod · #2 12-04-2024, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiSoxCardboard

I see your Mays and your Schoendienst, but let's talk about that Smoky Burgess! One of those guys who was really well-regarded at the time and had a lot of staying power, but doesn't even really reach semi-star status for today's collectors. I've attached a screenshot of the writeup I did as part of a project I'm working on related to the 1965 Topps set. Cool ballplayer, I enjoyed learning about him!

Smoky was a terrific pinch hitter in the latter years of his career. If his team was in a tight game in the late innings and had a runner on base, Danny Murtaugh would look down his bench at no one other than Burgess because he knew that Smoky would smoke a line drive down a baseline to get that guy home.

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