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[tjisonline]

Originally Posted by Svabinsky78

I got this beautiful Hal Chase. Only my second T206. And I will be honest, I did not know how good of a player Chase really was. Also, something I did not know, sounds like personality wise he was quite a complicated person (putting it mildly). Really happy to add this card to my collection.

Glad you like it Phil. I still need that one (& the pink portrait) for my own t206 Hal Chase collection. Yeah, Chase would probably be in the HoF if he weren’t gambling degenerate & supposed game fixer
very happy it arrived on-time. Merry Christmas.

[Svabinsky78]

Originally Posted by tjisonline

Glad you like it Phil. I still need that one (& the pink portrait) for my own t206 Hal Chase collection. Yeah, Chase would probably be in the HoF if he weren’t gambling degenerate & supposed game fixer
very happy it arrived on-time. Merry Christmas.

Hal's story makes Pete Rose's gambling habits seems trivial

I found this interesting online article on him:

https://jacobpomrenke.com/black-sox/...-of-hal-chase/

[Bored5000]

My Secret Santa put a lot of effort into gifting me six different cards. I am always happy to get any Phillies cards, especially a pre-war Hall of Famer. I was only marginally familiar with the W516 set previously, so I was not even aware that poor Dave Bancroft was misnamed in the set.

You can't get much different than pre-war baseball and modern Formula One racing, but thank you, Secret Santa, for including one of my other interests. Ayrton Senna is one of my favorite drivers to collect because he was such a compelling (and tragic) figure, but I did not have any cards from the 1992 Grid set. I love any Senna cards that I did not have.

The Senna card is also the first time I have had a CSG slab in hand. They feel a little more substantial to me than some other slabs.

Thanks again for all your effort, Secret Santa. I love the cards.

[Bored5000]

I had to post my other four cards from Secret Santa separately. I kept getting a "failed" message. The top two cards are a pair of 1968 Topps cards. The bottom two cards are a pair of Upper Deck Hall of Famers. Thanks again, Secret Santa.