Timely topical thread to show off your recently reinstated bad boy cards

[Leon]

Weaver, only known e100-2 orange, with an "Alfred" appearance on back.

[JollyElm]

A pair of rookies...

1963Rose537PSAbothFRONTSsm.jpg


...and (with Topps using the same photo) a year later, this one's a PSA 7 OC, but by ignoring the centering, I 're-graded' it myself...

1964rosemaskingtapegradesm.jpg

[paul]

Cicotte, after he threw the World Series.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by paul

Cicotte, after he threw the World Series.

Never seen that nice Cicotte card Paul. Which E121 related issue is it from?


Brian

[JackR]

Say it’s so…

[JimC]

Technically this image is from before he threw the Series game but I always equate it with the scandal.

[Brian]

Three's a charm.

[paul]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Never seen that nice Cicotte card Paul. Which E121 related issue is it from?


Brian

Brian, sorry for the delay. It's a Holsum Bread card. The front differs from the E135 because it lacks the card number.

Paul

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by paul

Brian, sorry for the delay. It's a Holsum Bread card. The front differs from the E135 because it lacks the card number.

Paul

And the font and spacing of the letters on the bottom border make it look just like an E121 card. My type card of Holsum has the same image of the player as seen in the E121 set. Cicotte is not included in the E121 sets, so that makes your Holsum Cicotte even more special, at least in my eyes.

Brian

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Leon

Weaver, only known e100-2 orange, with an "Alfred" appearance on back.

-
Love that card Leon!
-

[babraham]

Here's my W514 ChiSox subset that has all the 8 Men Out except for McMullin.

[scooter729]

I've always enjoyed the CJ image for Cicotte. The smile, the Sox uniform - perfect.

[Tom S.]

Originally Posted by scooter729

I've always enjoyed the CJ image for Cicotte. The smile, the Sox uniform - perfect.

Here's where the CJ image came from...plus it's got Weaver in it too.

[brianp-beme]

On Aug. 16, 1922, Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis charged Douglas with writing a letter to an opposing player (Les Mann of the St. Louis Cardinals) offering to desert the Giants, the team Douglas was pitching for, in order to hurt the team’s pennant chances, which Douglas did not deny.

If interested in Phil's story beyond the above passage that was paraphrased from the Hall of Fame website page, check out below:

https://baseballhall.org/discover/go...stellar-career

I show both the E120 American Caramel of 'Shufflin' and his W573 Type 2 strip card (blank backed, and the Type 2 versions have a similar but lighter green tint on front as seen on his E120, unlike the W573 Type 1 and 3, which are just plain black and white).

I am showcasing two Phil Douglas cards because I was mistakenly thinking his nickname was 'Whammy', but that was actually the nickname for William Douglas, a pitcher in the 1950's.

So my efforts to pull a double 'Whammy' on you all was doomed from the start. I guess instead I'll just be 'Shufflin' along with noggin bob-bobbin' down low with each step I take away from this post.

Brian (Phil is another player just shy of the 10 year MLB career required for Hall of Fame consideration)