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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Jared
The T206, CJ, and Goudey (1933) cards interest me. I wanted to collect just a handful of cards from each set, and my first thought was HOFers, but I've decided that was way too ambitious/expensive. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Larry
I've heard that Donie Bush is directly related to the famous Bush family. He does look a lot like the president. Not sure how closely he is related to them? Maybe someone else here knows for sure? |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Steve f
The Hal Chase is a good read. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Mark L
It's a good approach. Get yourself a copy of a book such as The Glory of Their Times, read the stories, and you will develop a good understanding of the players whose cards you are collecting. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: sean
also, pick up SABR's deadball era stars books. They are FASCINATING |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: davidcycleback
You could go with common players who won league titles, like batting titles or stolen base titles. There will be a few of those. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Rhett Yeakley
Arky Vaughan (very underappreciated HOFer) died from drowning on a fishing trip, he was only 40 years old. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Larry
That Ed Morris story is bizarre. Stabbed at his own honarary banquet? "for he's a jolly good fellow"....hurry, get him boys! |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Steve M.
Players of some notoriety are a good way to collect. Here’s one that I collect: |
#10
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: paulstratton
"Common" players who have won 30+ games in a single season. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Kevin Cummings
I think Lena Blackburne would be a great T206 candidate. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Rich Klein
Not to over beat my favorite dead horse -- but if you join SABR -- there is a wonderful group called the Bioproject Committee which contains excellent bios of over 500 players with many more to come. Everyone has a story; some on the field; some off the field. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Darren
Deacon Phillipe |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Steve M.
Interesting site, interesting stories, might give you some good ideas. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: John S
Jack Quinn, who can be found on both early t-cards and 1933 Goudey. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Bob Pomilla
Another interesting site, if you're not already aware of it. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Justin
Harry Bay, an SL'er in the T206 was considered faster than Cobb or anyone else in baseball. Apparently early footage exists of him running the bases. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Jeff Prizner
Hank Gowdy |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Max Weder
You don't need to be a member of SABR to access the Bioproject. It's at http://bioproj.sabr.org/ |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: David
Don't forget about poor Fred Snodgrass, who dropped a routine fly ball in the 1912 World Series to give the championship to the Boston Red Sox. McGraw felt so bad, that he gave Snodgrass a $30,000 bonus. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: peter chao
I'm not sure if there are any prewar cards of this guy, but he started his career with the Cubs in 1941. Eddie Waitkus, what is he known for? |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Justin
Waitkus was shot by a female 'admirer'. His story became the basis for "The Natural". |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: peter chao
Now, are there any prewar cards of this guy? |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Justin
As far as I can tell his first cards are 1947 Tip Top Bread, and he has an Exhibit postcard. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: matt
One of the most successful minor league managers in history, Jake Atz's early life is unknown. Atz claimed to have been born as John Jacob Zimmerman and that he changed his name when players on his club were paid alphabetically - and the money ran out before it reached the Zs. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Tom Hufford
That's a story that supposedly Jake Atz told, but I've never found anything to back up his claim that he was born Zimmerman. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Ed McCollum
how, or where, are you getting census information? Maybe that is just public record, but I've never heard of anyone just able to find that kind of stuff out. Might help me in my quest to find out more about an early collector. Thanks. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: brian
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Marc
The best story is about how Ed Delehanty died at Niagara Falls in 1903. Or was he murdered? |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Dave S
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: peter chao
Nice Exhibit card, thanks Dave. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Justin
How about One-Arm Daily? |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Anonymous
He remains the only man with a four-homer game to his credit to also have a game in which he hit four doubles. The same year Delahanty collected hits in 10 consecutive at bats, and in the 1890 and '94 seasons, he tallied six-hit games...(Wikipedia) |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Marc
I know Ed Delahanty isn't a 'common', but I just wanted to say I find his story the most fascinating. I've read baseball books that indicate he may have been murdered on the track and thrown overboard. The fact there was also a 35 year old woman found also leads many to believe they were both murdered. I'm not sure if there ever was a documented connection between the two. Just too coincidental. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: joe brennan
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Justin
Delahanty wasn't murdered, there really isn't any evidence to suggest that. He was drunk, got booted off a train and fell from a bridge in the middle of the night. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: joe brennan
Justin, |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Marc
Justin, you might want to read other books on that story about Ed Delahanty if you get a chance. It wasn't quite as simple as you seem to think his death was. There is good reason to believe he MAY have been murdered. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: joe brennan
Marc, Really? Very interesting. Can you give me the crib note version? |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: Misunderestimated (Brian H.)
I've read 2 books about Delahanty and his peculiar death -- Sowell's book "1904...." about his death, and the more recent bio "Delahanty and Emerald Age of Baseball" -- and I don't think it could have been murder (ie homicide). At most you could argue that someone was negligent but there is no suggestion that anyone really intended to kill the man. I recall that they investigated his death pretty thoroughly at the time and no "new evidence" has emerged since. |
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"Common" Players with Interesting Stories?
Posted By: barrysloate
I read a Delahanty biography too, and on the night he died he was acting pretty rowdy. In fact, the last months of his life his behavior was very erratic and he was in some kind of depression, which caused him to drink. |
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