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Posted By: barrysloate

I know Ted for almost 25 years now. He has a near photographic memory, so while I don't think he has all those very long lists memorized, I wouldn't be shocked if he did.

I've told this story before, but when I first came into the hobby my collecting passion became 1949 Bowmans. There was something about that set that I found very compelling. My reference source was an article that Ted and Ralph Triplette wrote jointly for Baseball Cards Magazine in 1983. I was amazed that anybody could know so much about a set of baseball cards. One night I get a phone call from someone wishing to purchase a few 49B's from one of my SCD ads. Sure enough, it was Ted himself. There I was, a hobby beginner getting to speak to the author of my favorite article! I can still picture that phone call, all these years later.