Lajoie family reunion

[T206Collector]

...do you have anything signed by him?

[canjond]

Rob - whenever I visit my grandmother in Daytona Beach, FL, I always visit the cemetary in which my granfather is buried. My grandmother always told me that a baseball player is buried nearby. So, a few years back, I had her show me the baseball player that is near my grandfather. Turned out to be Nap!

[bcbgcbrcb]

Rob:

Awesome assembly of Lajoies. Congrats!

[ethicsprof]

Rob,
seeing this is an absolute wonder to behold.
congratulations on acquiring such a top drawer collection of the Nap.

best,

barry

[bmarlowe1]

Rob -

Great display. Thought you might enjoy seeing this - I know it's not as good as the real thing, but here is a scan of a 1906 spring training photo that you probably haven't seen. It came from the Eels family.

[Boomer]

Very impressive. Congratulations. Now, how do you pronounce his name?

[sbfinley]

That is a spectacular collection. Looks amazing.

[sando69]

boomer-
start with the word "azure"...
add an "L" before the accented first syllable, & replace the "re" with the word "way"...
or, Lazjuwey
hope this is helpful!

[bijoem]

What an awesome collection! (and I see a familiar one or two )

The photo of the collection is missing something though.... you need another big one to balance it out better....

[andybecker]

too cool! thanks for sharing

[Merrillstoys]

I can't wait to tell my friend Brew, about this post.
He's the great,great,great, nephew of Nap.


Hey Mark,
My friends name sounds like WHAT without the T at the end of his name

[sando69]

merrill-
is it "whu" as in (the way i say) what, or "wha" as in doo-wa-diddy?
i would think that the latter would be THE correct french or canandian pronunciation, which would also require accenting the final syllable, as well... (Lazjwah).
i'd assume that the americanized version (Lazjuwey) is such because of the way american language treats "ie" as a suffix

[Jay Wolt]

Rob - Impressive collection.
Mark - nice team shot

[T206Collector]

Who lost at the battle of ole Waterloo?
I don't know, I don't know
Some say 'twas Na-po-le-on
Maybe it's true
Maybe so, I don't know
The pink sheets don't print
Mr. Bonaparte's face
No stories about him today
Cuz he never could hold down
That old second base
Like his namesake big Nap La-jo-ie!

[Doug]

Great stuff, thanks for posting it!

[Bill Stone]

Rob --fantastic ---which was the 1st? the most recent?

[Rob D.]

Bill,

I owned some Lajoies back in the day, then sold them when I soured on cards. When I started to assemble this group a couple decades later, I think the first was the orange border. The most recent is near dead heat between the W600 and the Rose postcard.

I should add that these are all cards the picture him with Cleveland. I consider the Lajoie/Philadelphia combination to be a bit sacreligious and won't be adding any of them to the "family."

[drdduet]

Beautiful collection Rob. Very impressive and Thank You for sharing.

[ksfarmboy]

Sweet cards Rob. I especially like the postcard issues. Thanks for letting us look.

Clint

[Mozzie22]

Wonderful cards! How long have you been collecting him?

[Tim Kindler]

Rob,
what an impressive display of patience and passion towards collecting! Your display is really enjoyable to look at. Thanks for posting!

Oh, another lajoie is on its way to you. I shipped out the e98 that you recently purchased from me on the bst. Thank you!

[justmike]

Funny story.I am a distant relative of Lajoie.Ironicly enough we just had a family reunion.Ok it was funny to me.
Mike

[drdduet]

MARK,

That spring training photo is off the charts. Great scan too. The clarity of that photo is remarkable.

[3-2-count]

Rob,
Those are "AWESOME" my friend.

[jbbama]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing..................

[FrankWakefield]

I've been seeing this thread for a few days, but thought it was about a real reunion of descendants and did bother with looking at it. In an idle moment this evening I looked, glad I did. Very impressive, Rob! Thanks for putting this 'family' up on the board.

FW