T206TheMonster.com

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

Scott, very nice site I think it looks nice and will be a fun project let me know if I can help.

Cheers,

John

Thanks John - very much appreciated. So far I have ZERO pages set up as envisioned, so there is a lot of work to do. When my job ends in April I will have literally all day to work on baseball-related activities such as this, so that's when I expect this to take off. Believe me - I have tons of ideas.

[Jerry G]

It sounds like it could very informative and lots of fun.

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Thanks John - very much appreciated. So far I have ZERO pages set up as envisioned, so there is a lot of work to do. When my job ends in April I will have literally all day to work on baseball-related activities such as this, so that's when I expect this to take off. Believe me - I have tons of ideas.

Scott, sounds cool! Know the feeling only so many hours in the day.....

Cheers,

John

[mrvster]

Scott,

Good luck with site!!

well organized....i checked out your cards for sale....kinda broke lately, but good to window shop!!if u come across any beater ab 460 350 no frame sov 460 or piedy 42, lmk....put em aside!!might take a while before i take care of some billz...




Johnny D- Dots Miller!!

[tedzan]

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Simon Nicholls was a very devoted family man, who so loved his Maryland farm, that when Connie Mack scouted him from the Maryland
Agricultural College (now Univ. of Maryland), Simon would commute to Philadelphia from his farm. Simon was one of the first graduates
from this College. And, Connie Mack preferred to have College guys on his A's team. Nicholls' life story is the "stuff" that used to inspire
some great true life Hollywood BB movies.

Connie Mack acquired Nicholls at the end of the 1906 season. Simon was an average hitter, but an excellent shortstop. One of Nicholls'
best days at bat was on Opening Day of Shibe Park on April 12, 1909. He got a Double, 2 Singles, and a Walk. He scored 4 Runs to win
the 1st game at the A's new Stadium....in front of an unprecedented 35,000 fans.

December 1, 1909, Connie Mack traded Nicholls to Cleveland. This trade hurt Nicholls, since it took him away from his family and farm.
So, after 3 games with Cleveland, Nicholls retired. That season he connected with Jack Dunn, Manager of Baltimore (Eastern League),
who was impressed with Nicholls' play and made him field captain in 1911. Unfortunately, Nicholls contracted typhoid fever and died at
the young age of 28 on Mar 12, 1911.

Nicholls 350 Series T206 card (with bat pose) was actually intended by American Lithographic as a 350/460 series subject. Proof of this
is found in the SOVEREIGN "350/460" group of 66 subjects. Furthermore, his card was printed with an American Beauty 350 (No Frame)
back. However, this card of Nicholls was not printed with any 460 series backs. I'm sure this was due to his Major League career ending
in early 1910 (prior to the printing of any of the 460 series backs).


TED Z

a.k.a......T-Rex TED

[Runscott]

Thanks Ted,

I'll probably get the page created tonight or sometime tomorrow.

[Runscott]

Ted, Nicholls has been added. If you want to change anything (add pics, modify text), just send me an email.

Also, your Plank info is great - could you organize that and send in a format like you would like it to appear? Same for Powers.

Thanks

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Ted, Nicholls has been added. If you want to change anything (add pics, modify text), just send me an email.

Also, your Plank info is great - could you organize that and send in a format like you would like it to appear? Same for Powers.

Thanks

edited to add: just re-did the Bender page - if anyone can explain the order of release, it would be greatly appreciated. In my mind, 'trees' came first and was replaced with 'no trees', but I'm probably wrong, as the artwork upgrade makes that seem illogical.