Specialized Catalog Cuban Cards Answer

[Roland 49]

2 days ago I sent you a photo of the Hit and Run game, I do not remember if I sent it earlier, you told me that sometimes days go by and because of your complications you do not enter the thread, now you have the complete set of 40 Vasallo cards, when you see it, let me know,

[Roland 49]

The collection of the 1928 Billiken and La Moda cigars with the Cincinnati players is very rare, now I show you a small part of the photo used for one of the cards of that collection, the ad is shown in the rubber stamp stamped in the photo original file.

[Roland 49]

Yesterday I showed part of a photo that was used to print the 1928 Billiken cards, now you will see one of the sheets of my catalog where this collection appears, below a propaganda photo of the series that measures 8x10 inches, I ask those who see this Thread that they publish the cards they have from this rare collection, I would appreciate it if you would.

[Butch7999]

Hola de nuevo, Roland! Nuestras disculpas por mantenerlo esperando. Lamentamos saber de los problemas de salud
en su familia, pero nos complace saber que se están recuperando. ¡Usted administra su tiempo mucho mejor que nosotros!

Le sugerimos que podría quedarse sin cosas para mostrar sólo como una broma amistosa, debido a la cantidad
de cosas maravillosas que ya ha demostrado! ¡Esperamos que nuestra traducción computarizada no te haya dado
una mala impresión!

Gracias por el anuncio de Hit & Run! No habíamos visto ni sabido nada de este juego. ¿Tienes más de eso para mostrar?

Muchas gracias también por el vistazo al juego completo de las tarjetas de Café Vassallo! ¡Fascinante!
Saludos cordiales --

[Roland 49]

B7999, don't worry, I immediately realized that it was a friendly joke, just like when I was wrong and I posted a photo of the Dodgers and I put one of my 1954 Dodge car, and you said that you were half an hour looking for the team, that It made me laugh, thanks for worrying about the health of my family, it is getting better little by little, every day I have to take her to the hospital for a treatment, a few minutes ago I came back, as for the game Hit and Run I don't have much, Now you will see some small cards with the names of some players, I got them a long time ago and for something that I found out at that time I put the plastic box where I keep that name, but perhaps it was that they really belong to that game, now you will see some with the names, when you see it, let me know so you can see more, greetings.

[Roland 49]

Now I show you another Hit and Run group.

[Butch7999]

Hola Roland, gracias de nuevo por un vistazo a estas pequeñas partes peculiares del juego!
Sería muy interesante saber cómo se jugó el juego.

¡Nos complace escuchar que la Sra. Roland está mejorando! Le deseamos lo mejor a ella y a usted.

También nos preocupaba que tú no pudieran continuar su conversación aquí -- leímos en las noticias
esta mañana que hay una nueva ofensiva contra Internet en su país. Nos complace verte todavía aquí!
(¿O no estás donde hemos inferido que realmente estás ubicado?)

Saludos cordiales --

[Cubanralph]

Originally Posted by Roland 49

Leon, I'm glad you liked that information on the Detroit test sheet in the "Cabanas" cards. Now I'll show you the complete sheet on one of the pages of my Specialized Catalog and its cover. When you see it, let me know to show you something else related to Detroit's visit to Cuba.

Rolando, he leido tu catalogo y te felicito. Has hecho un trabajo ejemplar. No existe ningun otro tomo como el que has hecho. Hacia falta esto con tal de educar al publico y coleccionistas en general. Te apoyo en tu labor.

[Roland 49]

Ralph in your message in Spanish you wrote: 'Rolando, I have read your catalog and I congratulate you. You have done an exemplary job. There is no other volume like the one you have made. This was needed in order to educate the public and collectors in general. I support you in your work. "Now I answer you in English: Ralph, thank you very much for what you say about my catalog, my intention is that everyone knows more about Cuban baseball, and its memorabilia in general and I try to do it with my modest knowledge. Best possible, it is almost 40 years of research that I have dedicated to fulfill that purpose.

[moranbpc8]

Hola Senor Roland 49:
Lo siento mucho por favor. Mi espana no es bueno. Como es possible a comprar su libro Cuban Card Catalogue. Gracias por su assistencia.
moranbpc8

I am sorry. My Spanish is not very good. How is it possible to purchase your book Cuban Card catalogue. Thank you for your assistence.
Sincerely,
moranbpc8

[Roland 49]

Brian, now I read your message and I answer you, currently due to covid19 there is a complicated situation since the beginning of this year, only 10 numbered catalogs have been printed, of these 4 are Cuban, 3 are in the United States that were sold on ebay and There are 3 others that I have waiting to be taken away since February, but nobody has been able to come to look for it, not to mention that some friends of mine in the US have asked me Puerto Rico etc. The first to arrive takes them and then I will send more to print, I think that the covid situation will soon normalize, if the first one to arrive in Cuba is the one from Spain then he will sell them on ebay

[Roland 49]

I don't remember if I showed you this complete Parchis game.

[aljurgela]

Enjoy

[Roland 49]

You have shown 2 excellent cards, Charleston and O'Neill, yesterday in my other thread I showed you the scan of your Lloyd de la Mallorquina card along with others from Almendares when that card was mine a few years ago, I don't know if you saw it, now I show you a photo that I took to my catalog of a fragment of one of the sheets of the Sports Almanac collection and you will see O'Neill, on the uncut sheet in a block of 8 Cards.

[Butch7999]

Hola Roland, gracias! Sí, el juego de Parchi De Portivo es uno de los pocos con los que estamos familiarizados,
pero nunca hemos podido identificar al fabricante. ¿Sabes quién fue el fabricante, o el año de producción?
Saludos cordiales --

[JMANOS]

Wonder what that would fetch in todays world $$$$$$$$$$$

[Roland 49]

You ask me that a new Cuban card of Babe Ruth was discovered, well about that I don't know anything, I would have to see the photo, you have that image, can you show it to me?

[Roland 49]

From the Cuban baseball memorabilia, now I show a bottle of the Habana team drink, it is from my collection to have its original painting and it is in my very good state of conservation but it has a very special characteristic and that is that this bottle has never been opened, it has Its cork and is sealed with the factory label on top of the cork and of course it has the drink added since the late 40s. In my collection are those of the 4 teams with their original paint, they were made with pitchers and batters.

[ZenPop]

Wow... That's absolutely wonderful!!!!
A beautiful art piece.

Originally Posted by Roland 49

From the Cuban baseball memorabilia, now I show a bottle of the Habana team drink, it is from my collection to have its original painting and it is in my very good state of conservation but it has a very special characteristic and that is that this bottle has never been opened, it has Its cork and is sealed with the factory label on top of the cork and of course it has the drink added since the late 40s. In my collection are those of the 4 teams with their original paint, they were made with pitchers and batters.

[Roland 49]

Now I show bracelets from Almendares and Habana, each of them has several medallions with different drawings,

[Roland 49]

John, now I show you a photo of smaller bottles, you will see below on the labels the different drinks that they brought, I have the complete collection.

[ZenPop]

Those would make an absolutely beautiful display!!
Amazing art pieces. Thank you, Rolando!

Originally Posted by Roland 49

John, now I show you a photo of smaller bottles, you will see below on the labels the different drinks that they brought, I have the complete collection.

[Roland 49]

John, I show you a Havana ornament with the lion and the ball, maybe you haven't seen it.

[Roland 49]

In this photo, Martín Dihigo appears at the time he was an announcer for a sports radio station, interviewing Mike González.

[Roland 49]

There are two models of wall plates, the openwork and the smooth, they were manufactured in 4 sizes, for the 4 professional teams: Almendares Habana Cienfuegos and Marianao, the complete collection consists of 32 plates, 16 openwork and 16 smooth, now I show what 4 sizes of the openwork dishes of the Almendares.

[Roland 49]

Yesterday I showed you the 4 sizes of the openwork plates, now you will see the 4 of the non-openwork ones, which I call smooth, these are somewhat rarer and older, if you want to see the complete collection, let me know.

[Roland 49]

B7999, this image is from a Play Ball game, the figures are cut out in relief I photographed them on a blank paper, your question about Parcheesi, is from the late 40s or early 50s, when I have time I will look for them to see if you have any information about the manufacturer.

[Butch7999]

¡Hola, Roland! Gracias por mostrar esas figuras de Almendares / Habana, y todas las fotos anteriores,
alfileres, decantadores, insignias y platos también, ¡magníficos!

Estamos confundidos por estas figuras de Almendares/Habana, ¿están jugando piezas de un juego?
¿Elementos de exhibición de pie? No podemos imaginar cómo se usaron ...

Saludos --

[Roland 49]

I was always an Almendarista, from 1962, when the National Series began and the Industriales team emerged, that's my team, now you will see some souvenirs from Industriales.

[Roland 49]

From the Cuban baseball memorabilia you will now see a table lamp from the Almendares.

[Roland 49]

Last night I sent these cards to my friend the expicher Pedro Ramos and a few minutes ago I connected to my emails and the answer was: "Not only do I not have it but I have never seen it" in the other thread I published other cards before that I show him and Ramos' response.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Roland 49

Last night I sent these cards to my friend the expicher Pedro Ramos and a few minutes ago I connected to my emails and the answer was: "Not only do I not have it but I have never seen it" in the other thread I published other cards before that I show him and Ramos' response.

That's very cool, Roland...

[Roland 49]

Leon, I always try to please everyone and those players that I saw play in Cuba in the 50s, and I know they feel happy seeing their things that has happened to everyone, on a regular occasion of Monte Irvin's visits to my house Each time for more than 5 hours, they saw things that they had never seen, Max Manning's daughter saw on their tours that they did not talk about her father and she thought that no one knew him in my house, show a lot of her father, photos, balls signed, autographs, cards etc and she got excited every time she saw something, and was happy to see that I took care of her things, that has happened with all the players of that time, some deceased, others are still alive, but they all became great my friends. Ramos wrote me yesterday the following "Thank you for saving those memories because otherwise we would be forgotten, thank you, thank you." Now I will show a weekly program and score card from 1959-60 that I show Ramos along with others of him, I remember that when I entered the Stadium my father always bought them and gave them to me, I keep many of them.

[Roland 49]

Now I show you a photo of Cienfuegos when they won the May 1955-56 championship on the back signed by all the players.

[Roland 49]

This is a cover photo of Cinema magazine announcing the movie "Honor y Gloria" played by Roberto Ortiz, one of the best hitters in Cuban baseball.

[Roland 49]

From the memorabilia of Cuban baseball I show you 2 bucaros from Las Bailarinas, I have those from the 4 teams, they are rare.

[Roland 49]

Now you will see from the Cuban Memorabilia a Christmas tree ball in the shape of a scorpion from the Almendares of the 50s. It is made of glass.

[Roland 49]

Other photos, continuing the other thread, in one we see an image of what happened, and Almendares decided to take Strike out of the game to please McGraw since they had not played for more than an hour and more than 15,000 spectators were restless, as the game continued. Almendares won the game with his pitcher Bombin Pedroso, in the other photo McGraw is seen at the end of the game getting into the car.

[Roland 49]

Now I show the card of pitcher Raquel Antunez, from the Sports Almanac Album, playing for the Camaguey team of the La Federación championship at the La Tropical Stadium.

[Roland 49]

Now I show a complete collection of bucaros from the 4 professional Cuban baseball teams.

[Roland 49]

This is a 50s tobacco ring with the face of pitcher Pedro Ramos

[Leon]

Late response but that's pretty cool, Roland.

Originally Posted by Roland 49

Leon, I always try to please everyone and those players that I saw play in Cuba in the 50s, and I know they feel happy seeing their things that has happened to everyone, on a regular occasion of Monte Irvin's visits to my house Each time for more than 5 hours, they saw things that they had never seen, Max Manning's daughter saw on their tours that they did not talk about her father and she thought that no one knew him in my house, show a lot of her father, photos, balls signed, autographs, cards etc and she got excited every time she saw something, and was happy to see that I took care of her things, that has happened with all the players of that time, some deceased, others are still alive, but they all became great my friends. Ramos wrote me yesterday the following "Thank you for saving those memories because otherwise we would be forgotten, thank you, thank you." Now I will show a weekly program and score card from 1959-60 that I show Ramos along with others of him, I remember that when I entered the Stadium my father always bought them and gave them to me, I keep many of them.

[mrreality68]

This entire thread is filled with amazing photos of so many different types of collectibles and so much history.

Easy to get distracted from your collections with so many other great items and history out there.

Keep Them coming we enjoy seeing it

[Roland 49]

Leon, I thank you for the answer since you are very busy in the responsibility of this wonderful forum, greetings. Jeffrey, I'm so glad you like what I'm showing and thank you for expressing it. Now you will see 2 programs of the American Series in La Tropical from the years 1941 and 1942.

[Roland 49]

This is a very rare pennant with the face of Conrafo Marrero from the Almendares team.

[GeoPoto]

Conrado E. "Connie" Marrero Ramos. Pitcher for the Washington Senators in 1950-1954. 39 wins and 3 saves in 5 MLB seasons. 1951 All-Star. After long and successful career in Cuba, he made his MLB debut at age 38 in 1950. His best season was 1952 as he posted a 11-8 record with an ERA of 2.88 in 184.1 innings pitched. When he died in 2014, he was the oldest living MLB player.

From Marrero's SABR biography: To aging North American fans, Marrero is remembered exclusively for his five brief seasons with the American League also-ran Washington Senators, the team he joined in 1950 as a grizzled 39-year-old rookie. It has often been reported that Washington owner-manager Clark Griffith erroneously believed Marrero was born in 1919 instead of 1911 when he signed him on, but that part of the legend is probably only apocryphal.

Marrero was nonetheless anything but a novelty act during his Washington years, featuring one of the league’s most devastating curves and claimed repeatedly by manager Bucky Harris to be the most valuable “stopper” on an otherwise lamentable Washington mound corps. “Connie Marrero had a windup that looked like a cross between a windmill gone berserk and a mallard duck trying to fly backwards,” once noted Dominican slugger Felipe Alou. But it was always the issue of his age (more even than his huge cigars or funky delivery) that remained the Cuban’s most notable calling card.

For stateside partisans whose memories stretch back a full half-century, it is nearly impossible to separate Marrero from nostalgic memories of one of the Fabulous Fifties’ most charismatic yet inept teams. Marrero seemed, in fact, to epitomize Clark Griffith’s entire stable of sad sack Washington Senators. There was plenty of raw talent to be sure in the magical arm of the fire-plug-shaped Cuban right-hander—as there was in those of fellow countrymen and Washington teammates Camilo Pascual and Pedro Ramos—but the more entertaining story for beat writers and their readers was always in the end his oversized Havana cigars, his laughter-provoking slaughtered-English phrases, and his whirling-dervish high-kicking delivery while launching the league’s most tantalizing slider and curveball.

The stogie, the thick Spanish accent and the elaborate windmill windup were trademark realities that merged rapidly into all-too-familiar stereotypes. In the large scheme of things Conrado Marrero was little more than a blip on the screen of baseball’s golden age fifties so dominated by names like Mantle, Musial, Williams, Spahn, Mays and Banks. But from yet another perspective, the American League Washington Senators and the whole enterprise of big league baseball were themselves, in turn, but a mere blip in the baseball-playing career of the seemingly ageless and remarkably durable Conrado Marrero.

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[Roland 49]

George very good what you published Conrado Marrero. You can write a lot about Marrero, he was an idol in amateur baseball and also in professional baseball in Cuba, in MLB, I think that if he had played in better teams his record would have been better, he also started at 39 years old, he said that The first time he faced Ted Williams strikeouts, he was the manager of Almendares, he lived 102 years, now I show you the first Marrero card from the collection La Ambrosia 1943 played for the Cienfuegos amateurs team.

[Roland 49]

This is card # 6 of the manager of the Cubans of Havana, Oscar Rodríguez from the album HC Helados Hatuey 1948, very rare.

[Roland 49]

This is the 2nd series of postage stamps featuring baseball and boxing.

[Butch7999]

Beisbol should not be regarded as one centavo less valuable than boxing.