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05-20-2018, 11:36 AM
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1954 Bowman Card 222 Memo Luna
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I was always interested in who Memo Luna was on card 222 of the '54 Bowman set, and over the years I kept an ever growing file on this one-game wonder who managed to get his own baseball card. Last week I finally wrote the story of Memo Luna, the first Mexican-born southpaw in the majors 
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05-20-2018, 06:22 PM
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Gary, very impressive research and article. Thanks for sharing that.
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05-20-2018, 07:31 PM
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| Private collector, always looking to buy great cards from the good folks on Net54. | WTB: N162 Kelly & Anson (any PSA) | '15 Cracker Jack WaJo (PSA 2-4) | '32 U.S. Caramel Gehrig (PSA 3-5) | '33 Goudey Ruth #'s 53/144/149 (PSA 4-5). T-206 Monster: 520/520 (PSA 4-6)
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05-20-2018, 08:50 PM
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Great article - thanks for the insight.
That card always stuck out from the rest of the set, almost like a Sid Finch card stuck into a Topps set. Now, we know the rest of the story...
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Working Sets: Baseball- T206 SLers - Virginia League (-1) 1952 Topps - low numbers (-1) 1953 Topps (-91) 1954 Bowman (-3) 1964 Topps Giants auto'd (-2)
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05-20-2018, 10:42 PM
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Thanks for the nice words about my story, and most of all, thanks for posting a copy of the card. I was trying to find my copy but I must have shuffled it somewhere when I was putting everything back in my Memo Luna file after I was done writing it.
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05-21-2018, 04:58 AM
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Thanks for posting. I've had his card signed for a while. And new he was an obscure player. It's great to know the story behind his career and life.
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"Trolling Ebay right now" © Always looking for signed 1952 topps as well as variations and errors
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05-21-2018, 07:43 AM
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Well done, and very informational. Always wondered about him. Thanks for posting this.
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