A 40 year Project Completed - 1969 Cubs
Okay...I know this isn't baseball cards, but please forgive me on this because I had to share.
I was born in Chicago in 1962 so the 1969 Cubs were my dream team. I adore them still to this day. Many years ago I started collecting autographed photos of some of the greats from that team. Ernie Banks, Williams, Santo, Jenkins etc. Then I started adding more players until I decided to try and get autographs of every single player who played for that team that year.
Some were very tough. Don Young was nowhere to be found for years. Now he's much easier. Jimmie Hall was scarce. The Latin players had left the country. In the end I was able to collect every one except one....Randy Bobb.
Bobb played only a couple games in the majors and died young in 1982. After years of searching I finally got one. Now my collection of 1969 Cubs players is complete. It took me three decades, but now it's done.
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