NonSports Forum

Net54baseball.com
Welcome to Net54baseball.com. These forums are devoted to both Pre- and Post- war baseball cards and vintage memorabilia, as well as other sports. There is a separate section for Buying, Selling and Trading - the B/S/T area!! If you write anything concerning a person or company your full name needs to be in your post or obtainable from it. . Contact the moderator at leon@net54baseball.com should you have any questions or concerns. When you click on links to eBay on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network. Enjoy!
Net54baseball.com
Net54baseball.com
ebay GSB
T206s on eBay
Babe Ruth Cards on eBay
t206 Ty Cobb on eBay
Ty Cobb Cards on eBay
Lou Gehrig Cards on eBay
Baseball T201-T217 on eBay
Baseball E90-E107 on eBay
T205 Cards on eBay
Baseball Postcards on eBay
Goudey Cards on eBay
Baseball Memorabilia on eBay
Baseball Exhibit Cards on eBay
Baseball Strip Cards on eBay
Baseball Baking Cards on eBay
Sporting News Cards on eBay
Play Ball Cards on eBay
Joe DiMaggio Cards on eBay
Mickey Mantle Cards on eBay
Bowman 1951-1955 on eBay
Football Cards on eBay

Go Back   Net54baseball.com Forums > Net54baseball Main Forum - WWII & Older Baseball Cards > Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
  #1  
Old 07-17-2019, 05:27 PM
ValKehl's Avatar
ValKehl ValKehl is offline
Val Kehl
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Manassas, VA (DC suburb)
Posts: 3,526
Default An appreciation of Joe Grzenda (say who??) who just passed

Only old farts like me who were fans of the pathetic 1970-71 Washington Senators before they defected to Texas (and maybe Dan Mckee, who is a semi-old fart), leaving us local fans without a MLB team for an eternity (33 years, to be exact), are likely to remember lefty pitcher Joe Grzenda. With an 8-8 W-L record for his 2 years with the Senators, obviously he was one of their outstanding pitchers!

I think all will enjoy reading this appreciation piece that appears in the Sports Section of today's Wash. Post and learning about Grzenda's claim to fame: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sport...=.213ec32a5b5c
__________________
Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, W575-1 E. S. Rice version, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also T216 Kotton "NGO" card of Hugh Jennings. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo.
Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old 07-17-2019, 05:49 PM
wondo wondo is offline
John Wondowski
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,321
Default

Joe worked with my dad in the Scranton area (Moosic?) in the late 1990s. I remember him from his 1972 Topps card. RIP.
Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old 07-17-2019, 05:50 PM
Yankees1964's Avatar
Yankees1964 Yankees1964 is offline
John D.
Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: Northeastern PA
Posts: 173
Default

He lived near me, here is an article that ran in the local paper. I saw him a time or two at Scranton Yankees / Railriders games.
https://www.citizensvoice.com/sports...lore-1.2508197
__________________
J0 .hn De .B@l$0
On a mission to finish the Monster
Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old 07-17-2019, 07:06 PM
HOF Auto Rookies's Avatar
HOF Auto Rookies HOF Auto Rookies is offline
Brent Niederman
Bre.nt Nieder.m@n
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 2,547
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by wondo View Post
Joe worked with my dad in the Scranton area (Moosic?

Dunder Mifflin?
__________________
HOFAutoRookies.com
Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old 07-17-2019, 08:54 PM
nolemmings's Avatar
nolemmings nolemmings is offline
Todd Schultz
Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Phoenix
Posts: 3,720
Default

Val, you can't lay complete claim to ol' Joe as one of yours. I remember him distinctly from 1969 as a Twin--he pitched pretty well in limited time. What I recall most is that he was traded for Brant Alyea before the 1970 season, and, as sometimes happened with Topps, both players were shown with the Senators in the 1970 set, leaving us Twins fans without Alyea, who started his career in huge fashion for Minnesota that first month. We saw the Sens getting the best of both worlds while we got stiffed.
__________________
If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other. - Ulysses S. Grant, military commander, 18th US President.

Last edited by nolemmings; 07-17-2019 at 08:55 PM.
Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old 07-18-2019, 04:53 PM
GeoPoto's Avatar
GeoPoto GeoPoto is offline
Ge0rge Tr0end1e
Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: Saint Helena Island, SC
Posts: 1,403
Default Me too

Put me on your list of old farts who were fans of the pathetic 1970-1971 Washington Senators.
Reply With Quote
  #7  
Old 07-18-2019, 05:20 PM
wondo wondo is offline
John Wondowski
Member
 
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,321
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by HOF Auto Rookies View Post
Dunder Mifflin?
It was a battery company. Not sure what the name was.
Reply With Quote
Reply



Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
E126 appreciation thread Rickyy Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 6 08-11-2020 01:56 PM
In Appreciation of a Fellow Collector nat Postwar Baseball Cards Forum (Pre-1980) 5 02-19-2017 07:48 AM
Veterans Appreciation thread Archive Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 38 11-14-2007 07:46 AM
Appreciation of Cindarella Cards Archive Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 10 10-24-2006 06:52 PM
E card appreciation post Archive Net54baseball Vintage (WWII & Older) Baseball Cards & New Member Introductions 16 01-26-2004 03:35 PM


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 12:08 AM.


ebay GSB