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Did Roy McMillan ever look young ?
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In the 56 Series with Yanks up 3-2 in games the Dodgers sent Labine, normally a reliever up against Bob Turley in game 6. Labine won a 10 inning 1-0 shutout to even the series. But he was one upped by Larsen in game 7
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Al...is there a variation or a reason you posted two Clem's? I'm trying hard to notice anything different...:)
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My scans do not show it well but one has a red line at the bottom. Not a biggie, but Bob definitely needs it in PSA 8 :)
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Johnny
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Johnny was sort of a Yogi wanabe. Some examples:
-Rome was not built in a day -I will perish this trophy forever -I would like the pie a la mode, but with ice cream too -Stan Musial is one of the all time greats, he is immoral -I remember the name but can not replace the face |
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Bob had a decent if not spectacular career but after his playing days when the Cubs were losing as usual in the late 50s and early 60s they decided the problem was that one manager was just not enough. So they briefly went to manager by committee and Bob was one of the committee members in 1961. But the Cubs still played like the Cubs and that experiment was quickly eliminated
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Marion
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Likely never got a Christmas card from Cass Michaels after August 27, 1954
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Had to look that up Al, and I would have to say your absolutely correct. :)
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Perkowaski served 30 active months participating in WW 2 landings in Africa, Sicily, Italy and Normandy. Wade was a long time Dodger scout who helped turn out talent such as Piazza, Sutcliffe, Stewart, Scioscia, Welch, Hatcher, Sax, Marshall, Howe, Hershiser, Franco and Karros
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One of 4 brothers to play MLB
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Henry
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Highest salary was $ 240,000
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Wow, can you imagine the contract Hank would have received in today's market?? Bob's card is probably worth more than what Hank made! haha...your's ain't to shabby either...
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Forrest
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I was hoping to see more Hank's...don't think others knew we were on #128...:)
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Hank
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Bauer earned two purple hearts and two bronze stars in the war. Not only looked tough, he was tough. Once had a hit in 17 straight World Series games. In 1959 Bauer, Larsen and Marv Thronberry were traded to KC for Roger Maris and Kent Hadley. That trade indirectly resulted in 2 of the 3 toughest and most expensive Topps cards from 1960
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Reno
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Was born in Italy and roomed with his fellow "bonus baby" Al Kaline for his first two years. Under the MLB rules beginning in 1954 if player was signed with a bonus of $ 4000 or more they had to stay on the major league roster for 2 years. That worked fine for Kaline who was ready to go, but not for Reno who need more time for development
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Tom
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In 1955 the Dodgers sent Lasorda to the minors to clear a roster spot for Sandy Koufax
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Del
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Mentor to Hank Greenberg or just a really good sign stealer ?
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Cal
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Branch Rickey once predicted that Hogue would have one of the best curve balls in baseball if he could ever control it. He never did. Cal became a plumber after baseball
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Joe - fixing my mistake
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Joe appeared in the Topps 1952 set and was married for 70 years. I would guess that makes him somewhat unique
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Connie
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Got into a fight with Eddie Stankey during a game and both were taken to jail but returned before game was over. As mentioned in the 53 Bowman thread he was once ejected in a game for wearing a raincoat in the on deck circle
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Although he homered in his first at bat he had been booed when introduced since he was replacing the popular Enos Slaughter who the Cardinals had just traded to the Yankees. Nickname as a kid was Booger. NL Rookie of the year in 1954 over Aaron and Banks. An Aggie with a masters degree
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...and had one of the greatest uni-brows in baseball history!
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Bob
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Bush, because Borkowski was a mouthful, eventually had 4 baseball cards
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Ed & John
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John ended with career total 815 ABs and a .250 average. Ed had 554 ABs and a .237 average. Neat card though
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Agree...super clever card, I've always liked this one...
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