It is not spite, it is pride.

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Recently I have been working on a small project involving card cataloguing. In doing this I noticed for the first time that the Standard Catalog lists Cuban sets. These are not currently a part of the ACC designated sets.

Some may wish to include all currently known sets in an updated ACC type listing. My initial reaction to the potential inclusion of cards which portray Negro Leaguers in this listing is negative.

Specifically, I do not have the right to include these highly historical elements in a database. These cards belong to a culture and a history which is one of our society's treasures. Certainly Id like to extend an invitation to the (nonexistent) curator of this treasure, to join the listing, but doing so is impractical.

Id much rather put yet another poll on the table, as follows:

Should cards which portray NLers be included in an updated ACC type listing, or is maintaining the status quo a greater tribute?

I vote to put no number alongside any of these treasures.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Even though there is a precedent for putting Canadian cards in the ACC, I would say no to Cuban and other foreign issues being included. It is the AMERICAN Card Catalogue after all. Besides, I think they all have common names they are known by. I do believe someone mentioned that some Cuban cards are listed under the N catagory, which makes no sense at all.

Jay

I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: Rhett Yeakley

Jay, so Cuba is not part of America, but Canada is?

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Canada is North AMERICAN!!!

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Posted By: Anonymous

Ninety miles heck, gimme a boat wit a good motor and Ill be there and back before you can say "Customs Inspector, please press 1 if you prefer English, press dos ....

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Posted By: Chad

Don't need no steenkin ACC designation. I'd rather call 'em Billikens and Segundas Aguilitas than something like L617's anyway. Give me my Felices and Victorias and Dobles and Toleteros' and Nacionales' and Denias!

And Go A'S!

--Chad

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

At least Cuba's leader/dictator is a baseball nut... I wonder if Fidel has a collection of baseball cards? I wonder if PSA would slab those cards with the Fidel Castro Collection on the flips (if he sent a collection in for grading)?

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Posted By: Zach S.

I don't think Fidel can submit his cards for grading until the trade embargo is lifted...

Zach S.
zsmith@as39.navy.mil

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Go ahead, but while you are demonstrating your insensitivity and disregard, there is an environmentalist somewhere who has just finished painting numbers on the backs of all turtles she could get her paws on, and is thinking "elephants should be numbered too, so we can study them better".

What does this have to do with baseball cards? Why its not even prewar, Gil.

Oh, did I come in this door again? I thought this was my class on recognizing whole integers.

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Posted By: Brian Lindholme

Someone needs to search the archives and do a "Greatest Posts" compilation featuring some of our wittiest panelists.

Call me a wierdo, but I enjoy some of the pennings of Gil, WonkaTicket,E.Daniel z28John and others.

C'mon Gil, you can do better than this one...after all editing the ACC would only bring logic to an otherwise illogical world. No fun in that.

Let's get totally off the wall and debate juicy topics like what it might be to have our own Net54 reality show..ala Big Brother,The Amazing Race or The Bachelor. (Chicks dig the Gold Bordered Johnsons)

familytoad
Brian L

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Ok Brian - along those lines, please consider the appropriate actor and actresses to play our key and lesser participants when Net54 is presented as a full length motion picture. Net54 - The Movie!

Jay Behrens -
Leon Luckey -
Hal Lewis -
Julie Vognar -
David Rudd -

more, much more, much, much more.

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Posted By: jay behrens

Val Kilmer resembles me the most, but I'd want Johnny Depp to play me like Cpt Jack Sparrow, a lovabe, goofy, bad guy.

Jay

I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Recognizing that this is only cards, and not necessarilly our complete personnas, I vote as follows:

Gilbert Maines - Don Knotts

and my buddy, the Sheriff = Andy Griffith as Leon Luckey.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

I like the t206 Johnsons...

Is that a f*ckin' problem?

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

No F-unc problem for me.

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Posted By: dd

Going strictly by electronic persona....

Jay B -Jeff Goldblum
Leon -Dustin Hoffman
Hal -Steve Spurrier
Julie -Shirley McClaine
David -Tom Skerrit
Barry S -Sean Connery
Barry A -Tom Hanks
Rhys -Denzel
Rhett -Washington
Joanne -Meryl Streep

The T206 Code..coming soon to a theater near you..........

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Posted By: jay behrens

Uhg, I can't stand Jeff goldblum. How about Christopher Walken or Dennis Hopper instead?

Jay

I love pinatas. You get to beat the crap of something and get rewarded with candy.

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Posted By: Julie Vognar

beat out "Silkwood" (Streep, Cher). Course, I don't collect Amwerican cards anymore, and I am too old for Streep, but...let be, let be.

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Posted By: JimB

In my copy of the ACC section 6 is on "Central and South American Tobacco Cards". There are 37 Cuban tobacco card sets listed from N230-N276. Numerous sets from other Latin American countries are listed.
JimB

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Posted By: dd

Now in the role of Jay is Christopher Walken

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Posted By: Gilbert Maines

Jim B: Ive never even seen the ACC. Until recently, I felt that the SCB represented an updated version of it without all of the flora, fauna & misselaney.

Im planning to order a Fritsch reprint this week - anyone know anything about how good or not good his reprint is?