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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, let’s see some cards of players with Irish roots, green colored cards, or cards that make you joyously green with envy. Here’s a T206 of Lewiston, Maine native Bill Carrigan, Boston Red Sox player-manager and mentor to rookie Babe Ruth.
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Born in Brooklyn, NY to Irish immigrants on August 10, 1859. Despite his diminutive size (5' 3" 127 pounds), in 1882 Corcoran became the first pitcher to throw two no-hitters in a career. Two seasons later, he became the first pitcher to throw three no-hitters, setting a record that would stand until 1965.
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Let’s go with Shag! Former captain of the Norte Dame football team, and also given credit as the first to use the option, moving college football from 2 yards and a cloud of dust to 3 yards and a cloud of dust.
Thanks, Kiss me I’m Irish O’Brien |
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I figured I'd get something in about your Leprechaun-like hero before you did!
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Emil "Irish" Meusel's 10-year NL career produced 1,521 hits with a .310 batting average. He led the NL in RBIs with 125 in the same year this card of him was issued.
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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. |
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Other than Walter Johnson, the Washington Senators didn't have much in the way of outstanding players during the decade of the 1910's, but two of the team's stalwarts were center fielder Clyde "Deerfoot" Milan and great-field, no-hit George McBride, the son of an Irish immigrant.
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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. |
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Smiling Mickey.
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