A year of Lou Brock

[David W]

Originally Posted by Section115

Any chance that a Brock-a-brella makes an appearance in this thread?

Here ya go..... My very first selfie......I really am not a convicted criminal, although this picture seems to say otherwise...... I always wondered if John Boccabella ever was the inspiration for the term Brock-a-brella.

You see Brock-a-brella's on Ebay pretty frequently, in all different colors, and somewhere I have a couple others. One was sold at an amusement park in New England. When I find it I will scan it.

[Cliff Bowman]

Never thought about that, Boccabella and Brock-A-Bella. They were teammates on the Cubs in 1963. I wonder if Boccabella got a cut of the profits?

[ALR-bishop]

Note both Lou and John are smiling, well John sort of. But, Kevin, geez, you sure look unhappy in the topper. Sort of reminds me of Lou's look in that 62 card in a Cub uniform

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Note both Lou and John are smiling, well John sort of. But, Kevin, geez, you sure look unhappy in the topper. Sort of reminds me of Lou's look in that 62 card in a Cub uniform

You might be right about players that are miserable about being Cubs.

[David W]

Backing up a bit to 1975, here is the HoHo box which I found over the weekend.

[ALR-bishop]

Neat pick up David

[Samsdaddy]

Nice David. The Hostess cards sure do bring back great childhood memories of collecting for me.