Buying all #332 Tony Bartirome 1952 Topps cards + his Gold Canary + Griffey + Tiger

D. Bergin · #1 10-14-2015, 12:01 PM

What a fascinating look into the mind of a baseball card hoarder this thread is.

A 19-year old 5'10" 155 lb. 1st Baseman, barely out of High School and only one year of C-Ball under his belt. The Pirates must have been in desperate need of a 1st baseman that year.

He never saw the majors again, but went on to have a pretty respectable minor league career, mostly at AAA.

pclpads · #2 10-14-2015, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by D. Bergin

He never saw the majors again, but went on to have a pretty respectable minor league career, mostly at AAA.

He went on to be the Pirates trainer for many years. Back in the 70's, he signed my / his '52 and '53 Topps cards. I remember he took the '52 and was showing it to other Pirates sitting in the dug out. Maybe none believed him to be a former Pirate player? Nice man, very friendly.

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