Lou Gehrig underrated?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Many of the same things could be said about another 1930's all-time great first sacker, Jimmie Foxx. Hank Greenberg was up there in that same vicinity as well. Quite an era for first basemen in American League history.

[Seven]

Gehrig Suffers from a few things. One being overshadowed by the Babe, Two not having many issues and three, tragically coming down with ALS and having his career derailed. It's consensus that he's the greatest 1st baseman ever. The ALS started affecting him around 1935, when he was still a relatively young 35 years old. Had this not been the case, his counting numbers would have been more impressive. 600 Home Runs and 3000 Hits most likely.

His cards are great, I eventually want to own a few of his issues, they're just unfortunately very pricey. Hopefully one day.

[jgannon]

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[Jay Wolt]

When I was a kid, this card came out & it stated he was the greatest 1st baseman
Almost 50 years later, I still believe it

[todeen]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Many of the same things could be said about another 1930's all-time great first sacker, Jimmie Foxx. Hank Greenberg was up there in that same vicinity as well. Quite an era for first basemen in American League history.

If I had the money to collect these three I would. 1930s were a great time!

[Snapolit1]

There a good handful of photos with Gehrig bouncing some baby or little kid on his lap. Always strike me as so sad, as one more thing Lou and his wife didn't get to experience. He always has a huge grin on in the photos I've seen of him with kids.

[brianp-beme]

Plenty of great Lou Gehrig cards, but this one in my opinion is not one of them...for some reason Lou's goofy grin in this image has contorted his face into a grotesque mask, and the card kinda scares the bejeebers out of me.

Brian (not my W590 card, thankfully)

[Snapolit1]

Ha. I love this card but agree something is off. His ears are too pointy. A littler weird. I have what I think is the original photo used for this card. Will post it.

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Plenty of great Lou Gehrig cards, but this one in my opinion is not one of them...for some reason Lou's goofy grin in this image has contorted his face into a grotesque mask, and the card kinda scares the bejeebers out of me.

Brian (not my W590 card, thankfully)

[Snapolit1]

Here's the original photo.

[JeremyW]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Here's the original photo.

Steve- Great photo. Here's a photo that I picked up from a board member. I love it.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Here's the original photo.

Stop scaring me Steve! Actually, the original is not quite as bad (and I can look at without running to hide under the bed).

Brian

[AstroJake09]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

Here's the original photo.

That's amazing! Beautiful!

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Plenty of great Lou Gehrig cards, but this one in my opinion is not one of them...for some reason Lou's goofy grin in this image has contorted his face into a grotesque mask, and the card kinda scares the bejeebers out of me.

Brian (not my W590 card, thankfully)

Wow, that's a first for mine.
Posting a card and belittling it in a tribute thread.

It's actually my favourite, and I own one.

[brianp-beme]

Originally Posted by 68Hawk

Wow, that's a first for mine.
Posting a card and belittling it in a tribute thread.

It's actually my favourite, and I own one.

Your card doesn't have such dark areas around the eyes and mouth as seen in the one I found on the internet, and without this darkness the card appears much more attractive to my eyes.

You can now say I have belarged this card. I belarged Lou's 1926-29 Exhibits in another post, even if the example I own is die cut.

Brian (belarged...look it up in the dictionary. It doesn't exist)

[68Hawk]

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

Your card doesn't have such dark areas around the eyes and mouth as seen in the one I found on the internet, and without this darkness the card appears much more attractive to my eyes.

You can now say I have belarged this card. I belarged Lou's 1926-29 Exhibits in another post, even if the example I own is die cut.

Brian (belarged...look it up in the dictionary. It doesn't exist)

No need to backtrack, got no problem with you not being an admirer of the card....just seemed really odd to me in a thread created to pay homage to Lou you took time out to find a card you didn't like and make such a significant post about it.

No biggie. (yup, can be found in the dictionary)