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07-11-2025, 02:53 PM
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Oms
Al, what a beautiful postcard. He is also one of my favorites. He should be in the National Hall of Fame. From 1917 to 1946 he would play baseball in the United States, Cuba, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic. He had a combined career .340 batting average. I first learned about Cuban Baseball cards from an owner of an Antiquarian bookstore in Miami. He spoke fondly about Cuban baseball and taught me a lot about its history and great players. He spoke most fondly about Alejandro Oms, or "El Caballero," like he was known in Cuba. What more can you say about a ballplayer nickname was "The Gentleman" because of his character and integrity.
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07-16-2025, 03:26 PM
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Fun Photo of DiHigo
From the VeraCruz days
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Al Jurgela Looking for: 1910 Punch (Plank) 50 Hage's Dairy (Minoso) All Oscar Charleston Cards Rare Soccer cards Rare Boxing cards
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07-17-2025, 10:19 AM
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Dihigo
Al and Travis, great Dihigo items.
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08-03-2025, 07:07 PM
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1948-49 Caramelos El Indio Monte Irvin
Wanted to share the only Cuban card currently in my collection. I got it graded at the National this year. Excited to share it is the highest graded El Indio ever graded by PSA. There is only one other in the whole set graded a 2.
I am super happy to own this amazing card Caramelos El Indio of Monte Irvin.
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08-07-2025, 10:17 PM
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08-08-2025, 05:35 AM
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Mexican League
Leon, your postcard pictures a Mexican League game between the Monterey and Mexico City teams. This was an important and pivotal moment in baseball history. To read more about it: https://www.baseball-almanac.com/leg...n_League.shtml
This also affected the Negro Leagues, with many players jumping ship to play in Mexico, including Ray Dandridge. In Cuba in 1946 baseball executives had to create two separate winter leagues. The first was the traditional league (Almendares, Habana, Cienfuegos and Marianao) featuring players that did not play in Mexico and feared the wrath of the commissioner of baseball. The second league included those players that played in Mexico and those not under contracts with major League teams. To illustrate this here are Ray Dandridge's 1945 Mexican League card, his 1945-46 Caramelo Deportivo picturing him with the Marianao team and his 1946-47 Caramelo Deportivo with the second league Oriente team.
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