The Glory of Their Times

[davidb]

I believe one of the top ten baseball books written in the past 50 years is Lawrence S. Ritter's The Glory of their Times. Looking to get one playing day card of each of the 26 players interviewed in the book. Is eBay the best option for this challenge? Which player would be the most difficult to acquire? Thanks

[Mark]

To my mind, the book is must reading for anyone interested in the history of baseball. The recordings are also great. I think that all of the players' cards can be found pretty easily on ebay. There are not a lot of sets with Rube Bressler--but you can get him in the W514 strip card set.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Mark

To my mind, the book is must reading for anyone interested in the history of baseball. The recordings are also great. I think that all of the players' cards can be found pretty easily on ebay. There are not a lot of sets with Rube Bressler--but you can get him in the W514 strip card set.

There must be some cards of Rube, he played 19 years in the bigs! And if you're a fan of the book, do yourself a big favor and give the audio set a listen, it was made from Larry's tape recordings of the interviews.

[FrankWakefield]

Total agreement about all of this. I like the thread!!!

TGOTT is among the best of the baseball books for prewar players. When The Grass Was Real, I recommend, for a subsequent read.

Bressler... W514 is the one I have. He's on a few Exhibit cards from the mid 20's. No other contemporary cards come to mind.

After those, if you find Rube on a ball card, it might be one of those 'modern' Conlon cards from the early 90's. (Wow, those cards are almost 30 years old. In the mid 60's, when I discovered baseball cards, I had no concept of there being ball cards 30 years old.)

Mr. Ritter wrote a great book. There was an LP album with some interviews, if you have a turntable you might find a scratchy album. There's a 4 cd set that I replayed in my car last month. It's great listening to Joe Wood, Fred Snodgrass, Hans Lobert and Davy Jones pronounce the names of ballplayers that many of us mispronounce... Evers (EEE-vers), Cicotte (SY-cot), Wagner's first name... and others.

Best of all, a fellow doesn't have to get PSA or SGC or anyone to grade and encapsulate Mr. Ritter's book in order to enjoy it.

[FrankWakefield]

A wise man once opined that every thread should have a ballcard.

https://www.net54baseball.com/attach...1&d=1629043405


And be it known that the quarter depicted is in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and to the best of my knowledge it has never been in the State of Texas.

The link to the video The Glory of their Times, with that great narrator voice from the past, Alexander Scourby.
https://youtu.be/i_NIaIjKYSk