1953 Bowman Color and Black & White -- Card Gallery

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Fortunately the Phils gave up on this Wiz kid too soon and Curt helped St Louis win the World Series in 1964

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#65 Robin Roberts When I was 12, I got a 1957 Topps card of him and when I saw his stats on the back, I thought he was the greatest. Unfortunately, at age 30 his dominance waned, but he ended up winning 286 games. Plus, he was one of the players who worked to organize the players into a union.

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Robin Roberts

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Once appeared on What's My Line, but it was not baseball

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Wow, Curt Simmons and Robin Roberts, back to back! Impressive.

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#66 Mel Parnell

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Imagine if Simmons, Roberts, and Parnell had been on the same pitching staff.

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Mel Parnell

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Played entire career with one team, but probably did not really name that foul pole after Pesky

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Mel Clark

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#67 Mel Clark

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Earl

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Originally Posted by bobsbbcards

Bob, this is a very nice one, even more glossy and well-focused than most of yours. Did you normally buy your cards raw and grade them yourself? You must have spent a lot of time looking through "mint" cards to find the best ones.

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Allie Reynolds

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Super Chief was an Okie and a Muscogee

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#68 Allie Reynolds

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Parnell, Clark and Reynolds. Sounds like an ad agency.

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Charlie Grimm

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#69 Charlie Grimm

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Originally Posted by Tere1071

#69 Charlie Grimm

Huge card Phil, is that a box-topper, haha.

Just wanted to let you I am still lurking. I don't have another card to post until #80 Kiner.

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Played and managed in 2000 games, and ended up on Wrigley Field

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Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

Huge card Phil, is that a box-topper, haha.

Just wanted to let you I am still lurking. I don't have another card to post until #80 Kiner.

Yes, I know. When I scan the images this is the size that's produced. One thing that this has allowed is for me to see my cards "up close" for the first time; usually, I look at them through the plastic sheets that I have in my binder. It has been a bit of a shock that a number of the ungraded cards that I thought to be in "excellent" condition are really very good to excellent due to corner wear. With prices as expensive for cards in legitimate ex-to-ex/mint condition (not the eBay interpretations) it would cost too much to do the upgrades. Unless there is some super deal I run across, I will have to live with what I have collected. The fact that I was able to put a set together with cards that are relatively nice, plus the pleasure I receive just looking at them, I am fortunate indeed.

Phil aka Tere1071

Complete 1953 Bowman Color, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1975 Topps Baseball sets under revision as the budget and wife allows

Under construction:
1970 Topps Baseball - missing over 100 cards, mostly after #450 and the three insert sets

1971 Topps Coins- 107/153

1974 Topps Baseball Washington variations

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Clint Courtney

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#70 Clint Courtney He was known to be pugnacious.

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Combative on the field, affable off

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Paul Minner

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#71 Paul Minner

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Contributed to the first of Frank Robinson's 586 home runs

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#72 Ted Gray

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Ted Gray

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Forkballer

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#73 Billy Pierce

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BP

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Billy Pierce

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Don Mueller

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#74 Don "Mandrake" Mueller. Paraphrasing the reverse side of his card, Don acquired his nickname by getting hits in key situations.

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St Louis Magician

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Saul Rogovin

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