tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41934443399115747342024-03-16T13:52:09.576-05:00Bob Lemke's BlogBob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-45983142419733906582016-12-27T11:14:00.000-06:002016-12-27T11:14:00.149-06:00Ranew survived 1966 bat attack<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Uncommon
commons:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> In more than
30 years in sportscards publishing I have thrown hundreds of notes into files
about the players – usually non-star players – who made up the majority of the
baseball and football cards I collected as a kid. Today, I keep adding to those
files as I peruse microfilms of <i>The Sporting News</i> from the 1880s through
the 1960s. I found these tidbits brought some life to the player pictures on
those cards. I figure that if I enjoyed them, you might too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">One of the most
memorable on-field incidents occurred on Aug. 22, 1965, when S.F. Giants
pitcher Juan Marichal hit Dodgers catcher John Roseboro over the head with a
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">An iconic photo
that shows Sandy Koufax trying to intervene has insured that the ugly attack
has not been forgotten 50 years later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Many baseball
fans and collectors are not aware that a similar incident occurred a year
later. That attack is little known because it took place in the Pacific Coast
League, rather than the majors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">In the May 28,
1966, issue of <i>The Sporting News</i>, Clancy
Loranger, Vancouver B.C. baseball writer, provided this account under the
headline, “Rosario Banned for Season / After Bat-Swinging Ruckus”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Dewey Soriano, Pacific Coast League president, acted swiftly
and forcefully here following an ugly bat-swinging incident reminiscent of the
Juan Marichal-John Roseboro affair in the Vancouver-Seattle game May 11.
Seattle Angels catcher Merritt Ranew was taken to a hospital with head injuries
when Mountie outfielder Santiago Rosario conked him with a bat during a wild
riot that erupted in the fourth inning. Fewer than 24 hours after the
free-for-all which saw both benches emptying following a two hour forty minute
investigation during which more than 20 witnesses were interviewed, Soriano
delivered these rulings. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The 25-year old Rosario who was batting .257 for the
Mounties was suspended for the remainder of the PCL season including the
playoff and fined $250.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Vancouver outfielder Ricardo Joseph, who precipitated the
fracas by charging the mound after he’d been hit in the back by a pitch thrown
by pitcher Jim Coates and continued the feud in a hotel lobby the next day was
suspended for the four remaining games of the six-games series and fined $100.
Soriano made it clear that Joseph was suspended for visiting a downtown hotel
the morning after the riot, punching Coates in the mouth, loosening two of the
pitcher’s teeth. Mounties outfielder Tommy Reynolds was fined $100. After the first Joseph-Coates altercation
peace had been restored but Reynolds started a second phase of the battle at
Capialano Stadium by bunting, then veering off the base patch and charging
Coates, knocking him down.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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released from the hospital the day after the brawl and flown back to Seattle
also drew a $100 fine. Ranew had twice roared to Coates’ defense, socking
Joseph the first time. He was doing battle with Reynolds when Rosario, who had
been in the on-deck circle, rushed into the fray and felled him with the bat.
Manager Bob Lemon of the Angels also drew a $100 impost. Soriano said he fined
Lemon for quotes in the Vancouver and Seattle papers to the effect that if the
league doesn’t take care of Rosario, we will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Coates, long-time Yankees pitcher who is accused by
Vancouver players of throwing at Negro and Latin-American players, wasn’t
fined. Soriano said that he couldn’t find that the pitcher had deliberately
thrown at the hitter after reading the reports of umpires Jerry Dale and George
Maloney and talking to the two umpires. Soriano did rule however that Coates
couldn’t pitch in any remaining games of the series. Coates added an extra fillip
to the wildest night in the 15-year history of the stadium by coming within one
strike of pitching a no-hitter against the Mounties. He had allowed only two Mounties
to reach base, had two outs and two strikes on Ted Kubiak in the 9<sup>th</sup>
inning when the Vancouver shortstop singed sharply to center. Ramon Webster
then homered but Coates emerged with a 3-2 victory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In imposing what is thought to be the strongest sentence
ever assessed in an incident of this kind, Soriano stressed that Rosario had
the right to appeal to Phil Piton, National Association president, but also
said that there could be a review of Rosario’s case and the suspension could be
increased but no decreased depending on the ultimate condition of Ranew. Ranew
suffered a concussion and four-inch gash on his head. Doctors described him as
badly hurt and said he was shelved at least a month. Several others came up
with physical injuries in the free-for-all. Joseph was cut in the face and head
requiring four stitches. Lemon nursed a gashed left leg while his opposite
number, Manager Mickey Vernon of Vancouver also suffered a leg cut while trying
to break up the melee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">After the game Reynolds told reporters “a Seattle player
told me before the game to stay loose because Coates would be throwing at us.
Joseph told me he heard the same thing.” Neither Joseph nor Reynolds would
identify the Seattle players that issued the warning. Coates vigorously denied
the charge. Last year San Francisco’s Marichal was fined $1,750 and given a nine-day
suspension for striking the Dodgers’ Roseboro with his bat.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Rosario was
playing center field for Vancouver in that May 11 game. Attendance was announced
as 1,461. At the time, Seattle was in third place and Vancouver in sixth place
in the six-team PCL Western Division.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Ranew had
surgery in Seattle June 6 to remove a blood clot on the brain. He had been
hospitalized since May 11. He was released from Swedish Hospital in Seattle on
June 30, almost six weeks after being clubbed. Initially he was at liberty
during the day, but because he had no home in Seattle he spent nights at the
hospital for about another 10 days. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">In its June 11,
1966, edition, TSN announced “Piton Nixes Rosario Appeal / Suspension for Full
Year”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The suspension of Santiago Rosario, Vancouver first baseman,
has been extended to one full year with the possibility that his expulsion from
the game might be made permanent. In a decision announced on May 27, President
Phil Piton of the National Association rejected Rosario’s appeal from the
penalties assessed by Dewey Soriano, the Pacific Coast League prexy, instead
ruled that no request for reinstatement will be considered until May 11, 1967,
one year from the date that Rosario hit Merritt Ranew of Seattle in the head
with a bat. Ranew’s condition at that time will determine whether Rosario can
be reinstated, Piton said “Soriano originally fined Rosario $250 and suspended
him for the remainder of the 1966 season. Pitson said Ranew’s condition led him
to increase the suspension for a full year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Seattle catcher is definitely through with baseball for
the season, and possibly all time, his physician reported. Meanwhile Rosario,
back home in Puerto Rico, asked the parent Kansas City A’s to pay his salary
for the season but he received a negative reply. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">On June 4, Ranew was still suffering from a brain injury and
some facial paralysis. The final diagnosis of the extent of his injury was not
yet available. Surgery was scheduled to relieve a blood clot on the brain. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The stricken
catcher returned to his home at Albany, Ga., in late July. He maintained a quarter
horse and Appaloosa breeding facility there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The 1966 season
was Ranew’s 10<sup>th</sup> in pro ball. He’d signed in 1957 with the Milwaukee
Braves. He made his major-league debut in 1962 with the expansion Houston Colt
.45s. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">He was traded
to the Chicago Cubs in March 1963, then to the Braves in June, 1964. After
opening the 1965 season with AAA Seattle, he played most of the year with the
California Angels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Ranew was a
light-hitting backup catcher in his major league days. In 215 games between
1962-65 he hit .248 with little power. His 1963 season with the Cubs proved to
be a batting aberration, as he hit .338. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The Angels sent
Ranew down to Seattle for 1966, where he suffered the near-fatal clubbing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Ranew sat out
the remainder of the 1966 season. He returned to Seattle for 1967 and moved on
to Syracuse for 1968. He returned to the majors in May, 1969, catching,
pinch-hitting and playing a little left field for the Seattle Pilots.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">He didn’t stick
with the team when it moved to Milwaukee for 1970, he split that season between
AAA Hawaii and Denver, then closed his pro career with Hawaii in 1971.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">The bat-wielding
Santiago Rosario was in his 7<sup>th</sup> pro season in 1966, having been signed
as a first baseman and reserve outfielder in 1960 by the St. Louis Cardinals.
He climbed the Cards’ minor-league ladder for four years before being dealt to
the Kansas City Royals for 1964.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">With the Royals
AA team at Birmingham in 1964, Rosario hit /273 with the 14 home runs. He
returned to Birmingham to open the 1965 season and was batting .314 when the A’s
called him up on June 23. He spent the remainder of the 1965 season at Kansas
City, but that was the extent of his big-league career. He hit .235 in his time
in the majors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">After serving
his suspension in 1967, he returned to Birmingham but managed only a .167 average.
He joined the Atlanta Braves organization, 1968-71, playing at AA Savannah and Shreveport
and AAA Richmond. He played 1973-76 in the Mexican League.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Because his
major-league career was less than a year long, Rosario never appeared on a Topps
card. Larry Fritsch remedied that by including Rosario in his 1983 One-Year
Winners card set. Rosario was also included among the postcards issued by Jim
Elder in 1968 and can be found in the 1972 Puerto Rico League sticker set.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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has a number of Topps cards to his credit, including 1962 (Houston), 1964
(Cubs) and 1966 (Angels). The 1966 card can be found in two variations, with
and without a sentence on back “Ranew was sold to Seattle (PCL) on October 28,
1965”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Renew is
included in Venezuelan sets of 1962, 1964, 1966 and 1967, and 1966 O-Pee-Chee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">He’s pictured
with the Seattle Pilots in Renata Galasso’s 1983 collectors’ team-set issue. He’s
included in the 1989 U.S. Forest Service Smokey Bear team set of the 1962 Colts. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This is the fifth in a string of "football cards that never were" that I've created in December. It's likely to be my last football custom for a while; I'll be switching gears to do some baseball cards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I showed you a 1969 Topps-style Winston Hill card (Dec. 2), and cards of Bucky Pope (Dec. 14) and Booth Lusteg (Dec. 17). Both of the latter had never before appeared on contemporary football cards, while Hill was part of a number of national and regional issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On Dec. 21, I presented my card of former Eagles and Jets head coach Rich Kotite. Kotite had a short, undistinguished career as a player with the N.Y. Giants and Pittsburgh Steelers, but didn't appear on a Topps or Philadelphia card during his playing days.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mike Holmgren didn't have a card -- or a career -- as an NFL player. However, as the very successful head coach of the Green Bay Packers (75-37 1992-98), he can be found on a number of cards in the 1990s; from ProSet, Pro Line and various local team issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Holmgren had an even longer career as head coach for the Seattle Seahawks, 86-74 between 1998-2008. However, he doesn't seem to have appeared on any major card sets in that span.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There does exist a really nice Topps photo taken during his time in the St. Louis Cardinals camp in 1970. It's the picture I used on my custom card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Holmgren had been drafted by the Cards in the 8th round (#201 overall) of the 1970 NFL draft. He'd been a backup quarterback with the USC Trojans 1966-69, when the team won the Athletic Association of Western University conference titles in 1966-67 and Pac-8 crowns in 1968-69. The 1967 Trojans were National Champions with a 10-0-1 record.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The team went to the Rose Bowl in each of Holmgren's seasons there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Holmgren's pro prospects were dampened by a 1969 knee injury that limited his playing time. He never made it out of the Cardinals' pre-season camp. He went back to his high school alma mater in 1971, where he began his coaching career.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You can order this card.</b> Unless otherwise noted, all of my custom cards are available to collectors for </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">$9.95 each, postpaid. Complete checklists of all my custom baseball, football and non-sports custom cards were published on this blog on Dec. 10 (football), July 6 (non-sports) and Sept. 19 (baseball). To order, email me at scbcguy@yahoo.com for directions on paying via check/money order, or to my PayPal account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you follow my blog you've probably noticed I have been busy creating "football cards that never were."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I showed you a 1969 Topps-style Winston Hill card (Dec. 2), and cards of Bucky Pope (Dec. 14) and Booth Lusteg (Dec. 17). Both of the latter had never before appeared on contemporary football cards, while Hill was part of a number of national and regional issues.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I'm going to show you what I've come with for a former NFL player who did appear on several football cards, but only after his playing days, when he was head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, circa 1991-92.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Skimming the internet, you'd get the idea that Rich Kotite was the epitome of ineffectual NFL coaches. His name is found on virtually every list of "Worst NFL Coaches Ever." That distinction may well have been earned as he had a 37-29 record as head coach of the Eagles 1991-94 and was just 4-28 with the New York Jets, 1995-96.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">His name continues to be evoked in Philly and New York when a current coach is going badly or made a particularly egregious mistake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">To be honest, Kotite's career as a player in the NFL was not any more distinguished. He was drafted out of Wagner college by the Minnesota Vikings in the 18th round (247th overall) in 1965.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kotite, a tight end, had come to the attention of NFL scouts for his outstanding record with the 10-0-0 Wagner Seahawks, champions of the Middle Atlantic North College Division. That season he set school records for pass receptions (56) and passing yards (943). Those stats brought his 1962-65 career stats at Wagner to 119 catches for 2,065 yards, both school records.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He went to camp that summer with both the Vikings and the Jets, but was unable to make a team. In 1967 he was on the roster of the N.Y. Giants, but appeared in only four games. With the Steelers in 1968 he had six receptions in the dozen games. He returned to the Giants in 1969, playing sparingly, and in 1970 was relegated to the taxi squad. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kotite played the entire 1971 season with the Giants and was cut after a couple of unremarkable games with the team in 1972. He was 30 years old and the team's player representative. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There's lots of vilification of Kotite on the internet, but for a rather more balanced look, check out what Mark Bowden wrote about him in his book <i>Bringing the Heat</i>. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=tZK3oEmqQ08C&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=%22Dick+Kotite%22&source=bl&ots=VQ0ND1oFki&sig=_sFsDyJ057rE34_cPpoVAwbqt3E&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBoMKateDQAhXCsVQKHRcMDXUQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=%22Dick%20Kotite%22&f=false" target="_blank">Rich Kotite </a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As you can see, I chose the 1972 Topps format for my Rich Kotite custom card. It's a nice shot of him in the environs of Yankee Stadium.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Today I present my 1968 Topps-style custom card of Booth Lusteg.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lusteg never played college football, though he told the Buffalo Bills that he did when he appeared at an open tryout prior to the 1966 season. Buffalo was looking for a replacement for Pete Gogolak, who had jumped the AFL for the New York Giants.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gerald Booth Lusteg had played college baseball at Connecticut. In 1965 he had kicked and played some defensive back for the champion New Bedford Sweepers of the Atlantic Coast Football League.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, he was 27 years old when the Bills were looking for a kicker for 1966. Feeling he'd have a better chance as a 24-year-old prospective rookie, Booth told the Bills that he was his younger brother, Wallace, who had played a little for Boston college.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Booth won the job, but by the time season opened, Buffalo had uncovered his deception.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nonetheless, Lusteg had a good season for the AFL Eastern Champion Bills. He led the league with 38 field goals attempts, though he was successful only 19 times. His 41 extra points and 42 extra-point attempts were also league-best and his total 98 points were tied for second in the AFL.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After the Bills lost to the Chiefs in the AFL title game, Lusteg was released. He finished his NFL career as a peripatetic boot for hire. He was with the Dolphins for 1967, the Steelers in 1968 and the Packers in 1969. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Unable to catch on after the 1969 season, Lusteg retired to a career as a writer and motivational speaker. His specialty was creationism. His best-known work is his book <i>Kick Rejection . . . and Win</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lusteg came out of retirement in 1974 to play for the Portland Storm in the new World Football League. He kicked five field goals as the Storm Finished third in the WFL West.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">For a couple of years now I've had in my photo files some images from the Topps vault that were recommended to me as good candidates for some 1960s style custom football cards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I decided to work up a few of them, as much for the challenge of working in new formats as to create football cards of guys that never made the card cut with Topps and/or Philadelphia back in the day. All these players had interesting NFL careers, though none were stars.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">First up is Frank "Bucky Pope," who played 1964 and 1966-67 with the L.A. Rams and in 1968 for the Packers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pope had a sensational rookie year in 1964 after being drafted in the 8th round (#105 overall) by the L.A. Rams out of tiny Catawba college, an NAIA school in North Carolina.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tall (6'5"), fast and sure-handed, Pope became the Rams' long-ball threat. His 10 receiving touchdowns were two more than the rest of the team combined and tied for first in the NFL that season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Pope's 31.4 yards per catch average in '64 were best in the league and remain the second-best all time in the NFL. His 786 receiving yards were team-best.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Following the season he went to camp with the Army reserve, being released in time for the opening of the 1965 exhibition season. He immediately injured his knee and his football career was over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are several good accounts of Pope's career on the internet; I recommend you start with this one: <a href="http://www.gocatawbaindians.com/article.asp?articleID=2369" target="_blank">Bucky Pope</a> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">As I mentioned, Pope never had a mainstream football card. I made my custom in the format of 1965 Philadelphia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keep following the blog for a couple of more football cards that never were.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">221 Emlen Tunnell, Packers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">89 Wahoo McDaniel, Broncos</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">177 Wahoo McDaniel, Jets</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">199 Brian Piccolo, Bears</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">200 Jim Taylor, Saints</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-23709458844753577402016-12-10T10:39:00.001-06:002016-12-10T10:39:49.084-06:00Checklist 1951-59 custom football cards<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Until now, there has been no place where all of my custom cards could be found in checklist form. It is my intention to update this posting as new cards are created. Similar checklists for my baseball, non-sports and other football custom cards will also be posted.</span><br />
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Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-44633034443295323952016-12-10T10:39:00.000-06:002016-12-10T10:39:08.709-06:00Checklist 1955 All-American custom football cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Until now, there has been no place where all of my custom cards could be found in checklist form. It is my intention to update this posting as new cards are created. Similar checklists for my other baseball, non-sports and football custom cards will also be posted and updated as appropriate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">101 Peyton Manning, Tennessee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">102 Bill Cosby, Temple</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">108 Alan Page, Notre Dame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">109 Jack Kennedy, Harvard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">110 Christy Mathewson, Bucknell</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">114 Duke Morrison, USC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">115 Bart Starr, Alabama</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">116 Mark Harmon, UCLA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">117 Timmy Chang, Hawaii</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">118 Archie Manning, Ole Miss</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">119 Johnny Unitas, Louisville</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">120 Billy Clyde Puckett, Texas C</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hristian</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">121 Brian Bosworth, Oklahoma</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">122 Emmitt Smith, Florida</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">123 Lynn Swann, USC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">124 Terry Bradshaw, La. Tech</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">125 Conrad Dobler, Wyoming</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">126 Maurice Clarett, Ohio State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">127 Erick Dickerson, So. Methodist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">128 Brian Urlacher, New Mexico</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">129 Tim Rossovich, USC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">130 Erik Jensen, Iowa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">131 Jack Tatum, Ohio State </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">132 Hugh McAloon, UW-Oshkosh</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">135 Tim Biakabutuka, Michigan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">136 Archie Griffin, Ohio State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">137 Doak Walker, So. Methodist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">138 Randall Cunningham, UNLV</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">139 Joe Kennedy, Harvard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">140 Sam Huff, West Virginia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">141 Glenn Davis, Army</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">142 Pat Tillman, Arizona State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">143 Billy Cannon, Louisiana State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">144 Alan Ameche, Wisconsin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">145 Kurt Warner, No. Iowa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">146 Ben Roethlisberger, Miami (Ohio)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">147 Marcus Allen, USC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">148 Bronko Nagurski, Minnesota</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">149 Herman Wedemeyer, St. Mary's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">150 Dick Butkus, Illinois</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">151 Bob Griese, Purdue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">152 Randy Moss, Marshall</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">153 Dwayne Johnson, Miami</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">154 Michael Vick, Virginia Tech</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">155 Brett Favre, So. Mississippi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">156 Ron Dayne, Wisconsin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">157 Doug Flutie, Boston College</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">158 Vince Lombardi, Fordham</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">159 Jim Brown, Syracuse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">160 Tommy Nobis, Texas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">161 Motts Tonelli, Notre Dame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">162 Fran Tarkenton, Georgia</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">163 Forrest Gump, Alabama</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">164 Marshall Faulk, San Diego State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">165 Jim Kelly, Miami</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">166 Ladainian Tomlinson, Texas Christian</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">167 Alex Karras, Iowa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">168 The Three Stooges, Boulder Dam</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">169 Herschel Walker, Georgia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">170 Paul Hornung, Notre Dame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">171 Ernie Davis, Syracuse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">172 Jerry Rice, Miss. Valley State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">173 Kirk Gibson, Michigan State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">174 Ted Kennedy, Harvard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">175 Don Meredith, So. Methodist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">176 Deacon Jones, Mississippi Vocational</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">177 Kenny Washington, UCLA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">178 Ed Marinaro, Cornell</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">179 Walter Payton, Jackson State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">180 Bill Shakespeare, Notre Dame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">181 Bobby Moore, Oregon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">182 Joe Montana, Notre Dame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">183 Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">184 Jerome Bettis, Notre Dame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">185 Jackie Robinson, UCLA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">186 Gale Sayers, Kansas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">187 Jim Plunkett, Stanford</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">188 Buddy Reynolds, Florida State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">189 Chris Weinke, Florida State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">190 Mike Singletary, Baylor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">191 O.J. Simpson, USC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">192 Reggie White, Tennessee</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">193 Jerry Ford, Michigan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">194a Troy Aikman, Oklahoma</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">194b Tory Aikman, UCLA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">195 Bubba Smith, Michigan State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">196 Deion Sanders, Florida State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">197 Eli Manning, Ole Miss</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">198 Lawrence Taylor, North Carolina</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">199 John Elway, Stanford</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">200 Bluto Blutarsky, Faber</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">201 Dick Nixon, Whittier</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">202 Dutch Reagan, Eureka</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">203 Dwight Eisenhower, Army</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">204 John Taylor, Delaware State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">205 Blanchard & Davis, Army</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">206 Drew Bledsoe, Washington State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">207 Kyle Rote, So. Methodist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">208 Ron Kramer, Michigan</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">209 Bob Waterfield, UCLA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">210 Chuck Knox, Juniata</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">211 Arnold Tucker, Army</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">212 Ray Nitschke, Illinois</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">213 Steve Garvey, Michigan State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">214 Bill Goldberg, Georgia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">215 Chuck Bednarik, Penn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">216 Tim Tebow, Florida</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">217 Harry Agganis, Boston</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">218 Jim McMahon, Miami</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">219 Austen Lane, Murray State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">220 Joe Guyon, Georgia Tech</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">221 Roman Gabriel, N.C. State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">222 Rocky Bleier, Notre Dame</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">223 Jim Bond, Michigan State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">224 Johnny Sample, Maryland State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">225 Frank Thomas, Auburn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">226 Ray Guy, So. Mississippi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">227 Carl Weathers, San Diego State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">228 Ted Kluszewski, Indiana</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">229 Moose Skowron, Purdue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">230 Robert Urich, Florida State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">231 Aaron Rodgers, California</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">232 William Perry, Clemson</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">233 Michael Oher, Ole Miss</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">234 Jack Ham, Penn State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">235 Franco Harris, Penn State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">236 Joe Perry, Compton</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">237 Joe Paterno, Brown</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">238 Troy Polamalu, USC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">239 Fuzzy Thurston, Valparaiso</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">240 Jim Taylor, Louisiana State</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">242 Jackie Jensen, California</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">243 Tommy Lee Jones, Harvard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">244 Joe Greene, North Texas</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">245 Roger Staubach, Navy</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">246 Lee Corso, Florida State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">247 Kirk Jerbstreit, Ohio State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">248 Robert Griffin III, Baylor</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">249a Russell Wilson, N.C. State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">249b Russell, Wilson, Wisconsin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">250 Raymond Berry, So. Methodist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">251 Woody Strode, UCLA</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">252 Phil Robertson, La. Tech</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">253 Jerry Kramer, Idaho</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">254 Bear Bryant, Alabama</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">255 Charley Trippi, Georgia</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">256 Wilmer Sidat-Singh, Syracuse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">257 Texas QB Trio</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">258 Steve Young, Brigham Young</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">259 Joe Kapp, California</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">260 Ollie Matson, San Francisco</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">261 Burt Toler, San Francisco</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">262 Babe Parilli, Kentucky</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">263 Donny Anderson, Texas Tech</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">264 Jameis Winston, Florida State</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">265 Montee Ball, Wisconsin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">266 Brian Piccolo, Wake Forest</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">267 Pat O'Dea, Wisconsin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">268 Melvin Gordon, Wisconsin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">269 Tim Davis, Alabama</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">270 Frank Gifford, USC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">271 Mike Tomlin, William & Mary</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">272 Aaron Rodgers, Butte</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">273 Brian Stann, Navy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was a pre-teen when Alaska (1959) and Hawaii (1960) became the 49th and 50th U.S. states. I remember it as being a big deal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While the 1956 Topps Flags of the World bubblegum card issue of 80 cards did not include cards of those then-Territorial possessions of the U.S., I felt that creating customs of the two would make a nice addition. They represent the 8th and 9th customs I have made to enhance Topps' original checklist.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;">81 Islamic State</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;">87 Alaska</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;">90 Puerto Rico</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It being football season and all, when I found a couple of nice Topps Vault photos of New York Jets Super Bowl III lineman Winston Hill, I pushed a 1969-style card to the top of my to-do list.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually I never need much of an excuse to create a custom of one of the 1968 Jets; they were my favorite team back in the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a lineman, Hill appeared on more than a typical number of Topps cards from that era. He's in Topps sets from 1965-67 and 1972-76. I can't explain the gap from 1968-71.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I like working in the 1969 Topps format. Hill represents the third member of the SBIII champions that I have memorialized in the style. Earlier I created Johnny Sample and Vito Parilli. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If I had been on the fence about doing a Winston Hill card, there was no doubt one would be forthcoming after I read in several of his obituaries that he had operated a couple of barbecue restaurants in Colorado in retirement.</span><br />
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<br />Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-61773914755329503902016-11-25T11:13:00.002-06:002016-11-25T11:13:39.902-06:00Ralph Branca, Bob Addis drop off 1952 Topps survivors' list<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #555544; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 17.8px;">The recent deaths of Ralph Branca (Nov. 23) and Bob Addis (Nov. 15) brings the total of surviving players who appeared in the 1952 Topps baseball card set to 41. Branca was card No. 274 in the set, pictured as a pitcher with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Addis was No. 259, pictured as a Chicago Cubs outfielder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Branca pitched 12 years in the major leagues: Brooklyn Dodgers (1944-53, 1956), Detroit Tigers (1953-54) and N.Y. Yankees (1954). His lifetime big league record was 88-68 with a 3.79 ERA. He was a three-time All-Star while with the Dodgers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Best-known for giving up the Bobby Thomson home run that put the N.Y. Giants int the 1951 World Series, Branca pitched in two World Series, 1947 and 1949.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Around the turn of the century, Branca was a popular autograph guest at card shows, often appearing with Thomson.</span><br />
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Addis was drafted by the Yankees in 1943, and after two years in the military during World War II played in their minor league system through 1947, when the Dodgers took him in the post-season minor league draft.<br />
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After the 1949 season he was traded to the Boston Braves, with whom he made the majors in 1950. He played sparingly with the Chicago Cubs in 1952-53, and ended is big league days with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1953. He was a lifetime .281 hitter<br />
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Addis was 91 at the time of his death, Branca was 90.<br />
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Addis' baseball card appearances with the major gum companies were limited to 1952-53 Topps and 1953 Bowman color. Branca appeared on Topps cards 1951-52, and Bowmans 1950-53 (b/w). He also appeared in many post-career issues.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Wally Westlake 38 11/08/1920 SLC<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Eddie Robinson 32 12/15/1920 CWS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Sam Mele 94 01/21/1922 WSH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Gil Coan 91 05/18/1922 WSH</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Red Schoendienst 91 02/02/1923 SLC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Solly Hemus 196 04/17/1923 SLC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Kuzava 85 05/28/1923 NYY<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Ed Fitz Gerald 236 05/21/1924 PIT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Charlie Silvera 168 10/13/1924 NYY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Irv Noren 40 11/29/1924 WSH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Wayne Terwilliger 7 06/27/1925 BRO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bobby Shantz 219 09/26/1925 PHA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Ned Garver 212 12/25/1925 SLB</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Borkowski 328 01/27/1926 CIN</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Randy Jackson 322 02/10/1926 CHC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Howie Judson 169 02/16/1926 CWS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Miller 187 06/16/1926 PHI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bobby Morgan 355 06/29/1926 BRO <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Johnny Groth 25 07/23/1926 DET<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Roy Sievers 64 11/18/1926 WSH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Carl Erskine 250 12/13/1926 BRO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Carl Scheib 116 01/01/1927 PHA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Charlie Maxwell 180 04/08/1927 BRS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Cloyd Boyer 280 09/01/1927 SLC<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Bob Kelly 348 10/04/1927 CHC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Tommy Brown 281 12/06/1927 PHI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Dick Gernert 343 09/28/1928 BRS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Joe Presko 220 10/07/1928 SLC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Ross 298 11/02/1928 WSH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Curt Simmons 203 05/19/1929 PHI</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Ted Lepcio 335 07/28/1929 BRS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A follower of my blog recently wrote to inquire about the now six-weeks' absence of new postings; he was concerned about my health.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> </i>I appreciate the concern for the fact is my health has played the major part in the lack of new material in this space.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, I have not totally abandoned the creation of new custom cards. In the coming days I'll share my latest with you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The first is an addition to my "Donovan's Drive-Ins" series of minor league players in the 1956 Topps format.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Rather than rehash the "back story," I'll give you this link: <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4193444339911574734#editor/target=post;postID=1677600596691121653;onPublishedMenu=editor;onClosedMenu=editor;postNum=4;src=link" target="_blank">Donovan's backstory</a> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">With the number of Satchel Paige photos I have in my "futures file," I doubt that I'll ever run out of Paige custom-card ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">While the triptych cartoons on the backs of 1956 Topps make creating new cards challenging, the set was one of my favorites, so I'll continue to turn them out.</span><br />
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<br />Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-60934621123774461422016-10-13T09:50:00.003-05:002016-10-13T09:50:51.487-05:00Dexterity needed to recreate 1951 Wheaties boxes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My good friend, mentor and office mate Chet Krause died at the end of June. The office building where he let me maintain a retirement office is in the process of being sold, so I'll be vacating by mid-November, when I return to my Pennsylvania home for the winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Much of the past couple of months I was laid low by a nasty bacterial infection of the chest that has been plaguing our little town. Osteoarthritis in both hands, wrists and elbows continues to take a toll on my mobility in those joints. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To try to test the limits of what seems to have become the new normal in my dexterity, I've spent the past couple of days cutting, folding and pasting replicas of 1951 Wheaties single-serving boxes which featured on their backs one of six star athletes: Ballplayers Stan Musial, Ted Williams and Bob Feller, golfer Sam Snead and John Lujack (football) and George Mikan (basketball).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For some time I've had images of complete, unfolded boxes of Musial and Williams in my card-creation file. Even today, 65 years after they were made, the 1951 Wheaties singles are not all that scarce, even in complete-box form.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm only partially satisfied with my efforts to replicate the boxes. The intricate cuts that would allow the boxes to present a more original appearance are more of a challenge than I had hoped. But even at that, they don't look too bad sitting on a shelf across the room.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In the second-ever "regular" June draft of high school and college players, June 6-7, 1966, Lancaster, Calif., prep star catcher Steven Chilcott was the first player picked overall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Chilcott was a left-handed hitter, variously reported as 5'11" to 6’1”, 180-185 lbs. playing for </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">Antelope</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Valley High School. </span><span style="font-size: 18.6667px;">He caught for the first time as a high school senior; previously he had been a third baseman. However that didn’t stop him from winning all the honors in each of his three varsity seasons. H</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">e was voted Player of the Year in a seven-team league in 1966, compiling an average of .506 on 42 hits in 83 appearances. He had 26 extra-base hits, nine doubles, six triples and 11 home runs. He drove in 33 runs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Stengel had only seen Chilcott play once, in a game on April 25, when he went 4-for-4. “One look is enough for me,” Stengel said. “This boy has all the tools to become a major league hitter.”</span></span></div>
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Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-11691839258759769222016-09-22T13:16:00.000-05:002016-09-22T13:16:02.323-05:001958-style John DeMerit created<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There's really no reason Topps couldn't have made a 1958 card of Milwaukee Braves bonus baby John DeMerit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were '58T cards for Bob Hazle and Hawk Taylor. Taylor, another bonus player, made his debut on June 9; Hazle's first game with the Braves was July 29. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DeMerit debuted June 18.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A recently discovered photo of DeMerit allowed me to fill in that '58 gap.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back on Mach 27, I detailed the story behind my first John DeMerit custom, in the 1960 Topps style. I'll link it here: <a href="http://boblemke.blogspot.com/2016/03/1960-custom-doubles-demerits-braves.html" target="_blank">John DeMerit</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regular readers may have noticed a decline in the number of entries to this blog and on my custom-card creation. That's likely to continue for a couple of months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The death of my friend and mentor Chet Krause in late June means I'm going to lose my office in downtown Iola when the building is sold by the Foundation that was his beneficiary. Eventually I'll set up a home office, but that won't take place until after my annual removal to Pennsylvania for the winter.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the interim, I've been working hard at helping dispose of the last of Chet's numismatic holdings, so I haven't made time for a lot of custom-card work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You can order this card.</b> Unless otherwise noted, all of my custom cards are available to collectors for </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">$12.50 each, postpaid for one or two cards; $9.95 each for three or more (mix/match). Complete checklists of all my custom baseball, football and non-sports custom cards were published on this blog in late May (football), July 6 (non-sports) and Sept. 19 (baseball). To order, email me at scbcguy@yahoo.com for directions on paying via check/money order, or to my PayPal account.</span><br />
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<br />Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-58774095519696474582016-09-19T09:05:00.000-05:002016-09-19T09:05:32.025-05:00Checklist of baseball custom cards, pre-war<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Until now, there has been no place where all of my custom cards could be found in checklist form. It is my intention to update this posting as new cards are created. Similar checklists for my other baseball, non-sports and football custom cards will also be posted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Custom card availability.</b> Unless noted, all of my custom cards are available to collectors for </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">$12.50 each, postpaid for one or two cards; $9.95 each for three or more (mix/match). To order, email me at scbcguy@yahoo.com for directions on paying via check/money order, or to my PayPal account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Honus Wagner (green, no cap)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>1934 Goudey</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">241 Walter Johnson, Indians</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">242 Satchel Paige, Pittsburgh Crawfords</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">241 Dizzy Dean, Cubs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">73 Vallie Eaves, Cubs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">74 Dizzy Dean, Cubs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">75 Rudy Yotk, Tigers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">76 Lou Novikoff, Cubs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">77 Phil Rizzuto, Yankees </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-8480285423856432962016-09-19T09:04:00.000-05:002016-09-19T09:04:19.138-05:00Checklist of my custom baseball cards 1970-1990<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Until now, there has been no place where all of my custom cards could be found in checklist form. It is my intention to update this posting as new cards are created. Similar checklists for my other baseball, non-sports and football custom cards will also be posted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Custom card availability.</b> Unless noted, all of my custom cards are available to collectors for </span>$12.50 each, postpaid for one or two cards; $9.95 each for three or more (mix/match). To order, email me at scbcguy@yahoo.com for directions on paying via check/money order, or to my PayPal account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">721 Carlton Fisk, Red Sox</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">724 Jim Boutn, Astros</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">753 Carlton Fisk, Red Sox</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">788 Gorman Thomas, Brewers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">5 Kurt Russell, El Paso Sun Kings</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">661 Gorman Thomas, Brewers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">661 George Brett, Royals</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">500 Reggie Jackson, Orioles (white jersey)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-71438619717980799082016-09-19T09:02:00.000-05:002016-09-19T09:02:28.356-05:00Checklist of my custom baseball cards, 1957-69<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Until now, there has been no place where all of my custom cards could be found in checklist form. It is my intention to update this posting as new cards are created. Similar checklists for my other baseball, non-sports and football custom cards will also be posted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Custom card availability.</b> Unless noted, all of my custom cards are available to collectors for </span>$12.50 each, postpaid for one or two cards; $9.95 each for three or more (mix/match). To order, email me at scbcguy@yahoo.com for directions on paying via check/money order, or to my PayPal account.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">302 Sandy Koufax, Dodgers (wind-up)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">145 Ed Bouchee, Phillies (black)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">155 Duke Snider, Giants</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">599 Dick Wantz, Angels (In Memoriam)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">685 Thurman Munson, Yankees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">686 Joe DiMaggio, A's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">687 Warren Spahn, Tulsa</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">688 Jim Bouton, Pilots</span>Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-17503391229211701652016-09-19T08:58:00.000-05:002016-12-20T08:58:53.897-06:00Checklist of my custom baseball cards, 1951-56<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Until now, there has been no place where all of my custom cards could be found in checklist form. It is my intention to update this posting as new cards are created. Similar checklists for my other baseball, non-sports and football custom cards will also be posted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">408 Satchel Paige, Browns</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">411 Luis Marquez, Braves</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">27 Mickey Mantle, Yankees</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">65 Jackie Robinson, Dodgers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">66 Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Dodgers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">253 Richie Ashburn, Phillies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">261 Jim Pisoni, Browns</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">267 Harry Hanebrink. Braves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">268 Stan Musial, Cardinals</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">271 Quincy Trouppe, Indians</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">281 Bob Hope, Indians</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">26 Joey Jay</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">225 Charlie Pride, Memphis Red Sox</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">227 Ernie Banks, Cubs (w/bats)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">251 Charlie Pride, Memphis Red Sox</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">252 George Crowe, Braves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">253 Jack Faszholz, Cardinals</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">254 Mickey Mantle, Yakees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">255 Bobby Thomson, Braves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">256 Ralph Kiner, Cubs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">257 Ralph Branca, Tigers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">258 Joe Adcock, Braves</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">322 George Crowe, Braves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">323 Sandy Koufax, Dodgers (belt to cap)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">323 Sandy Koufax, Dodgers (letters to cap)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">324 Duke Snider, Dodgers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">325 Roberto Clemente, Pirates</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">326 Warren Spahn, Braves</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">123 Sandy Koufax, Dodgers (green)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">123 Sandy Koufax, Dodgers (yellow)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">175 Richie Ashburn, Phillies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">186 Charlie Grimm, Braves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">203 Mickey Mantle, Yankees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">209 Bob Hazle, Redlegs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">213 Ralph Kiner, Indians</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">214 Ralph Branca, Yankees</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">215 Phillips Paine, Braves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">216 Bob Thorpe, Cubs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">217 George Crowe, Braves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">218 Nino Escalera, Redlegs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">219 Luke Easter, Indians</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">220 Joe Adcock, Braves</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">343 Frank Robinson, Redlegs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Considering all the fuss made over public display of the Confederate battle flag a year or so ago, how do you suppose the political correctness police would react to that flag being displayed as a uniform patch on the uniforms of a minor league team?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1964, Columbus (Ga.) returned to professional baseball ranks after a four-year absence with an entry in the Class AA Southern League. The team was a farm club of the New York Yankees and operated for three seasons as the Columbus Confederate Yankees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When the Confederate Yankees took the field, their uniforms included a left-shoulder patch of the Confederate battle flag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paul Lukas, an ESPN.com columnist writes the Uni Watch blog, which he calls "The Obsessive Study of Athletic Aesthetics." In August, 2011, he wrote a definitive study of the Columbus Confederate Yankees unique (or nearly so) sleeve patch. You can access it here: <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story/_/id/6852602/uni-watch-investigates-controversial-patch-1960s" target="_blank">Confederate flag patch</a> .</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lukas contacted a number of former players and team officials and surprisingly, almost to a man, they seem to have forgotten that uniform adornment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Columbus Confederate Yankees included more than a dozen future major leaguers, including guys like Roy White, Mike Hegan, Ellie Rodriguez, Fritz Peterson, Roger Repoz, etc. They sandwiched a pennant-winning season between a pair of seventh-place finishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The CYs had joined the Southern League in 1964 when the circuit was reconstituted from the South Atlantic League and upgraded from a Class A outfit to Class AA. The Columbus team remained a Yankees farm club during its entire three-year existence. The Yanks' AA team moved to Binghamton in the Eastern League after the 1966 season. Columbus returned to the Southern League for 1969 as a White Sox farm, and the city maintained a team in the minor leagues through the 2008 season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There weren't many Negro players on the Confederate Yankees teams, and as Lukas points out, "During the three years when the Yankees wore that patch, the Civil Rights Act and Voting Right Act were passed. Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the 'Mississippi Burning' murders took place, Malcolm X was assassinated, the 'Bloody Sunday' march from Selma to Montgomery took place, the Watts race riots erupted, and more."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Surprisingly, there exists tangible baseball card evidence of the short-lived Columbus Confederate Yankees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In 1966, the Royal Crown cola bottlers in Columbus issued a set of 20 carton-stuffer baseball cards picturing players and manager (Jack Reed) of the CY. On many of the cards the Confederate battle flag patch is seen. The strip included a 2-1/4" x 3" black-and-white player posed photo. Beneath a dotted line was player biographical details. The bottom of the strip provided details of an exchange program by which a full set of cards and the accompanying album could be exchanged for a case of RC cola and become eligible for a July 31 drawing for baseball equipment and soda coolers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That program explains the scarcity of surviving cards, especially those that include the complete bottom tab. The album is almost never seen. A group of 14 of the 1966 RC cards, all graded by SGC and all without tabs, was included in the July 27-Aug. 6 Huggins and Scott auction. The lot sold for $96, a tremendous bargain in my opinion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-32291219275199742742016-09-09T14:39:00.000-05:002016-09-09T14:39:04.305-05:00Couple of Haddix custom coach cards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've expressed a time or two how much I enjoy seeing pictures of well-known players in their post-playing days as coaches for other teams. It must be the juxtaposition of a familiar face with an unfamiliar uniform.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Naturally, some of my custom cards over the years have featured such subjects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So it is with my most recent customs, cards of 14-year major league veteran pitcher Harvey Haddix as a pitching coach for the N.Y. Mets and Cleveland Indians, in the styles of 1966 and 1978 Topps, respectively.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Haddix, of course, is best-known for pitching 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves on the night of May 26, 1959 . . . and losing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The Pirates and Braves were scoreless going into the bottom of the 13th inning. While he had allowed 12 hits, Braves starter Lew Burdette [did you know the family name was pronounced "bird-it" around his hometown of Nitro, W.V.?] had issued no walks and his fielders had played errorless ball to keep the Bucs scoreless.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Haddix lost the game essentially on an error. Felix Mantilla had reached base on a Don Hoak throwing error to open the 13th. Eddie Mathews then bunted him over. Haddix intentionally walked Hank Aaron.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cleanup hitter Joe Adcock came to the plate, and with a 1-0 count, hit a homer into the right-center stands. Officially, however, Adcock's blow was ruled a double because he passed Aaron on the basepaths; Aaron had thought the ball had landed inside the fence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So instead of losing 3-0, Haddix lost 1-0. Initially umpire Frank Dascolli ruled the score ended 2-0, but he was overturned by NL president Warren Giles, who ruled that since Adcock's blow was officially a double, the game ended when Mantilla crossed the plate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A really excellent account of the game was written in 2009 by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette writer Bob Dvorchak. You can access it here:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In tribute to his 12-inning perfect game, the National League presented Haddix with a silver tray bearing the engraved signatures of his teammates, the umpires and the newsmen who had covered the game. A set of 12 mugs accompanied the tray, each mug engraved with the details of how the Braves were retired in a particular inning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following Haddix' death in 2009, his widow consigned the tray/mug set to Hunt Auctions, where it sold on Nov. 13, 2010 for $8,625.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't look real hard, but I didn't see anywhere what Lew Burdette who <b>won</b> the game may have received as a memento.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you've ever wondered how Haddix got the nickname "Kitten," it dates back to his rookie season (1952) with the St. Louis Cardinals. On the Cards' staff at the time was Harry "The Cat" Breechen, to whom Haddix bore a resemblance. So it was natural the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">diminutive (5'9", 170 lbs.)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> new guy became The Kitten.</span><br />
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<br />Bob Lemkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13161159323885411503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4193444339911574734.post-71023497763011757682016-09-02T14:39:00.000-05:002016-09-02T14:39:00.198-05:00Conlan made "Christian" of Crandall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Uncommon commons:</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> In more than 30 years in sportscards publishing I have thrown hundreds of notes into files about the players – usually non-star players – who made up the majority of the baseball and football cards I collected as a kid. Today, I keep adding to those files as I peruse microfilms of </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sporting News</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> from the 1880s through the 1960s. I found these tidbits brought some life to the player pictures on those cards. I figure that if I enjoyed them, you might too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In his 22-year career as a major league player and manager, Del Crandall earned the reputation as a consummate gentleman on the field.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That wasn't always the case, though, according to Hall of Fame umpire Jocko Conlan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In an article by Russell Schneider in the April 9, 1966,<i> Sporting News</i>, Conlan told the story of an encounter with Crandall.</span><br />
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"I was behind the plate in Del's first major league game in Boston in 1949," the umpire began, "and he lasted exactly two pitches.<br />
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"He squawked on both and swore at me on the second -- which was all I needed. Del was gone that quick.<br />
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"Well, Billy Southworth [Braves manager], whose toughest phrase was 'goodness, gracious sakes,' came out and said, 'Goodness, gracious sakes, Jocko, what's wrong?' I told him 'I'll let Mr. Crandall explain,' which Del did. He told him what he had called me.<br />
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"When Southworth heard it, he told Crandall, 'It serves you right. Goodness, gracious sakes, you don't say things like that to major league umpires.'<br />
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"To his credit," Conlan said, "Del never swore again that I know of, and several times he's referred to me as 'the man who made a Christian of me.'"<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That's a great story, even if Conlan wasn't correct on all the details.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to baseball-reference.com, the game in which Crandall was thrown out by Conlan was not his first as a rookie in 1949; it actually happened on Aug, 27, versus the visiting Reds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And Billy Southworth wasn't managing the Braves at that time. He was placed on a leave of absence from Aug 16 through the end of the season, and the team was being managed by Johnny Cooney.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But the loquacious Conla</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n wasn't the type to let facts get in the way of a good story. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In a related vein about players who avoided early umpire-assisted exits, Washington baseball writer Bob Addie reminded readers that -- as spring training drew to a close -- Senators manager Gil Hodges had never been thrown out of a major league ballgame.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">That encompassed 2,071 games as a player and three years as a manager. Hodges' Washington team must have given him good cause to swear, finishing last in the AL in 1963, 9th in 1964 and 8th in 1965.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But Addie explained, "Hodges never uses profanity, which is the reason 99 per cent of the time that a man gets chased."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In his playing days, Hodges was known as a good Catholic, who regularly attended mass in Brooklyn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Long time American League shortstop Joe DeMaestri died Aug. 26 at his home in San Rafael, Calif. DeMaestri's death brings the total of surviving players who appeared in the 1952 Topps baseball card set to 43. DeMaestri was card No. 286 in the set.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">He was a lifetime .236 batter. In 1957 he was selected for the AL All-Star team, but did not play. That season he led AL shortstops in putouts and fielding average. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In December, 1959, he was traded from K.C. to N.Y. in the deal that brought Roger Maris to the Yankees.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The SABR bioproject has a fine baseball biography of DeMaestri, written by Joseph Wancho, at <a href="http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/a0b25743" target="_blank">DeMaestri bio</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's the current list of living players from '52 Topps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Wally Westlake 38 11/08/1920 SLC<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Eddie Robinson 32 12/15/1920 CWS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Sam Mele 94 01/21/1922 WSH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Gil Coan 91 05/18/1922 WSH</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Red Schoendienst 91 02/02/1923 SLC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Solly Hemus 196 04/17/1923 SLC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Kuzava 85 05/28/1923 NYY<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Ed Fitz Gerald 236 05/21/1924 PIT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Charlie Silvera 168 10/13/1924 NYY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Irv Noren 40 11/29/1924 WSH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Wayne Terwilliger 7 06/27/1925 BRO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bobby Shantz 219 09/26/1925 PHA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Addis 259 11/06/1925 CHC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Ned Garver 212 12/25/1925 SLB<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Ralph Branca 274 01/06/1926 BRO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Borkowski 328 01/27/1926 CIN<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Randy Jackson 322 02/10/1926 CHC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Howie Judson 169 02/16/1926 CWS</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Miller 187 06/16/1926 PHI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bobby Morgan 355 06/29/1926 BRO <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Johnny Groth 25 07/23/1926 DET<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Roy Sievers 64 11/18/1926 WSH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Carl Erskine 250 12/13/1926 BRO<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Carl Scheib 116 01/01/1927 PHA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Charlie Maxwell 180 04/08/1927 BRS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Cloyd Boyer 280 09/01/1927 SLC<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Bob Kelly 348 10/04/1927 CHC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Tommy Brown 281 12/06/1927 PHI<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Dick Gernert 343 09/28/1928 BRS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Joe Presko 220 10/07/1928 SLC<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Ross 298 11/02/1928 WSH<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Curt Simmons 203 05/19/1929 PHI</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Ted Lepcio 335 07/28/1929 BRS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Ike Delock 329 11/11/1929 BRS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Del Crandall 162 03/05/1930 BOS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Vern Law 81 03/12/1930 PIT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Johnny Antonelli 140 04/12/1930 BOS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Dick Groat 369 11/04/1930 PIT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bob Friend 233 11/24/1930 PIT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Willie Mays 261 05/06/1931 NYG<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Tony Bartirome 332 05/09/1932 PIT<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Dick Brodowski 404 07/26/1932 BRS<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.2px;">Bobby Del Greco 353 04/07/1933 PIT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The most under-represented National League team in the 1952-1955 Red Man chewing tobacco card sets was the Chicago Cubs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Despite there being 26 NLers issued each year, 1952-1953, and 25 each year, 1954-1955, only two of the 102 </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">senior circuit cards were Chicago Cubs, and they were both issued in one year, 1953. The Cubs to be found on original Red Man cards are Hank Sauer and Warren Hacker.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My latest custom card is a latter-day attempt to balance that Chicago shortage. I've created a 1955 Red Man-style custom of Ernie Banks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The '55RM Banks is only my second Red Man custom. A few years back I made a 1952 Red Man "rookie card" of Mickey Mantle. I've still got plans for at least 2-3 more Red Man customs. Watch this space for developments.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Uncommon commons:</b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> In more than 30 years in sportscards publishing I have thrown hundreds of notes into files about the players – usually non-star players – who made up the majority of the baseball and football cards I collected as a kid. Today, I keep adding to those files as I peruse microfilms of </span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Sporting News</i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> from the 1880s through the 1960s. I found these tidbits brought some life to the player pictures on those cards. I figure that if I enjoyed them, you might too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lately, I've been reading back issues of<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>The Sporting News</i></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> from 1957. I'm struck by how often racial issues were reported. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Big news at the time was the on-going Negro boycott of the New Orleans Pelicans and how it was contributing to that N.Y. Yankees farm team's last-place performance and uncertain future in the Southern Association (Class AA).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There were quite a few column inches in August of that year discussing whether opposing hitters were throwing at young Reds slugger Frank Robinson because he was black. (Minnie Minoso, a black Cuban, led the major leagues in being hit by pitch eight times between 1953-61.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Frequently, the fact that this or that player was a Negro was mentioned, particularly young players who had been signed or promoted and whom the editors felt might not be well-known to readers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">One of the most troubling incidents in which race was the catalyst involved a carload of six members of the Tampa Tarpons, a Class D Florida State League affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies and a group of shotgun-totting locals at Dade City, Fla. Whether the matter was an incipient lynching or just a handful of crackers having a little fun on a hot summer night is not knowable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">According to a SABR Baseball Bio project article on Tony Curry written by Rory Costello, the incident, which he described as "a sign of the times in the Deep South," unfolded thus.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; line-height: 23px;">Following a [Aug. 7 night] game at Leesburg, Tony was in a carful of Tarpons -- white, Latino, and black -- who stopped for milkshakes at a Dade City drive-in. Upon seeing the black passengers, a carhop asked them to move into the shadows, and “it was suggested they leave because there might be trouble.” African-American catcher Charlie Fields added, “Somebody had said something nasty.” As the ballplayers left, three shotgun blasts were fired, and one hit their car. They shook off a pursuing vehicle and went over the speed limit on purpose to attract the police of Zephyrhills. Luckily, there was just one minor injury, from birdshot pellets.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">You can read Costello's complete article about Tony Curry at: <a href="http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/e711a817" target="_blank">Curry baseball bio</a> .</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px;">In articles written in TSN by Ralph Warner, the six Tarpons were identified as three white players: pitcher Dick Colgan, catcher Vic Collier and shortstop Pete Torres, and three Negroes, Curry, an outfielder, catcher Charley Fields and outfielder Dario Rubensteing .</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px;">Warner wrote that "the white players went into the drive-in for food and were to bring out sandwiches to the three Negroes who remained in the car. The white players, while inside the cafe, were asked to move the car. {Editor's note: No doubt the car was initially parked in a spot where its Negro occupants could be to easily seen.] They complied and the firing occurred as the vehicle was pulling out." </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px;">The shots came from a group of men standing buy another car about 20 yards away.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23px;">Only one of the Tampa players was hit by the shotgun pellets. Colgan was struck four times in the right arm and shoulder. TSN described the injury as "flesh wounds," that were treated at a Zephyrhills hospital and later in Tampa. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">Warner characterized the matter as an "isolated instance of racial trouble in the Florida State League." Tarpons manager Charlie Gassaway described the incident as "one of those unfortunate things that happen. I think the shooting was done by agitators."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">It is difficult and probably unfair, to fall back on stereotypes in assessing the reaction of local law enforcement to the shooting. However, it took two weeks before arrests were made.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">On Aug. 21, Pasco County Sheriff Leslie Bessenger. announced the arrests of four Dade City men, whom he described as a contractor, a bar operator, a packing plant worker and a mechanic. The contractor was charged with aggravated assault, the others as accessories. He said he had signed confessions from all four men and that the contractor had admitted he fired the shotgun. TSN did not name those charged.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">Bond was set at $2,000 each, with a hearing set for Aug. 30.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">It is open to speculation whether any arrests would have been forthcoming if Sheriff Bessenger's investigation had not been assisted by two agents of the Florida Sheriff's Bureau.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">Bessenger was quoted, "This does not mean that I was making a half-hearted attempt to break the case. I believe that any hasty or spur-of-the-moment action on my part in a situation such as this would be more in keeping with the mob rule than with the thoroughness expected from an office such as mine. I keenly feel the reflection of such an incident on my office, on our town, our county and the state of Florida as a whole and intend to do all within my power to see that persons responsible are brought to justice."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">If The Sporting News ever followed up on the story throughout the rest of 1957, I didn't see it. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether the matter was an incipient lynching or just a handful of crackers having a little fun on a hot summer night is not knowable 60 years later.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">Of the six Tampa players who caught fire that night in Dade City, only Tony Curry ever made the majors; most of the others never rose out of Class D.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 23px;">Curry hit .253 over the 1960-61 seasons for the Phillies. After four seasons in the minors he returned to the bigs briefly with the Cleveland Indians in 1966.</span><br />
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