In celebration of the 65th anniversary of Topps baseball cards, my collection is going to be the subject of this year-long series. Shortly after starting my obsession in 1971, the goal was to have at least one Topps card from every year. Featured here from the 1952 set are Bobby Young and Jim Konstanty. Young’s […]
Category: 1950s Baseball History
In celebration of the 65th anniversary of Topps baseball cards, my collection is going to be the subject of this year-long series. Shortly after starting my obsession in 1971, my goal was to have at least one Topps card from every year. Although the 1952 set is considered to be the first released by Topps, […]
Before National Baseball Hall of Fame legend Mike Schmidt established the Philadelphia Phillies club record for lifetime home runs in 1980, Del Ennis held the mark. Ennis, who passed way 20 years ago, set the Phillies standard 259 homers in 1956 in his 11th season in the majors. A three-time all-star, Ennis started for the […]
Baseball cards in some form have been around for over a century. They’ve been in my house for over 40 years. As a child, I remember sitting in the front yard under a tree sorting them by teams. My grandfather and I built a big wooden box to store them under my bed. It seemed […]
The statue that has been outside of the last two baseball stadiums in St. Louis has the inscription “Here Stands Baseball’s Perfect Warrior.” He was the man. Despite several players who put together National Baseball Hall of Fame careers with the Cardinals, Stan Musial still represents baseball in St. Louis. Musial was a three-time National […]
Baseball cards in some form have been around for over a century. They’ve been in my house for over 40 years. I remember sitting in the front yard under a tree sorting them by teams. My grandfather and I built a big wooden box to store them under my bed. It seemed to be a […]
As the New York Mets and Kansas City Royals prepare to battle in this year’s World Series, let’s take a look where each franchise began. The Mets were born in the 1962 season, while the Royals came along in 1969. The first players for each team were selected during an expansion draft. New York picked […]
The oldest living person who played Major League Baseball is about to celebrate his 100th birthday on Oct. 17. Born in Connecticut in 1915, Mike Sandlock played in five seasons in the big leagues during his professional career that spanned from 1938 to 1954. Primarily a catcher, he made his debut in the majors in […]
One and done. With the current post-season set up for Major League Baseball, the one-game playoffs have become a regular occurrence. However, through out most of baseball history it was very rare and didn’t happen for the first time until the 1940s. The first tie between two teams after the regular season ended was in […]
October 3 is a big day in our family as our son was born on that date. We knew he would love sports because he chose to arrive on important day in baseball history, exactly two weeks earlier than expected. That Sunday, my football team, the Green Bay Packers didn’t play, so he knew there […]