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In his National Pastime (2023) article “For Whom the Ballgame Tolls,” Sean Kolodzieg offers the following on the boyhood Cubs fandom of author Ernest Hemingway: Hemingway was such a fan of the Chicago baseball teams that he ordered “action pictures” of Cubs players Mordecai “Three Fingered” Brown, Jimmy Archer, and Frank “Wildfire” Schulte from an …


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First things first. If you came here “in pursuit” of the Mark Armour/Dan Levitt bestseller, you’ll want to head to this site instead. This article is strictly about Maury Wills. That said, Maury wasn’t a bad addition to a team in pursuit of pennants. In his first stint with Los Angeles (1959-66), the Dodgers won …


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When people my age (I’m retired) were kids, or even older, some of us no doubt sent stamped, self-addressed, envelopes, perhaps with a card enclosed, to the team addresses in hopes that the player would send back his autograph. Sadly in retrospect, I was not one of those, only because back then the idea never …


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The SABR Baseball Cards Committee hosted a session with the author of One Splendid Season to discuss key details of 1912’s T202 Triplefolder set, including its photographic techniques, varied player selections, and toughest cards to find today. His book on this set and the 1912 season is a standout example of scholarship and storytelling within …


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In 1976, at the first-ever sports card show in the St. Louis area, I set up a table to sell some of my cards formally for the first time. I don’t think I sold anything. I was 14 years old. All the other tables were filled with cards that attracted much more attention than what …


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