Memorial Day

Eddie Grant, infielder for a variety of teams, served the US Army during the first World War. He enlisted and then became a Captain. He was involved in the Meuse-Argonne offensive where he lost his life.



Please take a moment to remember Eddie Grant, both for his baseball career, but more importantly for the sacrifice that he made on the battlefield.

Then remember the other service men and women that also lost their lives during their time in the military.

Images lifted from the Library of Congress

1972 Topps Milt Pappas

I have been working on restoring the email service to my wife's BlackBerry for the last 2 + hours. I don't have much to say except that it took two Sprint tech reps and myself and lots of frustration. It now works.

Celebrate with me by looking at Uncle Milty...

1972 Topps, Milt Pappas (card #208)

Others are collecting this set. I just happened to find this in one of my binders this evening.

Again, I am drawn to the colored glove. I feel better now.

Early Ty Cobb Box Scores

I was poking around issues of the Sporting Life at LA84 Foundation. I was doing some research on the 1904 Tennessee Alabama League. I found the box scores for Ty Cobb's first two games with Augusta, of the Southern Atlantic League.

I captured portions of the .pdf image, then pasted them together to preserve the paper's name and date. Click on the boxscores for clearer images.

This is not a new discovery to the world. But it is new to me and I thought that I'd make it a bit more widely available.


This is just a nice image of a player that accompanied an advertisement.

Huggins & Scott May Auction Catalog

Time for another auction catalog post. The latest Huggins & Scott Internet Auction will be held on May 26th and 27th.

I received this catalog a about a week and a half ago. Quite a nice selection of cards, uniforms, signed balls. Not only from baseball, but several sports. They also offer an interesting selection of Americana. Movie posters and broadsides, revolvers, swords, longarms. Well, just one revolver. But a lot of swords. And a few lots of rifles. Hartland figures. And much more.

The catalog is 116 pages of gloss covering 740 lots. As usual, they divided the auction to end on two dates. I'm guessing that it is easier for them, and the bidders, to have a separation so all parties aren't scrambling at the end.

I've looked at auction catalogs in a variety of ways before. This time I'm going to focus on games. Games of games.

First up, a 1962 Roger Maris Baseball Board Game.

Lot # 287
Opening Bid: $200
Current Bid: $200



Next up a 1940s-1970s Multi-Sport Games and Cards Collection
Lot # 290
Opening Bid: $150
Current Bid: $170



And finally a 1950s "Knockout" Electronic Boxing Game
Lot # 195
Opening Bid: $100
Current Bid: $130

Crack open the bank accounts and keep the browsers open.

Bids current as of the afternoon of Monday, May 25th.
And yes, I lifted the images from their site.
Images used with permission.

Prizes From Last Month

I won a contest from the guys over at Community Gum.

Okay, I'm a slacker. It has been over a month since I won and I'm just now posting about it. I'm such a slacker that I stole the image from Community Gum's site.

They bought a boatload of junk wax and invited readers to guess how many Andre Dawson cards would be in the haul. I guessed 5. I was correct, sir.

The guys over there got my cards out the door right quick.

Now, I'm wondering if I add them to my cheapo HoF cards. They aren't player relics, but it would fill two spots that I'm trying to fill. At this point I'm going to declare them HoF relic cards and go on with my life.

Contest Links

No, not mine. But there's four of them to enter.

Three are no cost. The fourth? Well, yeah.

Big D's Custom Card Contest

Enough Already's Giveaway Time!!

1st & Goal Sportscards

Gint-A-Cuffs II - The Monster demands a Mate!

More Authenticated Ink

Last year I wrote about some Auth/Ink cards. --David was seeking more information about them. I didn't find much, but today I found a new mess of them on ebay.

I snagged some of the images from this seller's auctions.

If you've been following the NHL's playoffs, you know the name Tim Horton. Hockey player who started a coffee and donut shop in 1964. Now there are over 3,500 Tim Hortons in the U.S. and Canada.

This upcoming weekend is the NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony. Richard Petty, along with Junior Johnson and Dale Earnhardt, Bill France, Sr., and Bill France, Jr., will be a member of the first class.

Director extraordinaire. My favorite film of his is The 39 Steps. A detailed review and analysis can be found here. You can watch it online here.

Mr. Cobb, how we knew you. I've been doing some research on Mr. Cobb. Many people, myself included, only thought of him as a mean tempered, spikes-a-flyin', embittered, but very good ball player.

I ran across some of his letters on the web, but I've misplaced them. After investing in Coca-Cola, his returns were nothing to be scoffed at. He put the money to good use, assisting in building a hospital in Royston, Georgia and starting the Ty Cobb Educational Foundation, which has presented over $12,725,000 in scholarships.

Why am I interested in Ty Cobb? Well, I'm researching the 1904 Tennessee Alabama League. A young Cobb played for the Anniston team in Alabama. Most of the information then says that he returned to Augusta to play with them.

I found a newspaper reference that he stated that he was now (July 1904) playing for the Sheffield team. I then found the box scores that prove he did play for Sheffield. I thought that I was breaking new ground, until further research has brought me in touch with a newspaperman who did similar research in the 1960s. Apparently a few of us know about it, but it hasn't been widely reported or documented.

I'm still gathering information and corresponding with other researchers (Go SABR) and don't quite know the best way to document and present 'my' find. The Mad Guru (Rain of Error) has been very generous with his advice. Thanks.

So, I don't know much more about the creative force behind the Auth/Ink cards, but I've found a few more that I like.