I received the following:
1955 Rocky Bridges Bowman 136 Indians
1960 Rocky Bridges Topps 22
Rocky Bridges (born Everett Lamar) played from 1951 to 1961 with a number of clubs. (Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis and Los Angeles.) An All-Star in 1957 (though he didn't play), Bridges was a career-long infielder. During the course of his career, he contributed a total of 2.8 WAR to his team. Wikipedia points out something with which I agree. (As a college teacher, I usually HATE Wikipedia because of the way my students abuse it!) In 1973's The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book, Brendan C. Boyd & Fred C. Harris point out that Mr. Bridges "may have looked more like a ballplayer than any other ballplayer who ever lived." You know what? They are right. The man was born to be a ballplayer.
1960 Bobby Shantz Topps 315 Yankees
1959 Bobby Shantz Topps 222 Yankees
Bobby Shantz was a heckuva pitcher. According to Baseball Reference, he's the 254th-best pitcher of all time. The gentleman pitched between 1949 and 1964 and won 8 Gold Gloves in addition to an MVP award in 1952. (Did you know that Satchel Paige received 12 MVP voting points in 1952, more than Vic Raschi or Johnny Sain?) In the course of putting together a 119-99 record, Shantz was a part of the late-1950s Yankees teams, winning a World Series in 1958. The first 66% of his career was spent in the AL (with two clubs that have moved cities) and the last third in the NL...he has a lot of interesting memories about a lot of baseball history that has long passed us by.
2010 Hank Presswood Allen & Ginter 283
Well, I don't usually like supporting examiner.com, but Nick Diunte points out an important fact: Hank Presswood finally got a baseball card. Sure, he was 88 years old when Topps printed his rookie card. Better late than never. Mr. Presswood played shortstop and third base for the Cleveland Buckeyes and Kansas City Monarchs between the years of 1948 and 1952. (As an Ohio State alum, I loved communicating with a fellow Buckeye.) I don't know why, but I find it interesting that Mr. Presswood played softball for Inland Steel, the company he worked for after his baseball career. I sent Mr. Presswood a bunch of extras of his A&G card, and I assume he is giving them to other folks who are just learning about the ***** Leagues.
1955 Rocky Bridges Bowman 136 Indians
1960 Rocky Bridges Topps 22
Rocky Bridges (born Everett Lamar) played from 1951 to 1961 with a number of clubs. (Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Washington, Detroit, Cleveland, St. Louis and Los Angeles.) An All-Star in 1957 (though he didn't play), Bridges was a career-long infielder. During the course of his career, he contributed a total of 2.8 WAR to his team. Wikipedia points out something with which I agree. (As a college teacher, I usually HATE Wikipedia because of the way my students abuse it!) In 1973's The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book, Brendan C. Boyd & Fred C. Harris point out that Mr. Bridges "may have looked more like a ballplayer than any other ballplayer who ever lived." You know what? They are right. The man was born to be a ballplayer.
1960 Bobby Shantz Topps 315 Yankees
1959 Bobby Shantz Topps 222 Yankees
Bobby Shantz was a heckuva pitcher. According to Baseball Reference, he's the 254th-best pitcher of all time. The gentleman pitched between 1949 and 1964 and won 8 Gold Gloves in addition to an MVP award in 1952. (Did you know that Satchel Paige received 12 MVP voting points in 1952, more than Vic Raschi or Johnny Sain?) In the course of putting together a 119-99 record, Shantz was a part of the late-1950s Yankees teams, winning a World Series in 1958. The first 66% of his career was spent in the AL (with two clubs that have moved cities) and the last third in the NL...he has a lot of interesting memories about a lot of baseball history that has long passed us by.
2010 Hank Presswood Allen & Ginter 283
Well, I don't usually like supporting examiner.com, but Nick Diunte points out an important fact: Hank Presswood finally got a baseball card. Sure, he was 88 years old when Topps printed his rookie card. Better late than never. Mr. Presswood played shortstop and third base for the Cleveland Buckeyes and Kansas City Monarchs between the years of 1948 and 1952. (As an Ohio State alum, I loved communicating with a fellow Buckeye.) I don't know why, but I find it interesting that Mr. Presswood played softball for Inland Steel, the company he worked for after his baseball career. I sent Mr. Presswood a bunch of extras of his A&G card, and I assume he is giving them to other folks who are just learning about the ***** Leagues.
