Monday, December 21, 2020
Barrier Breakers: 1947 Larry Doby - Cleveland Indians
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Barrier Breakers: Hank Thompson - New York Giants
Yesterday, the commissioner of Major League Baseball announced that seven of the Negro Leagues that operated between 1920 and 1948 will be considered Major League team and (I assume) their stats will be also included. I have been making cards of Barrier Breakers as part of my latest project. This is my latest, a 1949 Leaf card of Hank Thompson.
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Friday, December 11, 2020
Barrier Breakers: Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers
Monday, December 7, 2020
Dick Allen
1942-2020
It is with great sadness that I learned earlier today of Dick Allen's passing.
This one really stings. I grew up a Sox fan in the '70s. Dick Allen was a hero to me. I had a homemade baseball bat that was just ridiculously way too big. We called it the "Dick Allen" bat. I could only use it playing sandlot ball because it was obviously not legal for little league play. If you follow this blog, you know that I have used Allen as the subject of many posts. The 72 "In Action" was one of my first fake cards. Here are as many others that I can remember making:
Friday, December 4, 2020
1975 NFL Rookies of the Year
In 1975 there were still 5 different organizations who awarded Rookie of the Year titles to NFL players. AP, UPI, NEA, Pro Football Weekly and The Sporting News. That year there were 11 different awards split among 3 recipients.
The player all five organizations agreed upon was Oilers linebacker Robert Brazile. Houston drafted him with the 6th pick of the first round, just two picks behind his Jackson State teammate, Walter Payton. Like sweetness, he would be enshrined in Canton, OH. He played all 10 of his NFL Seasons with the Oilers and was selected to 7 Pro Bowls. He is also on the Titans/Oilers "Ring of Honor".Mike Thomas was named NFC Rookie of the Year by UPI. He was Offensive ROY according to AP and shared the Pro Football Weekly Offensive ROY award with Steve Bartkowski. Thomas was the lowest draft selection among the three ROYs. He was picked in the 5th round by Washington from UNLV. He ran for 919 yards in his rookie campaign. In 1976 he rushed for 1101 and was selected for the Pro Bowl. In his 6 year NFL career he had 6207 total yards from scrimmage for the Redskins and the Chargers.Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Barrier Breakers: Ernie Banks, Chicago Cubs
Monday, November 23, 2020
Barrier Breakers: Tom Alston, St. Louis Cardinals
Friday, November 20, 2020
Barrier Breakers: Hank Thompson, St. Louis Browns
Monday, November 16, 2020
1974 NFL Rookies of the Year
In 1974 there were nine different Rookie of the Year awards. The Associated Press (AP) and Pro Football Weekly (PFW) awarded the top Rookie on Offense and defense. The Sporting News (TSN) and United Press International (UPI) awarded the top rookie from the AFC and the NFC. The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) awarded just one overall Rookie of the Year.
The unanimous ROY winner from all five organizations was Chargers running back Don Woods. Woods was a quarterback from the University of New Mexico. The Packers drafted him in the 6th round but dropped him before the start of the season. San Diego picked him up and used him as a running back. He set the rookie record for rushing yards despite not playing in the first 2 games of the season. A knee injury limited him to 5 games in the 1975 season. With the addition of Rickey young to the Chargers backfield in 1975, then Lydell Mitchell in 1977, Woods' touches were greatly reduced. His numbers never matched those of his rookie season.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Barrier Breakers: Sam Jethroe - Boston Braves
Monday, November 9, 2020
Barrier Breakers: Bob Trice - Philadelphia Athletics
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
1980 Topps Sadaharu Oh
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Series 1 Packs
As promised, I now have packs of physical Cards That Never Were. I am selling these through this site only for $10.00 per pack plus $4.00 shipping. Please use the link:
You can also buy them individually on eBay. My seller's name there is ctnwblog_8.