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Sunday, July 28, 2013

A Rainbow 8 Months in the Making

Who doesn't enjoy a rainbow?

This 2012 Panini Copperstown Collection Ron Santo rainbow took me about eight months to complete. 

 The base card below was easily obtained and I first posted it last November.

I picked up the blue and red versions, #'d to 499 and 399 respectively a couple of months later.

The last one, #'d to 299 proved very elusive.  After seeing a couple early on that got too pricey for my taste, it seemed to disappear. This one finally showed up this month and actually cost me less than the higher #'d versions.  Mission accomplished.

Here's the original photo.  It was captioned as being from Spring Training in 1969.  To me it looks much earlier.  I love the fact that, pitching mound aside,  it looks like it was taken in some one's back yard.

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

The Real Hebrew Hammer

With the suspension of Ryan Braun and apologies to Al Rosen let us appreciate the original "Hebrew Hammer", Hank Greenberg:

Thursday, July 4, 2013

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Hope everyone is having a great 4th of July holiday!



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