Blow Out the Candles July 17 Blogger Birthday Update!

Go to the end to see which blogger is celebrating today.

Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau was born in Harvey, Illinois on this date in 1917.

 1951 Bowman #62

 2001 Sp Legendary Cuts #D-LB

2001 UD #SJ-LB

 Joe Gordon, Ken Keltner, Daler Mitchel and Lou Boudreau 

Lou and his wife before the 1948 World Series

My memories of Lou are of listening to him and his radio partner Vince Lloyd broadcasting Cubs games on WGN 720.  Lou was the voice of the Cubs for over a quarter of a century starting in the early 1960's.

Cubs favorite Don Kessinger is celebrating his 70th birthday today.

 1966 Topps #24

 2005 Topps Pristine #125 916/1999

 Don returned to coach the baseball team at his Alma Mater from 1991-96.

 1993 UD All-Time Heroes #80

Don in 2011

Composer and pianist Vince Guaraldi was born in San Francisco, California on this date in 1928.

Like a host of other baby boomers and  I first came to know Vince Guaraldi's music through his association with the Peanuts animated specials.

Who doesn't recognize this one:

Singer, songwriter Phoebe Snow was born in New York City, New York on this date in 1950.

A late addition:
You've all seen this logo, right?

It's creator and creator of the great blog it belongs to is celebrating his 23rd birthday today.  Happy birthday Greg! Click here to see a preview of the loot he got.

I think this is Greg. Someone let me know if I'm wrong.

Do It Yourself COMC Packs #10/35 Ted Williams Co.

I recently had 8 months worth of Check Out My Cards purchases shipped.  I divided the 153 cards into 35 groups.  I like to think of these as hand picked "packs".   I'm posting them in random order.  "Pack" #10, four cards, was $1.31 including shipping.

These four cards are from the two sets put out by the Ted Williams Co. in 1993-94.

Don was the shortstop on the Cubs teams of my youth.   He could really make the acrobatic throw from the hole.  He's one of the core group of 1969 Cubs that you don't see too often anymore.

Boog is one of my favorites from the great Orioles teams of the 1960's-70's.

Can't have too many cards of old timers.  Johnny is of course famous for his consecutive no-hitters in 1938.

 Maris still holds a fascination for most of us.  This is a cool rare photo of Roger from his days with the Keokuk Kernels in 1954.  A bit of trivia: Roger spelled his name Maras back then. He changed it after the 1954 season.

Song For a Sunday Night "Bad Girl, Good Girl" by miss A

Here are two videos from a Korean girl group called "miss A".  Strangely, I came across them while researching former Cubs shortstop Don Kessinger.  Don's middle name, Eulon, came up as a word in the lyrics of the first song "Bad Girl, Good Girl".  Don had some good moves.  So do these ladies.

Here's Kessinger turning the DP.  BTW, #16 sure looks to be a long ways from second base. Anyone have a guess on who it is?

Cookie in  1967  (yes pitching)

Blow Out the Candles July 17

Hall of Famer Lou Boudreau was born in Harvey, Illinois on this date in 1917.

 1951 Bowman #62

 2001 Sp Legendary Cuts #D-LB

2001 UD #SJ-LB

 Joe Gordon, Ken Keltner, Daler Mitchel and Lou Boudreau 

Lou and his wife before the 1948 World Series

My memories of Lou are of listening to him and his radio partner Vince Lloyd broadcasting Cubs games on WGN 720.  Lou was the voice of the Cubs for over a quarter of a century starting in the early 1960's.

Cubs favorite Don Kessinger is celebrating his 69th birthday today.

 1966 Topps #24

 2005 Topps Pristine #125 916/1999

 Don returned to coach the baseball team at his Alma Mater from 1991-96.

 1993 UD All-Time Heroes #80

Don in 2011

More Birthdays later.