Can't Have Too Many Cards

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Whitey Stapleton 1940-2020

An inevitable side effect of growing older is the loss of the heroes of our youth. On April 8 Pat Stapleton died. Along with greats like Hull and Mikita my first memories of the Chicago Blackhawks include Whitey.

Saturday, April 18, 2020

RIP Glenn Beckert 1940-2020

There are a lot of things I don't like about getting older. One of them is hearing about the deaths of athletes and entertainers I grew up with. Such was the case last Sunday with the passing of Glenn Beckert.

1969 Tasco Poster. It's hanging in my dining room with Hundley and Santo.

A couple of great mug shots. "Strong armed outfielder"? Glenn ended his major league career having played a total of ten innings in the outfield with two chances. He did make the catches. If you check out his actual records you'll find this must have been a Topps error. Glenn was an infielder for his entire three year minor league career.

Captain Serious. I still love cute Cubbie patch.

One of my two Milk Duds boxes. The other is Ron Santo.

As far as I know none of the card companies has ever issued a certified auto of Glenn Beckert. Don Kessinger has at least a couple.

You could probably find this game. Duke Sims only played in 140 games with the Dodgers (90 in 1971 and 50 in 1972).

This is a photograph I took at a Cubs Alumni vs. Hollywood Stars game at Wrigley Field. Glenn is at the far right, smiling. Did Ernie just say something amusing?

Monday, December 23, 2019

Happy Hanukkah!

Today is the first day of Hanukkah. I don't own a menorah or more properly, a hanukkyah. I do have this nice first day cover from 1996. Happy Chanukkah to all my Jewish friends and to anyone else who would like to join in.

Thursday, November 28, 2019

Happy Thanksgiving. I'm Giving You the Bird --- Mr. Turkey-wise. :)

I can't tell you much about these. They are listed in The Standard Catalog of Baseball Cards. I'm guessing they were a send away item since they came sealed. The copy-write date is 1994 but they were released in 1995. Wikipedia shows Mr. Turkey as part of Sara Lee. Three Hall of Famers and two fan favorites ain't bad. Also notice that they are all World Series champs.

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Check out my postcard blog, David Does Deltiology.

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Postcards Anyone? Join Me at David Does Deltiology

I've finally made a blogging home for my postcard collection. It will probably have a lot of Chicago history but many other things as well including sports. You know how I love variety. If you're interested please follow and/or add DDD to your feed. Here's the link, David Does Deltiology.

Here's today's postcard:

By the way, Can't Have Too Many Cards quietly passed it's 10th anniversary about a week ago. I know it's been limping along (so am I) but that's still a long time. I've enjoyed doing it and of course sharing time with you and your efforts. I'm not giving it up either. Just be patient with the old blog. It needs to nap once in a while.

Here's a link to my very first post. You'll probably recognize the first three commenters.

Thanks as always for stopping by.