Happy Independence Day!

Hope you're having a great holiday.

This postcard is from the late 1930's/early 1940's.

Today is the 79th anniversary of one of the most bittersweet moments in baseball history, Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day at Yankee Stadium 1939.

Diamond Kings and More from The Diamond King

I recently won one of seven prize packages from Kevin, The Diamond King.  The rules stated that you could only enter to win three of them.  As luck would have it not only did I win but I won the package I most wanted.  Kevin labelled them, "modern retired players", which sounds a lot less exciting than the cards themselves.  I picked my favorite 13 cards to show here which is only 10% of the total.  Thanks Kevin!

Not a bad baker's dozen, eh!

Blow Out the Candles June 19

The Iron Horse, Lou Gehrig was born in New York, New York on this date in 1903.

More Lou:

Hey, I know those guys!

Gehrig, Foxx, Ruth

1980 Exhibit Supply Cards

Here are eight cards from the 1980 Exhibit Supply Co. set.  The 32 card set was based on earlier issues and was printed in three tints-- red, blue and sepia.  The unnumbered blank backed cards are 3-3/8" x 5-3/8".  Reportedly there were only 2,500 of each color made.  I picked these up on COMC for a grand total of $1.97.

Lou Brock

Not a great shot of Lou.

Billy Williams
Billy just has one of those likable faces, doesn't he?

Brooks Robinson
Check the bird peering out from the lower right.

Ernie Banks

A young "Ernest" at Wrigley,  likely in 1957

Willie Mays
Classic Willie from the Bronx

Lou Gehrig
Nice shot of the Iron Man (god knows where)

Richie Ashburn
This is a shot of Richie in his first or second year.  Very nice signature.

Warren Spahn

This picture was taken in the early 1970's when Spahn was the pitching coach for the Cleveland Indians.