Poor Mariano #poorbaseballcard

1949-50 Num Num Cleveland Indians Satchel Paige @sabrbbcards.bsky.social @cardjunk.bsky.social @number5typecard.bsky.social @vossbrink.bsky.social @markarmour04.bsky.social ‪ #cardsky

Also holds a lifetime .500 batting average, according to the wikis.

"Tell them to comb the desert! Do you hear me? Comb the desert!"

1947 Tip Top Bread baseball cards St. Louis Browns @sabrbbcards.bsky.social @cardjunk.bsky.social @number5typecard.bsky.social @gritz.bsky.social ‪ @vossbrink.bsky.social #cardsky

From “Base ball. As viewed by a muffin,” by S. Van Campen—pub. date ca. 1867…. @sabrpictorial.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @ckamka.bsky.social @markarmour04.bsky.social @buckweaver.bsky.social

Poor Warren Spahn #poorbaseballcard

Sad to hear about the passing of acting legend Robert Redford. Before he was a member of the New York Knights, photographer Steve Schapiro captured Redford playing baseball in Central Park with his son and daughter.

Poor Man Who Fell to Earth #poorpaperback, #booksky meets #filmsky

Rare archive photos from the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol, ca. 1939-46 @sabrpictorial.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @ckamka.bsky.social @adarowski.bsky.social

A personal favorite.

A: Hey! Let's get the entire front office staff together to take a picture for the card! B: Whoa, there Mr. Moneybags. Who has time for that? I'll just give my kid our media guide and a pair of scissors. #cardsky

Here’s a good one.

tell me way less about his HOF creds and way more about the backstory for "cousin egbert"

What rates for goofiest looking card? Starting here w/ the Judge: 1963 Topps Bazooka All-Time Greats #30 Judge Landis @sabrbbcards.bsky.social @cardjunk.bsky.social @number5typecard.bsky.social @gritz.bsky.social ‪@spoart.bsky.social #cardsky

Poor Napoléon "the Frenchman" Lajoie #cardsky

Yas. Another card back on card front: Billy Cowan.

Card back on card front Joe Haynes

Card back on card front Jim Lonborg

Who has some fun pics of card backs on card fronts? @sabrbbcards.bsky.social @cardjunk.bsky.social @gritz.bsky.social @number5typecard.bsky.social #cardsky

1954 Marilyn Monroe USO Korea Tour Type 1 Photo @sabrpictorial.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @johnthorn.bsky.social

ca. 1897 Chicago League scorecard for a Baltimore vs. Chicago game shows bicycles were already pretty popular. (It's good for stat comps., too.)

1934 Hank Greenberg Detroit Tigers Type 1 Photo @sabrpictorial.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @ckamka.bsky.social

Lions & Tigers & Asbestos! 😱 #filmsky

1928 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig barnstorming for "World Series Rodeo" type 1 photo @johnthorn.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @sabrpictorial.bsky.social

Bob Feller in the South Pacific 1943 Type 1 photo, Acme News Press

Poor Herman "Germany" Schaefer, of the Detroit team #poorbaseballcard #cardsky

What people think they 80s were like versus what the 80s were actually like.

ca. 1914-1915 St. Louis Browns type I photo, players unidentified; photo by beat photographer Russell Froelich

👀 "Hankenstein's monster" @heavyjstudios.bsky.social

1958 Mickey Mantle type I photo from AP wire

1960 Ted Williams, type I photo @sabrpictorial.bsky.social

ca. 1904 Baltimore "base ball club" score card, from Blome's Chocolates #cardsky

Babe Didrikson played donkey baseball with the House of David.

Bring back this terror, you cowards.

House of David in Mexico. (Beards were required for "Players for Hire" not of faith of HOD.) @sabrpictorial.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @adarowski.bsky.social

Ballplayer with Movie Camera, Chuck Connors (aka The Rifleman) —📷 via Cesar Brioso @sabrpictorial.bsky.social #filmsky

If you like baseball and can make the hike to the third floor mezzanine of the Smithsonian NPG, it’s worth it. From the ongoing Champions exhibition…. @sabrpictorial.bsky.social @bballhist.bsky.social @johnthorn.bsky.social

Why should the stats be on the back, I ask you

Yankee Stadium postcard, ca. 1930s @discovering.nyc #cardsky

Old Time Baseball Team Portraits from Mexico @bballhist.bsky.social @sabrpictorial.bsky.social @adarowski.bsky.social

Cuban pitcher Agapito Mayor was born 109 years ago today. I’ve got him at 250-197 overall with a 3.61 ERA (only seasons with ER & IP). His stats include his native Cuba (71-64) as well as American Series in Cuba (4-2), Mexico 98-76), and the US Minors (77-55). That Almendares cap. 😍

Poor "Pudge" #poorbaseballcard #cardsky

Poor Rats (also adapted as Deadly Eyes, 1982) #poorpaperback #booksky #filmsky

1928 Shonen Kulubu Babe Ruth postcard @sabrpictorial.bsky.social @npbcardguy.bsky.social #cardsky

Paul Casanova played for the 1960 and 1961 Indianapolis Clowns. He played several seasons in Venezuela and was a major league All-Star in 1967.

Poor Philip K. Dick #poorpaperback #booksky

Poor Kerouac #poorpaperback #booksky

Poor Hoax #poorpaperback #booksky #filmsky