1980 TMCA Hall of Famers Part 3

Only 8 more to go - But don't worry - I found another bunch of cards from a similar set from 1983 for next week.

Waite Hoyt - Pitcher - New York Yankess - Lifetime record 237-182 - After playing career was over he was an announcer for the Reds - HOF 1969

Charlie Grimm - 1B - Chicago Cubs - "Jolly Cholly" was a career .290 hitter in 20 seasons who went on to be a player/manager and then manager for 19 more seasons - When he died - his wife was granted permission to spread his ashes on Wrigley Field

Branch Rickey - Manager - St. Louis Browns - Will always be remembered for bringing Jackie Robinson to Major League Baseball - HOF 1967

Judge Landis - Commisioner - Commish of baseball for 24 years until he passed away in 1944 - elected to the HOF that year.

How awesome would it be to be able to get these cards autographed? I really think they would look sharp.

Last 4 cards tomorrow.

1980 TCMA Hall of Famers part 2

Here we are with the next 4 Hall of Famers from the mystery TMCA set.

Joe Sewell - 2nd Base - Cleaveland Indians - This stat is amazing - in 7,132 career MLB at bats - Joe struck out only 114 times - un-fucking-believable - HOF 1975

Walter Johnson - Pitcher - Washington Senators - 110 career shutouts, 413 wins, 3,499 strikeouts - really - the "Big Train" needs no help from me - one of the best all time - HOF 1936

Rabbit Maranville - Shortstop - Boston Braves - 23 year career - never great with the bat, but from all accounts a great fielder - HOF 1954

Hack Wilson - OF - New York Giants - hit 56 homers in 1930 and also drove in 190 (yes, 190) runs. HOF 1979

Not a bad core there to start a team - we got the pitching, the hitting, the slick up the middle defense - I'm loving going through these cards.

Again - any players or teams here you like - let me know - They will probably mean more to a collector who may not have these cards than me.

I Don't Really Know What These Are, But I Have A Feeling They Are Pretty Awesome

Last week I was digging into a giant box of cards (probably about 3000) that I really cannot recall the origin of. Really, I don't know where they came from, if they were mine from childhood? There were cards from the late 70's to early 90's and some odd balls that I don't ever recall seeing. Here are the first group of odd balls.

According the the backs, the date is 1980 TCMA - they are made by the Renata Galasso Inc - "The World's Largest Hobby Card Dealer" out of Brooklyn. All of the cards feature players from the early 1900s to about the late 1930s - most of them Hall of Famers - A lot of them are new to me as I have never REALLY delved into the archives to learn a lot about some of these guys before today.

Tris Speaker - OF - Cleaveland Indians - "The Grey Eagle" hit over .300 18 times - HOF 1937

Harry Heilmann - OF - Detroit Tigers - "Slug" led the American League in hitting 4 times .394 in 1921, .403 in 1923, .393 in 1925, and .398 in 1927. HOF 1952

Dazzy Vance - Pitcher - Brooklyn Dodgers - Led the NL in k's 7 straight years, Victories twice, ERA 4 times and shutouts 3 teams - HOF 1955

Burleigh Grimes - Pitcher - Brooklyn Dodgers - The last legal spitball pitcher - 20 game winner 5 times, career 270-212 record - HOF 1964

I've got 12 more of this set and will be rolling them out 4 at a time the rest of the week. Let me know if you know anything else about these cards - they are sorta neat - if any of you see any players that you collect or teams you like - let me know and I'm sure they can find their way to you.