Billy Raimondi

Billy Raimondi never had an at bat in the major leagues, but Billy is what baseball is all about…playing for the love of the game. Billy was a catcher in the minor leagues from 1931 through 1952, which was longer than any other position player in Pacific Coast League history (Herm Pillette pitched 23 seasons). [...]

Posted on 1 July 2010 | 10:02 pm

Latest vintage additions

I picked up a few cool vintage items today. To view full-sized images, just click on the thumbnails! Cuban baseball identification card from the “ASOCIACION NACIONAL DE PELOTEROS PROFESIONALES DE CUBA”, and signed by the Association President Orestes “Minnie” Minoso. ID card is dated Diciembre 10, de 1959 1951 Cuban baseball “Guia de Fanatico” (Fan [...]

Posted on 30 June 2010 | 7:49 pm

Latest signed 1962 Topps additions

Today was a great week. I was able to purchase many cards that I needed for my 1962 Topps set. After this weeks’ haul, I currently have 405 from the set. Here are the latest additions: Joe Torre (future HOF) AL Batting Leaders (Signed by Cash, Kaline, Piersall) (HOF) Don Drysdale (HOF) Tony Kubek Elston [...]

Posted on 3 April 2010 | 12:56 pm

AL& NL HR Kings

I picked up a new addition for our 1962 Topps set. This is one of my favorites so far. The card features Roger Maris and HOFer Orlando Cepeda. This card is extra special because it commemorates Roger’s feat of clubbing 61 HR in ’61 (on the back of the card). Maris and Cepeda signed beautifully [...]

Posted on 28 March 2010 | 11:40 am

Win Clark: 1897 Louisville Colonels Player

I picked up a neat piece today. Not the biggest name player. In fact, he only played in four Major League games. The cool thing is that he played for the 1897 Louisville Colonels, which were part of the National League at the time. This team had three future Hall of Famers: Rube Waddell, Fred [...]

Posted on 28 February 2010 | 9:59 pm