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mrmopar
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I spoke of a huge pick up coming soon a few days back and that day has arrived. It's coincidental that I am nearing the end of my 3rd year highlighting Dodger additions, because its somewhat related to a subject that was one of my earliest "big hit" additions back when this started, Walter O'Malley.
I would probably be embarrassed at the cumulative amount that I've spend on my collection, not only in those three years, but in its entirety. However, I find great joy in it and that is what matters. Lots of other money is long spent with nothing to show for it, so at least I still have the cards.
This will almost certainly be my final "major" purchase of 2022. I can't think of any other significant higher priced signatures for Dodgers that are left on my wantlist that I could actually afford (or more accurately, be WILLING to spend the necessary sum of money on).
Wilbert Robinson, Jake Daubert, Charles Ebbetts, Rabbit Maranville, Tony Lazerri, Hack Wilson & Babe Ruth lead the short list of impossibly cool autos I'd love to own, but probably never will.
That said, I am welcoming Branch Rickey to the team. I picked up his son's autograph not that long ago and figured Sr would elude me, but I landed a contract that also includes Fred Toney. There is no direct Brooklyn connection, other than he was drafted by the Robins in 1914, but never appeared with the team. Louisville (American Association) bought his contract from the Cubs in 1913 and the the Robins got him in the 1914 rule 5 draft. His biggest claim to fame seems to be his double no-hitter, featured on one of the Laughlin cards. Toney died in 1953 at age 64.



I would probably be embarrassed at the cumulative amount that I've spend on my collection, not only in those three years, but in its entirety. However, I find great joy in it and that is what matters. Lots of other money is long spent with nothing to show for it, so at least I still have the cards.
This will almost certainly be my final "major" purchase of 2022. I can't think of any other significant higher priced signatures for Dodgers that are left on my wantlist that I could actually afford (or more accurately, be WILLING to spend the necessary sum of money on).
Wilbert Robinson, Jake Daubert, Charles Ebbetts, Rabbit Maranville, Tony Lazerri, Hack Wilson & Babe Ruth lead the short list of impossibly cool autos I'd love to own, but probably never will.
That said, I am welcoming Branch Rickey to the team. I picked up his son's autograph not that long ago and figured Sr would elude me, but I landed a contract that also includes Fred Toney. There is no direct Brooklyn connection, other than he was drafted by the Robins in 1914, but never appeared with the team. Louisville (American Association) bought his contract from the Cubs in 1913 and the the Robins got him in the 1914 rule 5 draft. His biggest claim to fame seems to be his double no-hitter, featured on one of the Laughlin cards. Toney died in 1953 at age 64.


