I need to get a life...
MuckyMutt
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So here I am on Saturday night surfing thru Ebay looking at all the neat cards. 
I am beggining to notice things that look strange - and no, I'm not drinking. Maybe that's the problem - somebody bring me a beer!
#1 - Who is this in the picture? Check out the uniform #. Hank wore #5 in 54 & 55, but then switched to #44 for the rest of his career. The poster looks like uniform #54????
Who is this?
#2 - A lot of you probably know this, but I just noticed this tonight. I have seen Hammerin' Hank's 57 card many times. But tonight I noticed that it's a reversed negative. (Left handed batting stance and the number 4 that you can see on the uniform is reversed.)
edited to add the link (doh!)
I am beggining to notice things that look strange - and no, I'm not drinking. Maybe that's the problem - somebody bring me a beer!#1 - Who is this in the picture? Check out the uniform #. Hank wore #5 in 54 & 55, but then switched to #44 for the rest of his career. The poster looks like uniform #54????
Who is this?
#2 - A lot of you probably know this, but I just noticed this tonight. I have seen Hammerin' Hank's 57 card many times. But tonight I noticed that it's a reversed negative. (Left handed batting stance and the number 4 that you can see on the uniform is reversed.)
edited to add the link (doh!)
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Mucky
I pulled this one off ebay - I don't have the card but I think it's one the best and on my top 10 favorites.
I also like the 58T Aaron - the green background is really vivid.
The uni thing - good eye.
Not sure - I have it that he wore #5 his first year and 44 thereafter.
This is a 1957 poster and is not #44?
It's time for Columbo to come on the scene!
mike
Dude's got a ton of neg feedbacks and quite a few that were withdrawn. Like one of them says, this looks like a scanned photo. That seems to be a common complaint.
Personally, I respect your honesty and bravery. However, I'm doing the same thing so all the aforementioned might just be some self-serving rationalization krap.
As for Hank, I think he wore 54 during the Studio 54 days when he would party with Halston, Liza and Andy Warhol. Rubell and Schrager paid him on some type of endorsement deal. In fact, I think he was caught smuggling cocaine in his bat after a flight into LaGuardia to play the Mets. The police were tipped off when Lee Mazilli actually stuck the whole bat up his nose and refused to get off the baggage carousel. Don't hold me to this. I might have a little fact here or there mistaken.
Have a good night,
JLC
"I have one word for you, Ben... Spastics. Got it? Good. Enough said."
i didnt read the post though..
Mike - I think the 57 Topps is probably Aaron's best card - it's my favorite.
Any other ideas on the uniform #?
<< <i>You don't need to get a life. You're free to do whatever you like regardless of what night it is. Surfing ebay or the web is an activity. You won't lose weight or have an orgasm, but you also won't be mistaken for a male prostitue or gang-banger. The very rich avoid the limelight on the weekend in favor of living it up on weeknights. This is how they shove the poor working man's nose into the skat. If you can go out on a Tuesday and paint the town until four in the morning, you'll be treated like a king. You won't have to fight for reservations or wait twenty minutes to get your car at valet. You won't have to sit in a movie theater packed tightly with each seat taken and some guy behind you with whooping cough. Nothing matters when you are rich because every night is convenient. There's no reason to wake up at some ungodly hour to beat traffic and no need to get home to sleep so you can start up the next day.
Personally, I respect your honesty and bravery. However, I'm doing the same thing so all the aforementioned might just be some self-serving rationalization krap.
As for Hank, I think he wore 54 during the Studio 54 days when he would party with Halston, Liza and Andy Warhol. Rubell and Schrager paid him on some type of endorsement deal. In fact, I think he was caught smuggling cocaine in his bat after a flight into LaGuardia to play the Mets. The police were tipped off when Lee Mazilli actually stuck the whole bat up his nose and refused to get off the baggage carousel. Don't hold me to this. I might have a little fact here or there mistaken.
Have a good night,
JLC >>
You need to get a life.........chaz
<< <i>You need to get a life.........chaz >>
Chaz
Lamar just likes long walks on the 'beach' - and the sun does strange things to ones perception.
mike
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<< <i>You need to get a life.........chaz >>
Chaz
Lamar just likes long walks on the 'beach' - and the sun does strange things to ones perception.
mike >>
Very true...sorry I missed that. chaz
<< <i>You don't need to get a life. You're free to do whatever you like regardless of what night it is. Surfing ebay or the web is an activity. You won't lose weight or have an orgasm, but you also won't be mistaken for a male prostitue or gang-banger. The very rich avoid the limelight on the weekend in favor of living it up on weeknights. This is how they shove the poor working man's nose into the skat. If you can go out on a Tuesday and paint the town until four in the morning, you'll be treated like a king. You won't have to fight for reservations or wait twenty minutes to get your car at valet. You won't have to sit in a movie theater packed tightly with each seat taken and some guy behind you with whooping cough. Nothing matters when you are rich because every night is convenient. There's no reason to wake up at some ungodly hour to beat traffic and no need to get home to sleep so you can start up the next day.
Personally, I respect your honesty and bravery. However, I'm doing the same thing so all the aforementioned might just be some self-serving rationalization krap.
As for Hank, I think he wore 54 during the Studio 54 days when he would party with Halston, Liza and Andy Warhol. Rubell and Schrager paid him on some type of endorsement deal. In fact, I think he was caught smuggling cocaine in his bat after a flight into LaGuardia to play the Mets. The police were tipped off when Lee Mazilli actually stuck the whole bat up his nose and refused to get off the baggage carousel. Don't hold me to this. I might have a little fact here or there mistaken.
Have a good night,
JLC >>
Are you the same guy that's sitting on half of the world's known quantity of Cole Hamels RC's?
I want to learn more about baseball, but I'm currently researching basketball cards from the 70's when men wore short shorts. There's a George McGinnis ABA card with a giant wedgie that's calling my name.
Last, what's the difference between a glory goal and a glory hole. I imagine one is from hockey while the other is from golf, but was George Michael ever a professional athlete?
Best,
JLC
#19 Finest All Time Rock Hudson Master Set
#5 1999 Shoes of the Players' Wives Open Toe Sling Heel Set
Owner of the 1/3 Co-Signer Set Bill Tilden/Cary Grant Dual Signature Card
"I have one word for you, Ben... Spastics. Got it? Good. Enough said."
Don't be fooled by JasperLamarCrabb's avatar :
Sure, he can type circles around guys like us
who have IQ's that wouldn't even peg SGC's meter, even though it only goes to 100,
but just to give everyone a clearer picture of the man behind the hype,
I give you this candid photo of the real life JLC :
"How about a little fire Scarecrow ?"
<< <i>I mainly dabble in male figure skating cards. I have a PSA 5 1994 Boitano that really shows off his cheekbones. My PSA 3 Brian Orser from the "Scratch Off Underpants" set is one of only nine graded with one card graded beneath it. However, my real treasure is my 1956 Dick Buttons Topps Button of Dick Button's Shirt button. It was trimmed poorly from a box of Tucks so it's simply authenticate without a grade.
I want to learn more about baseball, but I'm currently researching basketball cards from the 70's when men wore short shorts. There's a George McGinnis ABA card with a giant wedgie that's calling my name.
Last, what's the difference between a glory goal and a glory hole. I imagine one is from hockey while the other is from golf, but was George Michael ever a professional athlete?
Best,
JLC
#19 Finest All Time Rock Hudson Master Set
#5 1999 Shoes of the Players' Wives Open Toe Sling Heel Set
Owner of the 1/3 Co-Signer Set Bill Tilden/Cary Grant Dual Signature Card >>
You didn't answer the question.
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<< <i>I mainly dabble in male figure skating cards. I have a PSA 5 1994 Boitano that really shows off his cheekbones. My PSA 3 Brian Orser from the "Scratch Off Underpants" set is one of only nine graded with one card graded beneath it. However, my real treasure is my 1956 Dick Buttons Topps Button of Dick Button's Shirt button. It was trimmed poorly from a box of Tucks so it's simply authenticate without a grade.
I want to learn more about baseball, but I'm currently researching basketball cards from the 70's when men wore short shorts. There's a George McGinnis ABA card with a giant wedgie that's calling my name.
Last, what's the difference between a glory goal and a glory hole. I imagine one is from hockey while the other is from golf, but was George Michael ever a professional athlete?
Best,
JLC
#19 Finest All Time Rock Hudson Master Set
#5 1999 Shoes of the Players' Wives Open Toe Sling Heel Set
Owner of the 1/3 Co-Signer Set Bill Tilden/Cary Grant Dual Signature Card >>
You didn't answer the question. >>
JLC has to contribute a bit or...
Wit without timing and purpose falls on deaf ears.
mike
Speaking of uncorrected errors... Did Disco really begin to take off in the fifties?
<< <i>Man, I wish I didn't sell mine last year. The photo on Aaron's 1957 Topps baseball card (UER) was accidentally reversed, so that it shows Hank hitting left-handed.
Speaking of uncorrected errors... Did Disco really begin to take off in the fifties? >>
Wow, I sure hope not!