Don Drysdale spent his entire 14 year career with the Dodgers. He won the CY Young Award in 1962 and a three-time World Series champion. Drysdale was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984

Being a Yankees fan, I remember being a kid watching “The Kid” play for the Mets and loved watching him play. Great all around player who left us way too soon.

Gary Carter played in the Major Leagues for 19 years primarily with the Expos and Mets. Carter was an 11 time all-star and won a World Series with the Mets in 1986. He won 3 Gold Glove Awards and the Silver Slugger Award 5 times. Carter was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003.

These are one of my favorite card sets that my son and I own. Although, not finished with the set, I thought I’d share with you all.

The 1955 Topps Doubleheaders card set features 132 players (two players per card). Very similar to the Mecca Double Folds in the early 1900’s. You can fold the cards to create cards of two different players.

The unique part of this set that I love is when you lay the cards side by side in order, they form scenes from actual stadiums.

Charlie Gehringer was a second basemen for the Detroit Tigers playing 19 seasons for them. He finished his career with a .320 batting average, 2,839 hits and 1,427 RBI. He was named AL MVP in 1937 and a World Series champion in 1935. Gehringer was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949.

With college football starting up, I thought I’d post one of my favorite cards from my favorite team. Fall is a great time of year and reminds me of football starting. College and NFL. I enjoy watching the Irish with my son rooting them on every Saturday and the Giants on Sundays. Win or lose, it’s the memories of watching the games with my son is what I’ll remember most. A championship would help too! 😎

To all the college football fans out there, good luck to your teams and enjoy the season and may the best team win! 🏆☘

Go Irish!

A little about Rockne…..

He was the head coach at Notre Dame for 13 years, winning 105 games, losing 12 and 5 ties. Rockne led the Irish to 3 national championships and 5 undefeated seasons.

The 1924 national championship team included the famous “Four Horsemen”. They finished the undefeated season of going 10-0 by beating Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

On March 31, 1931, Knute Rockne died in a plane crash after taking off from Kansas City.

Rockne was elected into the. College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.