I had the pleasure of chatting with Ray Burris at the Chicago Sports Spectacular last weekend. I actually “met” Mr. Burris 45-ish years ago when he and other Chicago Cubs personnel came to my town to play a basketball game against our local radio personalities. After the game, kids were able to get a ball autographed by the players. Turns out the Cubs did this for several years and traveled to other states as well. His signature on my ball is a little faded so I decided to get a fresh one on his 1976 Topps card.

Saw this 1940 Play Ball Bobby Doerr on eBay and had to have it for my Hall of Famers collection. My first Play Ball card and the second-oldest card I own now so was very excited to get it, especially in a SGC 5!

Happy Birthday to Stan “The Man” Musial!!

Stan was born on this day in 1920 in Donora, PA. Ironically, another Hall of Famer, also known for his infectious smile, was also born on this day in the same town!! So Happy Birthday to Ken Griffey, Jr. as well!

I picked this card because it’s Stan’s first Topps card and the first Musial card I ever bought. That was like 30 years ago but I still love it as much today as I did then.

Picked up this beauty earlier this year and decided to get it graded since I was sending other cards in anyway. Just got it back from SGC and am pretty happy with the results!!

Picked up this 1957 Topps Larry Doby at a show today. I always associated him with the Cleveland Indians since that is who he played for when he became the first Black player in the American League. But I found out recently that he also coached and managed the Chicago White Sox. He was the second Black manager in the AL/NL (Frank Robinson was the first). A true baseball pioneer!!