I love the 1945-46 Deportivo set! Ramón Bragaña is in the Mexican, Cuban, and Latino Baseball Halls of Fame. “El Professor” won over 300 games in various leagues and some historians think he may have won over 400. In 1928 he played for the Cuban Stars East in the Negro Leagues. I blame Matt from @Cardhound for my love of the Cuban sets…

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ramon-bragana/

Thanks to Matt @Cardhound for helping me complete Ducky Davenport’s career run! Ducky was a heck of a player and finished his career in my hometown of Danville, IL in 1953. He was a 5-time Negro League All Star and had some great years in Cuba. These are his 1945-46 Carmelo Deportivo and his 1946-47 Carmelo Deportivo. I would love to find more of his cards! It sounds like there could be some Mexican postcards. Toes are crossed!

Ducky was a heck of a ball player. He was a 5-time Negro League All-Star during a lengthy career that started in the 1930’s and ended in 1953 in Danville, IL - where I was born and played baseball on the same field when I was a kid (Danville Stadium). I picked up this PSA 1 at auction a year or two ago.

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Manuel “Cocaina” Garcia pitched in the Negro Leagues in the 20s and 30s and is a member of the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame. He was most known for his pitching but was a heck of a hitter. This is a 1945-46 Carmelo Deportivo. These cards are paper thin and were usually glued into albums by collectors. Martin Dihigo, Ray Brown, Minnie Miñoso (his true rookie card), and many other greats are in this set, along with the 1946-47 Carmelo Deportivo set. I’m lucky enough to have a few cards from the set.