I don't post every day, but I'm on here every day. Figured a couple of Pirates greats. Paul and Lloyd Waner, Big Poison and Little Poison, the only set of brothers in the Hall of Fame. This is from the 36 Goudey Premium Wide Pen set.

Morning! Make the groups of 4. 4 groups in all..reply with how you did, and enjoy!!

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Wanted to share something spooky for Halloween..so why not the most CURSED athlete in history?? Pictured here in an oversized Donruss Studio auto…no his historically bad penmanship is not part of this (or is it?! 😆)

Among the “sports things that don’t get talk about enough”, I have the Kenny Lofton curse as #1. How can one man have all this happen to him?

Did you know he also played college hoops at Arizona? He lost ‘88 Final Four to Oklahoma.

Breaks out with Cleveland as an MLB outfielder and loses the ‘95 WS in 7 to the Braves, their only title with that legendary rotation.

Loses ‘98 ALCS to the then-wins-record holding New York Yankees at the peak of their dynastic run.

Loses ‘99 LDS to peak Pedro Martinez.

Loses ‘01 LDS to another wins record holding team in the Mariners.

Goes to the Giants for Bonds best postseason run, one of the best ever in ‘02 WS and loses to the Angels, their only WS victory, in 7 games.

In 2003 he moved on to the Cubs…any guesses who was in CF for the “Bartman Game”?? That’s right, Kenny Lofton.

Heads to his former rival Yankees in 2004…part of the only blown 3-0 lead in MLB history in the LCS vs curse breaking Boston.

The Red Sox would again do a Lofton team in painfully, as his return to Cleveland in 2007 was punctuated with a blown 3-1 lead in that ALCS.

What a wild run he had..to have that many brushes with history..and ALWAYS be on the wrong side!

Hope you enjoyed, and Happy Halloween Mantel!!

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Here is my 1910 Sweet Caporal Clark Griffith pin. Clark grew up in Normal, IL and played for the Bloomington Reds in 1887 and 1888. He went on to have a Hall of Fame career as a pitcher, manager, and executive.