Sunday Night Post....ON MONDAY!

Well here's the thing just didn't have time last night to get a post in.  So I am moving Sunday nights post to now.  I didn't receive anything in the mail today which totally breaks my streak. I had a suspicious feeling that today was going to be the end.    Now for some more in depth interview with Bobby Gene Smith

What is your biggest thrill?
My biggest thrill happened between the Cardinals and Cincinnati when I hit a home run off Art Fowler in my third at bat in the majors.

Who were your favorite players?
My favorite players were a pitcher named Harvey Haddex from Pittsburgh and Harry Storey (Portland Beavers)


What is your favorite play in your career?
My favorite play was my home run in my third at bat in the majors

Who had the most infuence on your career?
During my third year with St. Louis Cardinals organization, I was discouraged with my progress.  I remember a conversation with Bing Devine that helped turn things around for me.  He suggested that I give it my all for one more year and then decide. The next year I hit.370 and drove in 141 runs in 141 games.

"In ending he said "In those days, there were only 16 Major League Baseball teams and I feel fortunate to have enjoyed some success on five of those teams."

Thanks for reading, and on a side note I will be out of town for about a week so there may not be any post don't fret I'll return again soon!

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Sunday Night Post

It's now technically Monday morning and I greatly apologize for the late post.  Truth is things are busy, and I just haven't had time until now.

Alright now time for a little history on the 1960 topps set as promised.  There are 572 cards in this set.  It was divided into 7 series when it originally came out.  It is very difficult to get your hands on the higher numbered cards.  They just weren't mass produced as the other cards.  The 1960 Topps baseball card set is one of the more colorful sets ever produced by Topps, and the only time a 2 ½ by 3 ½ horizontal card format was used. After only one year of this format, Topps' management decided it would revert back to its 2 ½ by 3 ½ vertical card size used for the 1959 set. With the exception of a few select sets, the 2 ½ by 3 ½ vertical measurements would be used for all cards from 1961 to the present.This is one reason I really like this set.  Its very unique in the the size dimensions that it was made.  The amount of colors is also very cool in this set.   The colorful fronts of the 1960 cards definitely make this an eye appealing set. There were a total of eight different colors used for the card fronts, blue, red, yellow, orange, light green, light blue, pink, and dark green.

There is some basic information from the 1960's set.  That information comes from Jim Churilla who writes for PSA sports.

 That;s going to be it for tonight's post.

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