Tank McNamara by Bill Hinds for May 01, 2022

We use to take a balloon blow it up slightly and tie it to the frame. It didn’t last long but it sounded cool.

Those were the days.

My brother had a Babe Ruth card I found but cannot remember where I hide it

My mom tossed my comic book collection and my brother’s baseball card collection when we moved.

Nowadays, people wouldn’t put their cards anywhere but in some protective page.

My mother threw out my baseball card collection when I went to college. Four Roberto Clemente rookie cards, for starters.

So how much is a vintage four of clubs worth today?

Evil stepmother took my cards. Never saw them again. It would be about the time of the Pete Rose rookie card. Alas, poor Yorick…

If we had a few extra pennies we’d also use a balloon.

The part of all this that I can’t understand is the astounding prices some people pay for things that have no real intrinsic value. However, it’s their money to spend as they wish. It still baffles me, though.

A coworker of my father was a sportswriter for the local paper. He got us a Carl Yastrzemski autographed ball. The dog decided it was a chew toy. You can still see the signature, but also the teeth marks!

Mantle rookie card

I found out, way too late, that my mom threw all that junk out after I joined the Navy.

My Choo Cho COleman card must be worth millions,because there was never another Big League player named “Choo Choo”.