I got a fun PWE of classic ballplayers from Johnny.
Ten playing cards of Yankees greats from something called 2012 Hero Deck. Most of the information on these I already knew, but the "Junkman" nickname for Ed Lopat was a new one to me.
These two cards were quite interesting. Undated reprints from a set called 1948 Swell Sport Thrills. The Never Say Die Pitcher is the New York Giants' Hal Schumacher. The back says that no one will ever forget his pitching heroics. In case you somehow have forgotten, he was in a jam in Game 5 of the 1936 World Series, bases loaded and nobody out with the Yankees' best hitters coming up. Schumacher struck out DiMaggio and Gehrig, and got Dickey to pop up to end the threat. The Giants won the game but lost the series.
The "Football Block" refers to another World Series moment now largely forgotten. In Game 3 of the 1943 World Series the Yankees were losing 2-1 in the 8th inning, and had Lindell on second base with nobody out. Snuffy Stirnweiss's bunt was not a good one and the Cardinals tried to nail Lindell at third. Lindell barrelled into the third baseman Kurowski, which was a completely legal move at the time. This set up a 5-run Yankee rally to win the game and eventually, the Series.
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