This building, built in 1890, housed various businesses before Acme Feed and Hatchery moved in in 1943. In 1965 the business changed it's name to Acme Farm Supply. The business closed in 1999, and the building was vacant until 2013, when a bar/music venue was opened on the site, one of many catering to the tourists on Nashville's Broadway. What I really like here are the Purina privilege signs on this side of the building.
Playing career, in brief: Infielder Bruce Miller played in parts of four seasons with the Giants. In 196 games he hit .288 with 1 HR and 51 RBI. In September of 1976 he punched the Giants' team statistician. The Giants released Miller after the incident, ending his pro baseball career.
Post-playing career, in brief: Miller was a long time teacher and baseball coach at North Side High School in Ft. Wayne, IN. He is now retired.
My collection: I have four of his cards, from 1975 to 1976. I would be interested in trading for 1976 Cramer Phoenix Giants #NNO.
Mattingly in the red, white and blue of the Nashville Sounds.
Candelaria: 0-for-5
Flanagan: 3-for-13 with two doubles
Hurst: 5-for-36 with two doubles
Boddicker: 6-for-21 with two doubles
The biggest ones missed are Mike Smithson (6-for-28 with three doubles); Storm Davis (2-for-15, most AB without an XBH) and Teddy Higuera (0-for-8, most AB without a hit).
Denny McLain had a meteoric rise to success in the major leagues, and an even more sudden plummet to the depths. He won 20 games as a 22-year-old in 1966, and in 1968 became baseball's last 30 game winner. He had another AL win title in 1969, but lost most of 1970 due to suspensions for gambling and for carrying a gun on a team plane. He was traded to the Senators in 1971, openly feuded with manager, Ted Williams, and lost a league leading 22 games. A year later he was out of baseball at the age of 28. Overall in 280 games McLain went 131-91 with a 3.39 ERA. After his career he was involved in numerous illegal activities and served jail time for cocaine trafficking, embezzlement and racketeering. In the past 15 years he has managed to stay out of legal trouble, and currently is involved in sports radio, magazine columns, and podcasts.
I have 14 of his cards, from 1965 to 1973. I would be interested in trading for 1966 Topps #540 and 1971 Topps #750.
Last time it was a 3-3 tie. Will there be a winner here?
Lopez pitched eleven seasons in the major leagues, seven of them for the Tigers, for whom he won 53 games and saved 85. His best season was 1984, when he went 10-1 with 14 saves and a 2.94 ERA, and threw six scoreless innings in the postseason, winning a game in both the ALCS and World Series. The popular Lopez served as mayor of his home city of Tecamachalco, Mexico from 1990 until his tragic death in 1992 in a car accident, the same cause of death of the only other MLB players named Aurelio (Monteagudo in 1990, Rodriguez in 2000).
As the name of this post suggests, Al did bring the Yoo-Hoo's back today and I was able to knock off that pesky Yogi Berra to finish my 1993 Yoo-Hoo set.
I was recently in Nashville for work and had the chance to snap a few wallet card photos. This is an old Kress 5 & 10 store. Kress was a nationwide chain - there's even a former Kress location in Upper Manhattan I should get out to at some point. The first Kress opened in Memphis in 1896. The chain at one point reached 246 stores around the country. The last Kress closed in 1981.
This particular location was the site of some prominent sit-ins in 1960. It is now the Kress Condominiums.
I picked up a real cheap lot of Mothers cards off of eBay, this whole lot was under $1.50. All Mariners and Astros. No cards that I had before.
Not much variety in the Mariners section. Any Mike Jackson fans out there? How about Harold Reynolds? You've got a pitcher with a bat card with the '90 Jackson. Anyone want any of these, just let me know.
Last time 1962 edged 1987, 6-4. Who will win here?
Topps goes for the seldom-used over-the-shoulder portrait on Candy Maldonado's card. The background is blurry but I think it might be a bat rack or helmet storage. Maldonado played for seven teams in fifteen seasons, as a corner outfielder with some power. He lost a fly ball in the lights in the 1987 NLCS that was key in the Giants losing to the Cardinals, but had a walkoff hit in the 1992 World Series to help Toronto win that championship. Overall in 1,410 games he hit .254 with 146 HR and 618 RBI. He has been an announcer for ESPN Deportes for many years.
Last time gum rolled to a 7-2 win. Will cake win here?
Ted Simmons was a fine catcher for many years for the Cardinals, Brewers and Braves. He was a nine-time All-Star who hit for a fairly high average (.285) and some power (six 20+ HR seasons). He is considered one of the weaker Hall-of-Fame selections in recent years (he had 50.4 WAR in 2,456 games, compared to Thurman Munson, 46.1 WAR in 1,423 games). After his playing career he was an executive, coach and scout for several teams.
The back: Brusstar's 199 innings were 12 more than the second place pitcher, Rick Sutcliffe.
The man: After his playing career Brusstar had a long coaching career, but is now retired. He also works with the Tug McGraw Foundation, where his wife Jennifer Brusstar is the CEO.
My collection: I have 15 of his cards, from 1978 to 1986. I would be interested in trading for 1978 SSPC #54.
Playing career, in brief: Rader had a fine rookie season with the Giants in 1972, hitting .259 with 6 HR and 41 RBI. The next season his averaged dipped to .229, and from then on was primarily a backup catcher. The Giants traded him to the Cardinals after the 1976 season, starting a string of four teams in four years, ending his career with Boston in 1980. Rader, who caught Ed Halicki's no-hitter in 1975, played in 846 games, hitting .257 with 30 HR and 235 RBI.
Post-playing career, in brief: After his playing career, Rader became a plumber, like his father and grandfather before him. He also worked in real estate, and appears to now be retired.
My collection: I have 12 of his cards, from 1972 to 1981. I would be interested in trading for 1976 Hostess #21.
Both bride and groom wearing white to symbolize purity. Don and Kim got married in 1979 and divorced in 2008.
McAuliffe was a shortstop with unusual power for a 1960s middle infielder, with three 20+ HR seasons for the Tigers. A three-time All Star, he led the AL with 95 runs scored in 1968. That year he was second in the AL in fielding and became the first ALer ever to go a whole season without hitting into a double play. However, a knee injury limited McAuliffe's action in 1969 and he was never the same player after. Overall in 16 seasons, 14 with Detroit, McAuliffe hit .247 with 197 HR and 696 RBI. After his playing career he owned a baseball school and a coin-op laundry business. He died in 2016.
I have 15 of his cards, from 1963 to 1974. I would be interested in trading for 1962 Topps #527 and 1972 Topps #725.
Last time it was a 4-2 win for gum. Will burgers do better here?
Last time was a 5-1 win for 1987. Will 1962 do better here?
Ken Phelps digs into the batters box in Anaheim. The only day game at California that Phelps appeared in during the 1986 season was August 10. Phelps went 0-for-4 as the Mariners lost 4-0. Phelps was a low-batting-average slugger whose high slugging percentage and OBP numbers made him an early sabermetric darling. He had four 20+ HR seasons during his tenure with the Mariners, who famously traded Phelps to the Yankees for Jay Buhner. Phelps quickly ran out of gas after the trade, while Buhner developed into a big star. Overall, Phelps played in 11 seasons for six teams. In 761 games he hit .239 with 123 HR and 313 RBI. He now does some announcing and community service work.
Last time was a 7-0 shutout for gum. Will cake get on the board here?
Dave Kingman was the forefather of today's big-HR, big-strikeout
sluggers. He twice led the NL in home runs, hitting over 30 seven times
and finishing with 442 in his 16-year career. He also struck out over
100 times in 13 seasons, back when 100 strikeouts for a batter was a lot
for one season. As a rookie he played in the 1971 NCLS with the Giants,
but never again made it back to the postseason as he was usually the
biggest star on some bad teams, most notably with the Cubs and Mets.
Overall in 1,941 games for seven teams, he hit .236 with 442 HR and
1,210 RBI. He was known to be one of the more difficult personalities in
the league, especially when it came to dealing with the media. After
his career he owned a tennis club in Lake Tahoe and continues to reside
in the area, where he raised his family. His son Adam, a carpenter and
designer, won season three of the reality show Making It.
The back: Bumbry played in six postseason series in his career. In four games he hit .250 (4-for-16), scoring 5 runs. In the other five series, he played in 18 games, hitting .086 (5-for-58), scoring 4 runs.
The player: Bumbry was the AL Rookie of the Year in 1973, hitting .337 with 7 HR, 34 RBI and 23 SB, leading the AL with 11 triples. He remained a fixture at the top of the Orioles lineup for a decade, with speed and doubles power. Overall in 1,496 games he hit .281 with 220 2B, 52 3B, 54 HR, 402 RBI and 254 SB.
The man: Bumbry served in the ROTC while in college, and was drafted into the Army, where he lead a platoon in Vietnam for 11 months. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service. After his playing career he was a coach for many years, and since 1989 he has been a co-owner of Robbie's First Base, a baseball card store in Timonium, MD, where he can often be seen interacting with fans.
My collection: I have 32 of his cards, from 1973 to 1986. I would be interested in trading for 1982 Fleer Stamps #147.
Playing career, in brief: Marc Hill played parts of 14 seasons in the major leagues as a backup catcher, mostly for the Giants and White Sox. In 737 games he hit .223 with 34 HR and 198 RBI.
Post-playing career, in brief: Hill had a long career as a minor league manager. He died last year at the age of 73.
My collection: I have 19 of his cards, from 1975 to 1986. I would be interested in trading for 1979 San Francisco Giants Police SGA #NNO.
Highlighting a couple of recent incomings from bloggers . . .
Night Owl has got to be one of the longest running blogs out there. We've exchanged cards many times over the years. This time, in response for sending him some unloved '89 Score junkwax, he more than generously gave some vintage classics.
A lot of World Series history in these cards. That 1908 card is a bit snarky - "Ty Cobb's Only Good Series".
Some late 80s early 90s sets with cards I still needed. I really like the Denny's cards, especially the year they did the city skylines.
Another scrapbook page.
The next two articles detail the same car accident which seriously injured several people in one family; presumably a family the owner was close with. These days were always hear how the injured in the hospital are resting comfortably - here two of the victims were "not resting so well". Hopefully everyone had a full recovery.
