The back: D'Acquisto no-hit the Tacoma Twins that day. The only Tacoma batter to reach base was future Twins manager Tom Kelly, who walked in the sixth inning.
The man: D'Acquisto was involved in a wide variety of business ventures after his playing career, and is a published author and artist. He shared his thoughts on baseball cards with this blog in 2010.
My collection: I have 11 of his cards, from 1974 to 1983. I would be interested in trading for 1982 TCMA Richmond Braves #4.
It's been over two months since I did one of these posts . . .
This was a fun find in one of Al's boxes today - 85 cards from 1984 Topps Traded! It's one of the few early 80s "major" sets I still haven't completed. I needed 37 of them, so a nice mix of cards I needed and cards to trade. I'm down to needing 25 for the set, so I've added the set to the wantlist on the blog, and will soon add it to my TCDB wants.
Cards I needed part I. Lots of players I don't get to add a new card from these days.
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.
