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Dennis Donovan

(25,566 posts)
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 09:39 AM Jun 2019

Beschloss tweet; Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York, 80 years ago today



Michael Beschloss ✔ @BeschlossDC
Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York, 80 years ago today:


9:45 AM - Jun 12, 2019


The Babe's front and center (sitting)
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Beschloss tweet; Baseball Hall of Fame opened in Cooperstown, New York, 80 years ago today (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 OP
I think I can ID them. rsdsharp Jun 2019 #1
I hope Honus Wagner had a comfortable retirement Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #2
I don't think so. The reason the T206 Wagner card is worth so much rsdsharp Jun 2019 #3
If only he knew at the time... Dennis Donovan Jun 2019 #4

rsdsharp

(10,118 posts)
1. I think I can ID them.
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 09:49 AM
Jun 2019

Front Row: Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Connie Mack, Cy Young

Back Row: Honus Wagner, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Tris Speaker, Napolean Lajoie, George Sisler, Walter Johnson.

Ty Cobb arrived too late for the picture.

Dennis Donovan

(25,566 posts)
2. I hope Honus Wagner had a comfortable retirement
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 09:56 AM
Jun 2019

...selling his own baseball cards.

Thank you for the ID's!

rsdsharp

(10,118 posts)
3. I don't think so. The reason the T206 Wagner card is worth so much
Wed Jun 12, 2019, 10:02 AM
Jun 2019

is because Wagner, a non-smoker, ordered the tobacco company that issued the cards to stop pull his from the series.

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