Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Some Carl Hubbell cards

In a recent post I mentioned the movie Big Leaguer, which I saw many years ago on cable, and then looked it up recently and watched it again.  It was mainly about the New York Giants and I guess they wanted a baseball player to have a bit part, so they got Carl Hubbell.
1940 Play Ball Carl Hubbell.
1940 Play Ball Carl Hubbell card back.

I'll put a few cards in my binder related to the movie, and I already posted the 1940 Play Ball of Hans Lobert.  I also ordered, but haven't received yet, a 1939 Milky Way Edward G. Robinson, who played Lobert.  Then while writing the previous post I thought I could get a good Hubbell, too, and it came in the mail this past weekend.  So this is my 4th from the 1940 Play Ball set; I posted the other three recently (Lobert, Jimmie Foxx, and Bucky Harris).

Baseball Immortals Carl Hubbell.
1986 Sportflics Decade Greats Carl Hubbell.
Of course a look through the old collection shows that I already had a couple of Hubbells, but not as good as the 1940 Play Ball.  One of these is a Baseball Immortals.  I bought the whole set of Baseball Immortals around 1983 or so; the set wasn't completed yet I guess, as they kept issuing new cards for a few years after that.  But I don't even have all of my circa-1983 set, as I must have traded a few here and there back in the day (or been careless and lost or destroyed a handful).  Then I have this 1986 Sportflics Decade Greats card; I've made a couple of posts of cards of that set, and will keep doing so as they're great nostalgia cards.

 The movie itself is only so good, but I like commemorating things that I've seen in my binder, and it's always good to have an excuse to pick up another old Play Ball card.  Thanks for reading!

4 comments:

  1. Love the Baseball Immortals set. One day I will have it all.

    That Hubbell Play Ball card is wonderful.

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    1. The Play Ball set is great. To try to satisfy my urge to buy more of them I just ordered a few reprints (the A's team set).

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  2. Thanks for bring the 86' Sportflics Decade Greats to my attention. Somehow I've never seen this set before...but thanks to Ebay I have one on the way.

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    1. I'm glad you like them -- I think it's a beautiful set. The old pictures somehow work well in the Sportflics format I think.

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