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National Baseball HoF - Five Reds and Willie!

 

A short blog on some recent pickups of National Baseball Hall of Famers and Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famers.

I really like the colors and art work on the first two cards.

National Baseball Hall of Famer and Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Ernie Lombardi.

1982 Ernie Lombardi Diamond Classics Big League Collectibles, card #32.

National Baseball Hall of Famer and Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Edd Roush.
1982 Edd Roush Diamond Classics Big League Collectibles.

 National Baseball Hall of Famer and Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Johnny Bench. There are no bad cards of this great!
1985 TCMA, #NNO.

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Jake Daubert.
1991 1922 American Caramel (E120) Reprint, #NNO. Scanner cut off the front text that reads "Jake Daubert, First Base, Cincinnati Nationals"

National Baseball Hall of Famer and Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Eppa Rixey.
1991 1922 American Caramel (E120) Reprint, #NNO. Scanner cut off the front text that reads "Eppa Rixey, Pitcher, Cincinnati Nationals"

National Baseball Hall of Famer and Cincinnati Reds Hall of Famer Edd Roush.
1991 1922 American Caramel (E120) Reprint, #NNO. Scanner cut off the front text that reads "Eddie Roush, Outfield, Cincinnati Nationals"

The following card was one of two cards thrown in by Collectors Zone 407 (linked here) with the Lombardi and Roush Diamond Classic cards shown above. The other was a 1970 Larry Dierker card. It's always nice to have an extra card or two thrown in with a purchase. The Mays Galasso card back has a portion of a collage of Mays cards through the years, Now I want to get the rest of the cards just to put the whole collage together!
1984 Galasso Willie Mays, card #73.

Stay well,

CinciCuse Bill


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