Comments on: Saluting ‘The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book’

By: Brule Laker

Brule Laker — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 21:27:41 +0000

This is a great book and sits proudly on my bookshelf. Many of the 1950s photos were taken by Chicagoan George Brace. Whenever a new player came into town – or changed teams – Brace would take a photo. There’s an excellent book on Brace, “The Game That Was,” by Richard Cahan and Mark Jacob. It’s on my shelf too and probably my favorite one of all.

By: Tom Owens

Tom Owens — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 03:40:59 +0000

Yikes! Now you know why SABR doesn’t think much of me, with my limited math skills…heehee. Correct. I should have said 40. America, don’t let me figure your batting average, or your taxes. Truly, it’s a good book (with as few numbers as possible for us mathphobes…).

By: kregg

kregg — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 23:28:14 +0000

Do you mean 40th? I believe the book was published in 1973. BTW, Boyd also wrote an excellent novel (“Blue Ruin”) about the 1919 World Series.

By: kregg

kregg — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:05:58 +0000

Do you mean 40th? The book, I believe, was published in 1973. BTW, Boyd also wrote an excellent novel about the 1919 World Series called “Blue Ruin”.