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My fifth 1935 Goudey: Dazzy Vance

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 18 Jan 2015 11:00:21 +0000

As I mentioned before, four of my cards came in a single visit to a local baseball card shop. The nicest card in terms of condition that I bought in that four-card batch featured Hall of Fame pitcher Dazzy Vance, so

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My first 1935 Goudey card: Joe Vosmik

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 03 Jan 2015 11:00:42 +0000

Dad and I were at the late, lamented World of Baseball Cards on Lemay Ferry Road in south St. Louis County sometime in the late 1980s, flipping through vintage cards. Among the old cards in the pile was a 1935

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Attention St. Louis: Two shock jocks don’t speak for Kansas City, or for the Royals

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 04:10:01 +0000

I noticed a lot of St. Louisans were rooting for the Royals, then, suddenly, they turned into die-hard Orioles fans. That’s odd, especially considering the Orioles used to be the St. Louis Browns, who left town in 1953. That’s like Kansas

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Before they were Cardinals…

Dave Farquhar — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:41:26 +0000

I just finished reading Before They Were Cardinals, a history of the American Association St. Louis Browns, by Jon David Cash.

I have mixed feelings about the book.

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