Number 5 Type Collection

This 1980 entry caps Indy's vintage teams sets, nice full-color cards from a time when many minor league teams couldn't afford bette...

Fans of baseball history would cover more than just 568 miles with a summer drive from Rochester (NY) to Indianapolis. Rochester's Red W...

Few of my minor league type cards portray guys with a future, so it's nice to run into future All-Stars like righty Tom Hume. He and tho...

Hey, another oddball minor league photo in a long line of them. Convincing 6'2" guys to bend double is the textbook look for "...

Gordon Eakin played three seasons with single-A Modesto, leaving the pro ranks in 1981 at just 23 ( career stats ). Based on books about pla...

"How should I pose?" "Pick up a bat, any bat." "Then what, put it on my shoulder?" "Hold it up and ...

What pre-war collectors know as "Weil Baking" is one of many back variations on Felix Mendelssohn's own 200-player, black-and-...

Happy 2013 to all and welcome back to my off-season look at less-than-awesome years on the diamond. A personal caution that this Top 5 Seaso...

Closing out 2012 with its own #5, a leaping shot of Demond Jennings heading for home. Being an obvious game situation, it wasn't ha...

Thanks to everyone who follows the blog and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate! Two players named Christmas have played pro ball, Steve ( ...