In news that is fascinating only to me, I added a long sought after black & white whale, a short printed 1960 Leaf Elmer Valo. Valo was towards the end of his 20 year major league career, and landed in New York with the Yankees for Spring Training. He only played in 8 games for New York before being released, but he quickly caught on with the Senators and played 2 more seasons moving with the Senators to Minnesota, and finishing his career right where he started in Philadelphia, playing 50 games for the Phillies.
The back referenced his time in the Pacific Coast League playing for the Seattle Rainiers in 1959. Now that I've found this card, I'm down to a handful of rare regional issue oddballs to complete a collection of all of the cards from his playing days.
He could bump Bobby Bonds and his 145 games out of the Yankees Short Term Stops team! (Although I still think José Canseco needed a spot.) http://baseballdimebox.blogspot.sg/2018/01/short-term-stops-all-yankees-team.html
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on catching this whale!
ReplyDeleteNever knew this existed! I thought Valo's 1960 Topps card was his only one as a Yankee. Another for the ol' want list.
ReplyDeleteElmer William - a nice Czech sounding name. this card's in nice condition!
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