1919 Chicago Black Sox team complete set of 10, Shoeless Joe Jackson, etc. / NM+

Description: About this set: 100% original, not reprints or copies of any existing cards. Created on a printing press, not a homemade digital or inkjet product. 200 of this card issued in 2007, no "parallels" or variations were made. Designed and manufactured as a print sample by Monarch Corona Printing Co. Shipped quickly and securely, inside a brand new soft sleeve and rigid toploader. The Black Sox: This is the best-written set ever made covering the White Sox players who were banned from baseball and events surrounding the ill-fated 1919 World Series. Some of the details learned from these cards include: The White Sox were called "Black Sox" because the team had quit paying for their laundry, and the players weren't keeping their uniforms very clean. They were a ragged dirty bunch by all accounts, and fans started calling them Black Sox as early as 1917. Shoeless Joe Jackson passed out nickels and candy to kids who asked for his autograph, because he couldn't write his name well enough to sign. For this reason, Joe's autograph is the most valuable in all of sports. Buck Weaver played an errorless World Series at third base and batted .324 with 11 hits. Ed Cicotte played minor league ball with Ty Cobb, and was signed by Detroit on the same day Cobb was. They didn't get along well, and took separate trains to Detroit! Getting kicked out of baseball was the tragedy of Fred McMullin's life. He loved baseball more than anything, more than all other things combined. He played baseball all year, participating in winter leagues, amateur baseball, semi-pro, you name it. If he was riding past a vacant lot and there was a pick-up game going on, he would stop and get in on it. Chick Gandil was a bad boy. After running away from home at 17, he was involved in many scrapes and altercations. He once punched out an umpire; he once broke into the clubhouse and stole money from his own team; he traveled around the west as a professional boxer. After making a big payday from the gamblers, he petulantly demanded a $10,000 salary or else he would sit out the season. He went on to sit out many seasons. Lefty Williams was Joe Jackson's closest friend on the club, and his roommate. Lefty lost all three of his starts and pitched horribly. Only outstanding play in the outfield prevented matters from being much worse for Lefty, as Cincinnati batters teed off, slamming many long hits off Williams that were caught by outfielders Felsch and Jackson. Happy Felsch was a contender for the heavyweight wrestling championship when he started his baseball career at Milwaukee in 1913. He batted .192 in the Series and made several key errors. Swede Risberg was Chick Gamdil's roommate, and he was just as tough as Gandil. He was kicked out of school in the third grade for refusing to shave! Guaranteed book value: This set will always be worth more than you paid. The minimum "book value" is the price above. I will buy this set back from you for what you paid any time you ask. Next week, next year, or ten years from now. I can do this only because I know that this set is worth more than I am selling it for. About Grouchy: 21 years selling cards online. Before that, owner of Space City Cards Comics & Coins on Main St. in Houston. As a kid I loved baseball and football, and collected cards starting in 1959 - that's 60 years, but it feels like yesterday. I have bought and sold millions of sports cards over the years. The kids who used to frequent my card shop named me the "Grouchy Old Man" because I had to keep them in line. The nickname stuck. I'm not that grouchy anymore. I have over 100,000 online transactions, with an average feedback score of 100% over the years. COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNT Shipping is combined automatically in your cart. I cannot combine shipping after payment is made. Pay for all items at once and save time and money.

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