Good day everyone!
Today
on the blog, something a little different, the first of what is a nice
100+ card set that I designed from scratch, "Classic Baseball", my
little "ode" the the game I love so much, using images that I felt
deserved their own unique card.
This
will encompass players from various generations and eras, from the
"Golden Days" of the 1950's through the wild and daring 1970s, and
beyond.
I do hope to have this "monster" set printed and released sometime in the future, so let's sit back and enjoy them one by one!
I
begin with Boston Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski, a Hero in the North
East to this very day, who put in almost a quarter of a century on the
Big League diamond:
The
man was at his height of his game at the time this photo was taken,
already a three-time batting champion, Triple Crown winner in
1967, and five-time Gold Glove winner.
As someone who grew up in New York City during the second half of his
career, it's really easy to forget that Yastrzemski was a Long Island,
New York boy before he went on to become a New England legend.
And how could he NOT become a legend, what with 23 years of Major
League ball, all with the Red Sox, turning in three batting titles, a
Triple Crown in 1967 along with an MVP Award, seven Gold Gloves, 18
all-star nods, and 25 league-leads in primary offensive
categories.
By the time he did the retirement tour in 1983, he scored 1816
runs, collected 3419 hits, 646 doubles, 452 homers, 1844 runs batted in
along with a .285 batting average.
He was just plain awesome…
