Searchin' for Toothpick Sam

A Baseball Card Odyssey
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4766-9249-4
Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 361 g

This semi-memoir recounts the author's love affair with Topps' 1961 baseball card set and his quest to acquire a complete autographed collection--an effort that took almost 40 years and still is one card short, #555 Sam "Toothpick" Jones. The author describes growing up in the early 1960s and details the backstory behind his mission, from the first autograph he got--Joe DiMaggio's, in an officer's club in Mannheim, Germany--to how he decided, 15 years later, to get signatures on each of the '61s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Selko, Jamie

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Ballsportarten Badminton Baseball

Über Autor(innen)

A member of the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Jamie Selko lives in Eugene, Oregon.