Meeting Willie Mueller

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September 20th 1981, Willie Mueller’s last day as a major league pitcher. We didn’t know that, and he probably didn’t either. My 2nd Orioles game, and I’m with my friend David on the first base line, autograph-seeking. Willie wasn’t a household name. He ended his career with one win, 7 strikeouts, & a 6.14 ERA, but David walked away with a signed baseball. Just recently, David reminded me about meeting Willie. That got me curious. It turns out that Mueller went on to star in the film Major League (1989), with Charlie Sheen. This is one of my earliest ballpark memory.

The 1966 #1 Batman Rookie Card

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January 1966, the Batman TV show airs on ABC, BAM! POW! Success soon follows, and the caped crusader takes his place next to Superman as one of the two most iconic superheroes….ever. The number one Batman comic book from 1940 sold for $2.2 million, but what about his #1 trading card? $15,000. If you are looking for an iconic vintage superhero card, this is it!

PELE #224:1961 RM DE MEXICO PENTAGONAL IV

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–There are only THREE graded copies of this card in the world, & you are looking at one of them. 
I have lived in: a rural village outside of Cuenca, Ecuador, Machala, Ecuador, Villarrica, Paraguay, Santiago, Chile, & I have traveled in Bolivia, Peru, & Brazil. One thing that all of these place have in common is a love of soccer. In 1994, I hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu with guys from Sao Paulo (Gian and Flavio). That year, Brazil won the World Cup. When we arrived back in Cuzco on July 13th to watch Brazil take on Sweden, Gian and Flavio entered the sports bar playing their drums & guitar. The enthusiasm for soccer in South America was at a level I had never experienced in the United States. Fast-forward 30 years, & I still feel a connection to Brazilian soccer, especially the legacy of Pele & his beautiful game. You can now purchase this card here:https://www.ebay.com/itm/376504391637

To learn more about the 1961 RM DE MEXICO PENTAGONAL IV soccer card set, please visit:https://cartophilic-info-exch.blogspot.com/2021/09/rm-de-mexico-mexico-iv-pentagonal-1961.html

Card Stories: Dolly Parton

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9 to 5 hit the airwaves in early 1981, & dolly parton entered my life for the first time, followed a couple of years later by islands in the stream with kenny rogers, then, for me, dolly disappeared, it really wasn’t until i moved to nashville in 2020 that i truly came to understand the power of dolly parton, i taught a three week course on women in country music, studying parton & her music, coat of many colors, i will always love you, jolene, these songs are peerless, not to mention her imagination library, which has donated over 100 million books to children all over world, her dollywood theme park, opened in 1981, employing over 4,000 people, from a one room cabin in sevier county, east tennessee, to dolly for president bumper stickers, she is the american dream incarnate.

This DOLLY PARTON card can be purchased here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/375325625121

Card Stories: Al Bumbry

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1980, Memorial Park, the Orioles, my first major league baseball game, & Al Bumbry is our leadoff hitter, best base stealer, and steady center fielder. What I didn’t know is that he, like my father, was a Vietnam War veteran. Bumbry was a tank platoon leader serving his country from 1969-1971. There were 12 MLB players who were in Vietnam, including: Garry Maddox, Chuck Goggin, and Jim Bibby. Maddox served in the Army and was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, which made his skin highly sensitive. As a result, he always wore a beard to protect his face. The Philadelphia Phillies had to waive their clean-shaven rule to accommodate Maddox. –Agent Orange was used to defoliate jungle vegetation, so that it was easier for the United States military to “see the enemy,” however, it was sometimes accidentally sprayed on our own soldiers. 

Instagram Influencer

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watch me applying tinted serum or wearing snake skin heels, i’m on the gram, insta, & luckily you pause to watch me, because i matter, this matters, my feet, my face, my expensive complexion, i look good, toes covered in dead reptiles, you make me happy with your likes & i make you happy as you ponder buying products to be like me, symbiotic, our relationship, me, wealthy, well-kept, well-dressed, you, trying to keep up, keep trying.