19 April 2012

in with the old

so, i picked up an unexpected card at the show last weekend.  it immediately jumped to the front of my first dodger binder, as it is the oldest dodger card i own.  it's a 1933 goudey john (bud) clancy.
it set me back about 8 bucks.  i appreciate the fact that it is so clearly a dodger card, even though i knew nothing of clancy until i saw the card.  even then, i knew only that he had at one time played for them.  i know now that he spent one season with brooklyn - conveniently it was 1932 which facilitated this card.

clancy was a first baseman who hit over .300 in that lone dodger season which was sandwiched between a few years with the white sox and a final campaign with the phillies, which is not to mention his extensive minor league career. 

it's nice to have you on board, bud.

2 comments:

Greg Zakwin said...

Congrats on the sweet addition! Love '33 Goudey.

Dhoff said...

Great card. Bud just looks goofy here. He looks uncomfortable about his too-large jersey.