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Saturday, February 22, 2014

Manager's Special


After a long time searching I finally came across the Danny Murtaugh auto.  Murtaugh coached the World Series champion 1960 and 71 Pirate teams.  Auto's are really scarce of the legendary manager as he died in 1976.  The Murtaugh auto is a cut signature and was from 2006 Topps Sterling.

Chuck Tanner coached the 1979 championship team. The auto is from 2004 Sweet Spot.  Coach Tanner passed away in 2011. 

Jim Leyland coached the successful early 90's Pirate teams.  The above auto is from 2005 Topps Retired.  Coach Leyland announced his retirement at the end of last season. 

I was trying to think if any new sets have manager signatures in it.  I know Topps had a few random GMs in it.  Pirates GM Neil Huntington was included in that set.   It would be kind of cool to see some active manager auto's make there way into some sets. 
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6 comments:

  1. FujiFebruary 23, 2014 at 11:12 PM

    Awesome cards. It was sad to hear that Chuck Tanner passed away a few years ago. He was a great manager.

    2005 Topps Retired has a few autographs of managers. I own three of them: Roger Craig, Bob Brenly, and Jim Frey.

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    1. BobWalkthePlankFebruary 24, 2014 at 7:56 AM

      It was sad about Chuck Tanner. The guy was always smiling.

      I loved the Topps Retired set. At one time I had about 25 of the autos thinking I would go after the set, but realized the sp autos were going to cost too much.

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  2. CaptKirk42February 25, 2014 at 9:24 AM

    Cool Pick ups. I love Auto cards especially the on-card. Not a fan of GU, relics or artifacts since they chop up memorabilia into tiny 1" squares.

    BTW I started following your blog from a link from Brian over at Play At The Plate. I'm a Nationals (Old Senators fan) and Orioles guy. I have two blogs one trading cards in general captkirk42.blogspot.com and one DC Baseball specific curlywcards.blogspot.com

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    1. CaptKirk42February 25, 2014 at 9:30 AM

      Oh I see you already read my blogs. How did I miss that? I try to follow everyone who follows me. Sometimes I miss folks. Sorry if that was the case.

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    2. BobWalkthePlankFebruary 25, 2014 at 9:41 AM

      You are added my friend! I'm with you on the relics. I usually only chase nice patches.

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    3. BobWalkthePlankFebruary 25, 2014 at 10:06 AM

      I'm sure I have some Nat's and O's cards for you. Shoot me your mailing address and I'll send you some stuff as I find it.

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