“A card collection is a magic carpet that takes you away from work-a-day cares to havens of relaxing quietude where you can relive the pleasures & adventures of a past day—brought to life in vivid picture and prose.”
— Jefferson Burbick, the OG of card cataloging. @baseballhall
Steve Carlton’s hat he wore in 1969 when he struck out 19 Mets batters. @baseballhall
Here are Lou’s cleats that he wore to steal his 893rd base surpassing Ty Cobb’s all-time record. Lou finished with 938 stolen bases. @baseballhall
Another Cardinals team set review!! youtu.be/3QmKM9rkjgQ
We all know about David Freese’s heroics in Game 6 of the 2011 Fall Classic. Here is part of his jersey that teammates tore off him. We will see you tomorrow night. @baseballhall @buck @DavidFreese
This is the glove Pepper Martin wore in centerfield in Game 7 of the 1931 World Series. Martin hit .500 with 12 hits, 5 runs scored, 5 RBI and 5 SBs. The Cardinals won the series, 4-3. @baseballhall
Jose Cardenal was the first MLB player to sign a contract and use a cup-ended (concave-end) baseball bat. @baseballhall
In 1966, Cardinals pitcher Larry Jaster set a MLB record that will probably never be broken. He shut out the LA Dodgers five consecutive times in one season. Think about that for a minute. This is a photo of the ball from his 5th shutout. @baseballhall
Here’s a future trivia question for all baseball fans. Cardinals pitcher Ryan Kurosaki made his MLB debut in 1975 and is recognized as the first American player of full Japanese descent to play in the major leagues. @baseballhall
These are the cleats Albert Pujols wore when he put together one of the greatest individual offensive games in World Series history. In Game 3 of the 2011 Fall Classic, AP was 5-for-6 with 3 home runs, 6 RBIs, 4 runs scored, and a record 14 total bases. @baseballhall
If you zoom in, you can see this is a bat used by Stan. On July 25, 1962, he picked up RBI #1,862 to surpass Mel Ott as the all-time National League leader. @baseballhall
Joey did a fabulous job as our tour guide.









