Will start with a group of Chicago White Sox be created, most never had a Sox card but some had their only Sox card issued as one of Topps period dual cards.
Jim McAnany played all or part of five seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1958 until 1962, for the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs. He was in the White Sox starting lineup for three of the six games in the 1959 World Series. The 1959 pennant-winning season was by far his best in the majors. It included 210 of his 241 career at-bats, as McAnany, a contact hitter with little power, batted .276 for the White Sox with no home runs but just 26 strikeouts.
Next will be a couple of small orders, first baseball and then football. Had a request for some custom baseball starting with a pair of 1971 Topps style Oakland A's.
Mike Epstein played baseball at the University of California-Berkeley. His .375 batting average in 1963 led to a contract offer by the Los Angeles Dodgers, bute decided to finish college. He played on the gold medal-winning U.S. baseball team at the 1964 Summer Olympics. After spending the next 2 years in minor ball he was first brought up for 6 games by the Baltimore Orioles in 1966, but they demoted him to Rochester again. The outspoken Epstein refused to report and was traded in May 1967 to the Washington Senators. Later that season, in his first at-bat against the Orioles, Epstein hit a grand slam. He would make stops in Oakland, Texas and California before retiring after the 1974 season.
Next are 3 custom 1980 Topps style football I created for Roger Brownlee, problem is I have lost his contact info some how !!! If Roger sees this post please send me an email at "[email protected]" and I'll get them out to you. Looks like "old age & poor memory" may have won another battle. Request was for a single card, actually did a couple of each player as I couldn't decide which I liked best.
Art Monk is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, New York Jets, and the Philadelphia Eagles. Monk finished his career with 940 receptions for 12,721 yards and 68 touchdowns, along with 332 rushing yards. He was the first player in NFL history to record over 102 receptions in a season and over 900 receptions in a career. His most noteworthy NFL accomplishment was his record for career receptions (940), which was broken by Jerry Rice in the final week of the 1995 season, Monk's last in the league. Monk became the league's all-time leading receiver in a Monday Night game against Denver on October 12, 1992, with his 820th reception. He was the first to eclipse 900 receptions and retired with the most consecutive games with a catch (183). Monk also became the first player in the league to record a touchdown reception in 15 consecutive seasons as well was the first player ever to record at least 35 receptions in 15 consecutive seasons. Through the course of his 14 years with the Redskins, Monk converted nearly two-thirds of his 888 catches into first downs.