EBay watch: Arkansas Travs

There was a rare Dick Allen Arkansas Travelers item listed on ebay this week. This is the first time I have seen this particular photo. There are not a lot of images available from that ground-breaking 1963 season in Arkansas. I honestly had no idea he wore #6 that season.

I was planning on bidding for it -- but I was away from the computer when it ended. If you were the winner and you visit this site, please contact me via email. I would like to add it to my collection. I am willing offer a fair trade for a scanned copy of that postcard.

1970 Cardinals Photos

I have started the process of re-organizing the photos and galleries I have collected over the years. I am constantly looking for new images to share on this site, so if you have anything to share -- please feel free to send them my way.

These new galleries are better captioned and easier to maintain as new pictures are discovered. With my new MAC, I should be able to keep up with things in a much more timely manner. I will continue to link each gallery on the left sidebar.

Today is the 1970 St. Louis Cardinals.

What could have been

I have been out of town for the last couple of weeks - and have not really posted anything new. Sorry, but this is going to happen from time to time.

I used Microsoft's new search engine (BING.COM) today for the first time and ran into this decent article about the career of Dick Allen from the sports blog BLEACHER REPORT. It was written in April 2009.

This is the first time that I have ever read someone come right out and called Allen "an alcoholic" -- but he continued by writing "In today's game, he would most likely be treated with counseling or the substance abuse program, but no such thing existed 40 years ago. Allen was considered a bum."

Take the time and read it. Pretty good perspective.