52 (Bowman) Pickup: A Handful Of Commons

Since I started the process of building a 1952 Bowman set with such a barrage of stars (Feller, Snider, Stengel, Ashburn, etc.), I decided to breathe a little and start picking up some of the commons.  And to me, they're only common in a relative sense.  The cards are still beautiful little works of art, big names or not, which is why I love this set so much.  The pics:

 I've written about Sibby Sisti before. 

 Coincidentally, some of these cards are close together in the set numbers-wise, so it gives me a chance to show the types of pages I'm using for them:

The great thing about 52 Bowman is that they fit perfectly into business card pages, which hold 10 cards per sheet.  I found some heavy duty pages at Staples that seem very high quality (and weren't cheap).

So I'm about 10% done with 52 Bowman, which is the goal I set for the whole year (about 25 cards per year over a 10 year period is my time frame). 

Sibby Sisti- 1953 Topps

Even if I wasn't hunting interesting cards for the 1953 page from my sampler album, I would have bought this card just because I love the name: Sibby Sisti. 

Sibby is a very cool name, and I encourage any of you who are about to have children to seriously consider using it. 


The other interesting fact about Sisti is that he was a consultant on the movie "The Natural" and had a bit part, playing the manager of the Pirates:

 He has the same somewhat bewildered look as his card.