Issue #4, June 2013


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** SOM Baseball Cards with Tom Nahigian **
      (thanks to our friend Tom Nahigian and his complete collection of SOM Baseball Cards we go
       back into the past to share some of the first cards issued by the game company!!)

(Comments from the Wolfman)

In January of this year, we introduced a quiz for our members related to specific question about the SOM Baseball cards, unique aspects related to performance of players over all the cards ever published by Strat-o-matic.  However, as time went on, maybe because only a few people like our good friend Tom Nahigian has the full collection of cards, the responses to the quiz dwindled to nothin'. So I thought (and since it was Tom's birthday on Saturday, June 29th) it would still be way cool to continue to share a few of the early baseball cards that were first published in 1961 (the 1960 All Star sets) and in 1962 (based upon the 1961 season).  So Tom, we want to thank you again for your generousity to share these treasures from the past and we will continue to share the cards from 1960 and 1961 throughout the rest of the year. Thus, please find on this page, a few more cards that Tom sent to us to share with our members, enjoy!! 

Wolfman Shapiro

 

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What did the Baseball Cards Look Like in the First Years?
(submitted by Tom Nahigian, to read Tom's interview that
we did in our April issue, please click here)
 

1960 Based Cards
(just two All Star teams, National & American)

(Notice there is no fielding ratings and no X results in this season's cards)
 

1961 Based Cards
(A few teams and the All Star Players
National Allstars shown below)

(Again in 1961, no fielding ratings or X chart and the results
are kind of conjugating around the top or bottom of the cards)

 

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