Night Owl Cards

  The topic of The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading And Bubble Gum Book came up again on the socials today.   It seems to be a repeated topic around this time of year. Maybe people received that book for Christmas as kids, or want it for Christmas. I got it for Christmas about 12 years ago.   So, I thought I'd trot out the book again and update a post from two years ago, when I went through the book to find how many cards in my collection are showcased in the book.   Two years ago I determined there are 243 card images in the book that I have. (I also added the five cards on the front to make 248 but those cards are repeated inside, so that was an error on my part). And I determined I had 48 of the cards shown. I went through the book again today and totaled 50 cards in the book that I have, so I've added two since. However, I'm pretty sure that I didn't own these three since I did the count the last time. So either I over-counted the last time or I'm...

OK, let's start with the name. Many people want to pronounce this poor, poor man's name "Harry Shytie." It's not pronounced "Shytie." Others want to pronounce it "Sh*tty." (What a sh*tty thing to do). It's definitely not pronounced "sh*tty." Harry Chiti's name is pronounced "chee-tee." Pretend that you are a flunkie in class and the only way you are possibly going to pass a test is by looking over the shoulder of the egghead in front of you. You are the "cheater." Egghead is the "chee-tee." Harry Chee-tee. Chiti played for poor teams his entire career. Signed by the Cubs as a free agent in 1950, he played for Chicago from 1950-52, left the Cubs for two years to serve in the Army (no truth to the rumor that he left willingly), and returned to the Cubs for 1955 and 1956. The Cubs finished no better than fifth during his stay in Chicago. He then went to the Kansas City A...