Night Owl Cards

The premise of these '56 of the Month posts has become a joke. The last such post was in July. And the one before that was in September of the previous year! But if you think I'm going to get rid of the "month" part of the title, then you have no idea how lazy I am. So let's keep on pretending I'm doing these posts monthly with a little item on Paul Minner. I was attracted to this card because it shows Minner, a pitcher, sliding into home. Remember this card in the future when pitchers are allowed only to pitch and you're wondering why your new baseball cards are so boring. It's because there are no pitchers sliding into home. I never realized that the '56 set was so much in favor of pitchers traveling the bases. This quirky action shot drew me in so that I could learn something more about Paul Minner. And what I learned was that Paul was placed on a major league mound solely to help others achieve great things. Here is what I mean: P...