Hey, look, it's another one of those pesky team cards from 1956 Topps! I've mentioned before how tricky these can be, but I recently received a nice bunch of cards from reader Jonathan again and it included three 1956 team needs, Washington, Cleveland and the Kansas City A's. Woo! I'm down to needing five more of the team cards from this set. This also happens to be the first year that Topps included team cards in the set, which makes these extra cool. But let's focus on the Washington team card. It is key for a couple of reasons. First of all, if you didn't know, the first version of Nationals/Senators, which operated from 1905-60, was abysmal. "First in war, first in peace, last in the American League" and all that. This makes acquiring Washington ballplayers from the '50s exceedingly easy. They just magically find their way to me without me even knowing it. With the arrival of the team card, I just need two more Washington players to...
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