Night Owl Cards

I'm snapping out of another '56 of the Month funk to bring you the first post in this series since June. By rights, the next five posts should be '56 of the Monthers to catch up. But I won't do that to you -- as fun as 1956 Topps cards are. This is one of three 1956 Topps sent to me by Robert of $30 A Week Habit . He's got me back into the '56 groove more than once. Out of the three, I'm selecting Harry Dorish to profile. This happens to be Harry's final card and you can see that Topps features him on the basepaths, which it liked to do with pitchers in this set. (Ah, the good ol' days of American League pitchers batting). The same Dorish goofy mug can be found in the 1954 Topps set. Dorish spent most of his 10 seasons in the majors as a relief pitcher. He started out with the Red Sox in 1947 and his best years came with the White Sox in 1951 and 1952. He led the league in saves with 11 in 1951 and added 17 more in 1952. Dorish is also the las...