The first baseball card ... unearthed in Fresno
Bernice Gallego, 72, is the least likely protagonist ever for a rare-baseball card story. She's never even been to a baseball game. But recently she discovered, in a box of junk, what experts call the first baseball card -- an 1869 advertisement that features the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
Read the story of Gallego and the 139-year-old baseball card at fresnobee.com. It's full of fun details -- like when she kept the card in sandwich bag, push-pinned to the laundry room wall.
[photo: Craig Kohlruss / The Fresno Bee]
Comments:
What an awesome story. Nice job Mike!
Posted by: Bryan Harley at December 31, 2008 10:27 AM
Sure as hell beats my thrift find of a mint Conn 30M saxophone for $200. Lucky.
Posted by: Ben at December 31, 2008 10:35 AM
That's a great story! I love all the quirky little details about cigarettes and ziplock baggies.
Posted by: teresa at December 31, 2008 11:17 AM
congrats on the front page love yo!
Posted by: rob at December 31, 2008 3:15 PM
This is such a cool story; a great read as a ate my cereal this morning. Being a former baseball card geek, I wonder if I would have noticed that card sitting out at Fulton's Folly or something... probably not.
I love this was found in Fresno.
Posted by: The Fresnan at December 31, 2008 8:42 PM
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