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@TulsiGabbard 🙏🙏🙏

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@spartansam118 @Waxateria @aiwrestling @NHBTheChains @MrsAIPAlisha @1called_manders @RealLadyFrost @dgarrinibc @IWGuide1 @Charly_Butters @thepromopete @TheEddieEdwards @Myers_Wrestling @BrianRDJames 🔥🔥🔥

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From the documentary “Sabu”. We are so honored to have been able to work with Sabu. He truly was so happy about us making the card for Melissa. That was priority number one for him.
RIP legend. #sabu #sabuecw #ecw

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@card_guide Price point?

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Pixelated @mlb opening day on ⁦@netflix⁩ is an absolute disgrace. ⁦@Yankees⁩ this is a joke. They just can’t say no to that Netflix payday at the expense of their customers.

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@Waxateria @90sinserts @damage365Radio Ham and egger 🤣🤣🤣.

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So @damage365Radio think their design, ideas, and products are superior to @waxateria. But they literally ripped off 2024 Topps baseball series one LOL. Great idea! And products? We put out actual sets, not custom cards. Stay in your lane.
#wrestlingcardwednesday

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John McGraw: the bridge between the 19th-century baseball and the game we recognize today. He was the architect of the modern game during the Deadball Era. The rest of the league followed his lead because if not they would be left behind. 🧵1/5

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In 1910, Lake joined a Browns team that lost 107 games. He threw 24 complete games with a 2.20 ERA... and still lost 17 times.
He showed up every 4th day regardless of the lineup. That’s a grinder. ⚾️🔥
#t206 #deadball #deadballera #stlouisbrowns #vintagebaseball

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Some say wins are a useless stat. I’d argue the opposite.
The most trusted pitchers are the ones who rack up wins by grinding through tough innings. While ERA and other more modern stats gives the "analytical" view, wins shouldn’t be discarded.
Wins are for ballers. 😤

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After a dominant 1909 season in New York, Joe Lake was “rewarded” with a trade to the St. Louis Browns.
His career stats:
📉 62–90 Record
💎 2.85 ERA
Lake is the ultimate example of why pitcher wins can be deceiving—but do they still matter? 🧵👇

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He played in the American League’s very first season in 1901 and didn't hang it up until a final stint with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1917.
When he died in 1977 at age 97, he was the last surviving player from the AL's inaugural season. A true legend.

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Livingston’s real value was his hands. In 1910, Connie Mack used him as the personal catcher for Cy Morgan, whose spitball was notoriously impossible to catch.
While other catchers were busy chasing passed balls, Paddy was the anchor behind the plate for two World Series teams.

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One of the first defensive specialists.
A #deadball 🧵
Paddy Livingston had a career .209 average and exactly zero home runs. In the Deadball Era, that didn’t matter. If you could handle a glove, you had a job. And he had a special one.

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These 115-year-old cards are more than just collectibles—they are time capsules. They capture a vanished Manhattan skyline and the birth of a dynasty.
The mystery is part of the myth. ⚾️🏛️ #T206 #TheMonster #Yankees #BaseballCards (5/5)

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After digging into early 20th-century architecture, I'm 100% certain that "chapel" is actually one of the massive Gothic-style towers built by the Institute that loomed over the outfield.
It’s a landmark that was demolished over a century ago. (4/5)

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The Highlanders actually leased this land from the New York Institute for the Blind.
I always wondered what that large, gothic building was behind Lake. Initially, I thought it was the nearby Church of the Intercession. I was wrong. (3/5)

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This is Hilltop Park, the original home of the New York Highlanders (who would become the @Yankees).
Today, this site is the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in Washington Heights. But in 1909, the landscape looked very different. (2/5)

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A T206 mystery (to me) 🧵
One of my favorite things about the T206 set is the hidden history in the backgrounds. The artists often depicted players exactly where they played.
The Joe Lake card: the mystery of that "chapel" in the background solved? 1/5

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4/4. His 47.7 career WAR is higher than it looks as the home run was still a rare occurrence. He played his entire career in the deadball era, retiring 105 years ago. #t206 #deadballera #deadball