1955 bowman complete through 88!

just a quick post today to share two more complete pages in my quest to finish the 1955 bowman set.

here is sheet number 10, cards 73 through 80

and here are the backs:

we get an extra oriole on the page, or is it a bonus athletic? the checklist seems to be less attentive to teammate matching as we progress, but three out of four rows isn't bad.

i can really appreciate what eddie yost has to say on the back of his card as part of his advice to youngsters. "dreams plus dreams equal dreams, but dreams plus action equal success". i had a therapist at one point say the same sort of thing - "thought without action is fantasy". words to ponder for sure.

here is sheet number 11, cards 81 through 88:

and here are the backs:

again, we have just one set of mismatched teammates.

most of the cards feature biographical information, but lee walls and steve bilko offer some personal thoughts which are always fun to read.

walls counts his biggest thrill in baseball as hitting a pinch-hit triple off of robin roberts when he was 17. walls did indeed hit a pinch-hit triple off of robin roberts as a rookie in 1952, but he was 19 at the time. the card back has his birth year correct (or at least it matches what is in baseball reference's database) as 1933 and he didn't debut until 1952. i find it interesting that walls would remember it less than three years later as being five years ago.

as for bilko, another future dodger and a pacific coast league legend, he has a lot to say, including a reference to "the catch" by willie mays in the 1954 world series and that lee walls got his pinch-hit triple off of the best pitcher in the game.