Step right up folks that's right I Art Fern have a great & wonderful deal in regards to trading bubble gum cards that's right I am talking about bubble gum cards that features your favorite players on your favorite teams. This is one contest that I know that anybody who is anybody can enter this contest to win it. All you have to do in order to win the contest is simply answer 9 questions about 9 different players in a simple game of "WHO AM I......." there are actually 10 questions in hopes that we don't have to resort to playing extra innings as always there is no cheating I am hoping for the honor system intact that no one I repeat no one tries to cheat. Now what are we playing for you ask real simple folks. You'll be playing for either your choice a Mystery Autograph photo of a player we can't simply name cause if we name this player no one I repeat no one will want this autograph because the autograph doesn't come with a COA nor does this player sign anymore items for he is dead.....Thats right this player is dead so he won't sign anything more unless the rumors of his death are misleading which I Art Fern will be the first to say I am simply amazed that this player is alive. If you pass on the Mystery Autograph you can have your choice of a Mystery Set of cards that will be more than 200 cards in the set or if ya don't want the Mystery Set you can try your luck by naming your favorite MLB Team when you submit your answers to the questions after the Tie Breaking question (Yes duplicated teams are fine yes I am pointing you out you Mr Night Owl & Mr GCRL both out in your Dodger loving plans) & Ill send you a Mystery Lot of 50 cards of that team that will consist of stuff from the 1960s to the present provided I have 50 cards of your team for you. Also couple more disclaimers in case we do go into extra innings the earliest time stamp on the post will win the prize if no one can answer the questions then I will roll out another contest sometime later on in March just remember no cheating cause I will know if you cheating cause Ill have a way of knowing how ya looked up the answers. In my next post I'll provide the answers & reveal the winner of this contest then you'll see what I mean when I know my baseball & hopefully some of ya will understand me better. Now WITHOUT FURTHER ADO Let the contest begin.
1. I am a Hall of Famer I can't tell you the year I was inducted cause that would be too easy for you to figure me out. I played for a team that went to the first ever League Championship Series back in 1969,however I had a teammate that hit a total of 3 Home Runs also a Hall of Famer couldn't help out in advancing to the World Series. I never reached the playoffs again until 1982. I never won a Cy Young Award. I only played 3 games with a team that gave me a Milestone It's that team most people don't realize I played for them in my career cause they only associate me with the team I talked about in the previous clues Who Am I???????
2. I am a Hall of Famer like the previous player & I am not telling what year I was inducted again too easy for you. I also played in the first ever League Championship Series back in 1969 but in the other league from #1s. I won 2 major awards but they were 10 years apart. My first year was also the same as a fellow Hall of Famer & he won the other Leagues Award that I won in our rookie years but we both made history the same day but I did mine against the same team I broke in with while his historical moment came against the city he broke in with weird thing it was for the other leagues teams. In 1991 & 1992 I pulled the honors of doing something only Ted Williams did but he did his in 1983 & 2002. Who Am I???????
3. I'm sure by now you can say that I am a Hall of Fame member as well. When I went to the Hall I was lucky to be included with someone else from my home state as well with the player who would replace me. Prior to going to Hall I would beat another member by a very slim margin in winning a batting title. When I retired I would be found working with 2 Hall of Fame members 1 of which never played the game. Who Am I??????
4. I hope by now you have guessed that I am a Hall of Fame member too but my story is that I was a throw-in a trade 2 years prior to winning the MVP award all cause of a GM saw potential in me. I attended the same college as a fellow Hall of Famer from a different sport. I even won a Home Run Derby in my home park you can see the outcome on 1 of cards the following year. Who Am I???????
5. I was inducted to the baseball hall of fame yet like the #4 player I played the position that he started at before he was moved to & I was traded too but I only played 1 year for team I was traded to before I called it a career. I was heartbroken when I saw a foul ball become an omen besides a black cat that well crossed my path when I played. I never got to enjoy seeing my team go all the way nor even was able to see myself in Otesaga Lake in upstate New York because I believed that my homepark when they honored me with my Jersey retirement # that I was lucky to be a member of that team & I mentioned that it was my Hall of Fame. Who Am I???????
6. My road to Cooperstown was very interesting as well I played as a teammate of #4 & I got to play with in Postseason 2 times each time my team was eliminated. My RC I'm surprised didn't get a blown up version compared to some of the others that played for the American League team that was making their debut when I had my RC released. I won the top Rookie Award as well MVP which I won 10 years after my rookie season. Who Am I??????
7. I like the previous 6 players also am a Hall of Famer. I would win 4 batting crowns if ya saw some of my other seasons that I didn't win the title ya had to wonder who did. When I retired from the game I made a leap to become a broadcaster. In my last year of my life the All-Star Game was featured in a ballpark where I played at as a player they even played a tribute to me prior to the game for I had passed away before the midsummer classic. 1 of my ex-Teammates told me I had made it to Cooperstown even though I hadn't yet until the following year. Who Am I??????
8. I will tell you yes I am enshrined in Cooperstown. 1 of my teams that I played for had 3 years of 4 players enshrined in the Hall in consecutive years. After my playing career I was busy carrying another title that I feel proud serving in. The team I represented in Cooperstown can boast that I am 1 of 2 players to do a feat that was later matched by another Hall of Famer though ya could say when I did mine I was a proud Father. Who Am I?????
9. I will start by saying yes I am the last Hall of Fame member that you will have to identify. I was like #5 inducted after I had passed away unfortunately. Some of the things that I accomplished well I did something that hadn't occurred in baseball since the 1950s as well as what #8 did in the 1960s. I like another Hall of Famer did on his plaque in the 1980s decided that was the best way to avoid problems with the teams so they couldn't say that I went into Hall to represent them only cause I played what I think was equally for them plus the teams I played for were nice to not let anyone else wear my uniform. Who Am I??????
10. TIE BREAKER!!!!!!! Other than all 9 of these players are Hall of Famers what feat did they have in common?????
Reminder to tell me what team you would like a lot of should you be the winner if you choose that prize & I wish you all good luck. Until then I am reminded of Rogers Hornsby once saying about signing autographs for little kids "Any Ballplayer who doesn't sign autographs for little kids ain't an American, He's a Communist."
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