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Jim Reeves baseball card...

Posted by Mike Slater <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Mike+Slater' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 16, 2024, 12:36 pm

Back when Jim was still playing baseball for the St.Louis Cardinals,he was actually on a baseball card. As far as I know, this is pretty rare. Thought I would post it here for fans who may have never seen it. I don't have the actual card, but my good friend and fellow Jim Reeves fan Roy Zinck sent me this photo of it a while back. He deserves the credit for finding this little gem...

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Posted by Martin Rolls <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Martin+Rolls' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on July 19, 2024, 5:09 am, in reply to "Jim Reeves baseball card..."

Thank you very much to you both for sharing this. Another great JR shot to add to my album.

Martin

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Posted by Ron McBride <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Ron+McBride' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 3, 2024, 9:16 am, in reply to "Jim Reeves baseball card..."

No offense but I have strong doubts this is real. In the first place, Reeves didn't play for the St. Louis Cardinals. He played for one of their "farm teams" - the Lynchburg, Virginia Cardinals. His performance for the farm team certainly wasn't impressive. I don't think he won a single game while he was with Lynchburg. I don't know if any companies even issued cards for semi-pro players. I think we would need to see the back of the card to determine if it was real or not.

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Posted by Roy Zinck <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Roy+Zinck' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 4, 2024, 9:24 am, in reply to "Re: Jim Reeves baseball card..."

I did find that the card company Tapps, known especially for baseball cards did start printing cards for minor league players in the early 1960's.

However Jim signed for the Cardinals farm system in 1944 for a three year contract. If this was printed 16 years later, it makes little sense this is genuine...still possible but unlikely. Ron, I think you may be right on this one..Who could know what's genuine these days with computer technology that makes photoshop easy.

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Posted by Mike Slater <iframe src='https://members3.boardhost.com/jimreeves/info/user=Mike+Slater' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on August 6, 2024, 10:21 am, in reply to "Re: Jim Reeves baseball card..."

I too wonder if this baseball card is real. I did try to find some evidence, including the back of the card, but can't find anything. I appreciate all the new technology, but sometimes it's difficult to know what's genuine and what's not anymore...

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