Today is quickly becoming retro Saturday...
I've mentioned a couple of times that this is one of my favorite cards ever. I love cards with The Big Mitt and a card dedicated to it is absolutely magnifique!
I love The Big Mitt so much that I needed to expand my Big Mitt related collection. First let's start with the creator of The Big Mitt, Baltimore Orioles manager Paul Richards.
Paul's photo was so good from the 1960 series that Topps recycled it in the '61 set.
Why did he design a giant catcher's mitt? To give his catchers an advantage at handling the knuckle ball pitches from this guy:
The bigger the mitt the better the chances the catcher would be able to get to wherever Hoyt's pitches went.
It helped also that there were no rules governing how big a catcher's mitt could be.
I've mentioned a couple of times that this is one of my favorite cards ever. I love cards with The Big Mitt and a card dedicated to it is absolutely magnifique!
2009 Topps Heritage #BF4 The Big Mitt
I love The Big Mitt so much that I needed to expand my Big Mitt related collection. First let's start with the creator of The Big Mitt, Baltimore Orioles manager Paul Richards. 1960 Topps #224 Paul Richards
Paul's photo was so good from the 1960 series that Topps recycled it in the '61 set.
1961 Topps #131 Paul Richards
Why did he design a giant catcher's mitt? To give his catchers an advantage at handling the knuckle ball pitches from this guy:
1960 Topps #395 Hoyt Wilhelm
The bigger the mitt the better the chances the catcher would be able to get to wherever Hoyt's pitches went. 1960 Topps 115 Roy Face & Hoyt Wilhelm Fork & Knuckler
It helped also that there were no rules governing how big a catcher's mitt could be.
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