Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Artie Wilson

    Artie Wilson was a Negro League star for the Birmingham Black Barons in the 1940's, capturing two NAL Batting Titles. He also got a chance to play in the Major Leagues, appearing in 19 games for the 1951 New York Giants, who overcame a 13.5 game deficit to take home the NL pennant. 
    A couple weeks ago I saw a blog post on Padrographs (http://padrographs.blogspot.com/) offering valuable prizes in exchange for certain baseball cards. I happened to have one of the cards on his list, and he sent me a baseball signed by Wilson. 


So thanks again to Rod, and thanks for reading. 

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