Card # 14
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Helmar This Great Game
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Player |
Position |
Team |
Wally Post
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Batting follow through
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Cincinnati Reds
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Top Auction Price |
Total Sold |
Avg # Bids |
Avg # Bidders |
Last Sold |
$ 84.99
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18
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9
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3
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May 1, 2024
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About the Player
A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: Every ballpark in the National League has been host to a mammoth home run blast by Wally, who hits the baseball as far as anyone in the circuit. He’s hit a ball onto the roof at Ebbets Field and is one of the few men to swat the sphere over the clock scoreboard in deep left-center field at Crosley. Began his professional career as a righthanded pitcher, but once former Tiger Gee Walker came across Wally on his Sally League team, Post was switched to the outfield. Post is busy in the off-season too, as part owner of a tomato cannery in his native Ohio.
About the Series
This series marks a step in a new direction for Helmar. For the first time we take a serious look at baseball in the 1950's and then, perhaps, the 1960's. The game found itself changing dramatically in this post WWII era, influenced by both the larger society and technological innovation. The color barrier may have been officially broken in 1947 but the acceptance of black players by the big league clubs came slowly, if surely. Reliable and inexpensive air transportation paved the way for geographic expansion. The game, which had been centered in the East and Midwest, found new opportunities along the West Coast.
The very center of the baseball world through the decade was New York City. New York teams competed in every World Series through the decade except for 1959. In many of those years both teams competing were from the city. Interestingly, New York also became the center of the art world at the same time. Migration after WWII brought many creatives to the Big Apple and movements such as abstract, modernism, surrealism and avant-garde.
Studying the era has inspired Helmar to use bold, often surreal colors in this series. We hope that you will join us as we explore this era of change.
Card size: 3" x 4"
Individually Numbered 1-20
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Helmar This Great Game, Cincinnati Reds |
Card # | Thumbnail Pic | Player Name | Position | Top Auction Price |
14 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_14_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_14_Back.jpg) | Post, Wally | Batting follow through | $ 84.99 |
23 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_23_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_23_Back.jpg) | ROBINSON, Frank | With bat, chest up | $ 117.50 |
28 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_28_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_28_Back.jpg) | Blackwell, Ewell | Throwing follow through | $ 30.00 |
37 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_37_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_37_Back.jpg) | Burgess, Smokey | Batting cage | $ 85.99 |
108 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_108_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_108_Back.jpg) | Nuxhall, Joe | Slump shoulders; reading sign | $ 101.00 |
109 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_109_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_109_Back.jpg) | Pinson, Vada | Orange sky | $ 85.55 |
115 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_115_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_115_Back.jpg) | Temple, Johnny | Batting cage | $ 86.55 |
116 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_116_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_116_Back.jpg) | Bell, Gus | Reaching out of frame | $ 72.89 |
119 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_119_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_119_Back.jpg) | Kluszewski, Ted | blue buildings | $ 86.00 |
126 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_126_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_126_Back.jpg) | Bailey, Ed | two flags | $ 74.00 |
127 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_127_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_127_Back.jpg) | Brosnan, Jim | glove lower left | $ 76.55 |
142 | ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_142_Front.jpg) ![](https://helmarbrewing.com/images/cardPics/thumb/Helmar_This_Great_Game_142_Back.jpg) | Harmon, Chuck | About to throw | $ 0.00 |
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