Wow! What a package I received today! My friend Kyle S (esiason14 from SCN) sent me a PSA/DNA authenticated 1975 Danny Thompson card signed in blue sharpie. It looks awesome. It was one of my final two cards I needed from the 1975 Topps Twins set. What a phenomenal gesture! THANK YOU Kyle!
You might wonder why I titled this “Danny Thompson, What a Shame”. Back in the mid-1980’s the Twins had a give away where they gave away a 45 record that had the “Gopher Rouser” on one side and a couple Twins songs on the other. Of course there was the “Win Twins” song but the other song was Terry Cashman’s “Talkin’ Baseball” Twins version. I had never heard the Twins version before and listened to it over and over on my parent’s old record player. I learned a pair of things from that song… I learned that Jack Kralik had a no hitter and there was something about Danny Thompson that I had to learn about. The lyrics were something like “Kralik had a no hit game. Danny Thompson, what a shame.” This was before google so I had to look it up in a couple Twins almanac type books I had. I learned that Danny passed away in a truly sad manner, succumbing to leukemia.
This is my very first Danny Thompson autographed card for my collection. Thanks again Kyle!