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Baseball card pioneer Sy Berger died Sunday, Dec. 14, at the age of 91, prompting a multitude of media stories about the man who, as the New York Times stated in its obituary headline: “turned baseball heroes into brilliant rectangles.”
Baseball card pioneer Sy Berger died Sunday, Dec. 14, at the age of 91, prompting a multitude of media stories about the man who, as the New York Times stated in its obituary headline: “turned baseball heroes into brilliant rectangles.”
The New York Times’ obit delves
briefly into Berger’s life and career, from collecting cards as a kid to his
rise to Topps vice president to dumping dozens of unsold 1952 Topps cases - yes, including the now treasured ’52 Mickey
Mantle card – into the Atlantic Ocean.
The Times article also quotes Berger
from an interview he conducted with SABR in 2004.
Tyler Kepner also penned
a must-read piece for the NY Times saluting Berger.
In its own tribute, Forbes.com wrote “10
Business Lessons to Follow from Baseball Cards’ Father.” Berger also was recognized
by People.com,
and the Los
Angeles Times, which led its article with the Atlantic Ocean anecdote.
On the broadcast side, ESPN’s Keith
Olbermann, fittingly donning a bubble gum-colored suit jacket, beautifully eulogized Berger
as only Keith can.
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