Donnie Asbill Finds Time Tunnel in Baseball Card Shop
Donnie Asbill, 42, former tax accountant, runs Donnie's Baseball Card Cache in Mitchell Shopping Center. He began collecting in the early 1950s, traded using store items and childhood memories, and now finds at 10 in the shop time disappearing as he shares memories with customers aged 4 to 104.
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Paul
The
Corinthians
Donnie Asbill
Asbill
Donnie
Mitchell
Ridge Spring
Yankees
Stan Musial
Duke Snider
Carroll Hardy
Ted Williams
Elmer Vale
Duke Carmel
Willie Mays
Whitey Ford
Don) Mattingly
Jose) Canseco
Mantle
Henry
Aaron
Mays
Ten year-old Ann-Marie fuels love of baseball cards
Donnie Asbill runs Donnie's Baseball Card Cade where his ten year-old daughter Ann-Marie buys and sells cards. She studies prices and player histories, naming Ron Guidry and Nolan Ryan as favorites while helping customers and cheering the hobby's growth through Topps Donruss Fleer and regional sets. The family emphasizes memories over money as the core appeal of card collecting.
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Ann-Marie Asbill
Don Mattingly
Ron Guidry
Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Donnie Asbill
Ann-Marie
Donnie
Cade
Nolan Ryan
Topps
Donruss and Fleers
Sportflies
Fun Food
Kellogg’s
Walgreen’s
K-Mart
Kay-Bee Toys
Canada
Asbill
Temperate Sil Misses Derby with Illness in Louisville
Kentucky Derby hopeful Temperate Sil of trainer Charlie Whittingham and jockey Bill Shoemaker will miss next Saturday's Derby due to fever cough and guttural pouch infection. Talman also sidelined by leg injury. Derby field expected 15 to 17 three year olds with Demons Begone as top threat.
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Louisville
Temperate Sil
Charlie Whittingham
Bill Shoemaker
Talman
Whittingham
Shoemaker
Ferdinand
Alex Harthill
Mye
Leroy Jolley
Gulch
Leo Castelli
Keeneland
Demons Begone
On The Line Wins Derby Trial Stakes at Churchill Downs
On The Line ridden by Pat Day led turning for home and won the Derby Trial Stakes by 6% lengths over No More Flowers at Churchill Downs in front of a record opening day crowd of 28 047. No More Flowers will Derby start. On The Line's Derby status unclear. Day rode four winners on the card en route to tie for top jockey.
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Hartack
Iron Siege
Decidedly
Northern Dancer
Majestic Prince
Shoemaker
Swaps
Tomy Lee
Lucky Debonair
Ferdinand
Arcaro
Louisville
Pat Day
Churchill Downs
No More Flowers
Contractor’s Tune
Jeff Lukas
D. Wayne Lukas
Lukas
Capote
Happy Alter
Day
Demons Begone
Eugene V. Klein
Arthur I. Appleton
Walter Guerra
Sandy Hawley
Funny Tunes
David L
Gretna Green
Santa Clara Chief
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Mark R. McCallum
Ginny Southworth
Aiken
Derby
Gallant Man
Irons
Iron Liege
Bay Shore
Lexington
Wood Memorial
Garden State
ED Schuyler Jr
Es Gerald White
Bruce Dalrympie
Wrdw-Tv and
SUNNY-105
Georgia
Augusta
Richmond County Civic Center
Civic Center
Home Folks
Pyramid Music
Uniformals Unlimited
Aiken Drug Co
Pizza Hut
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