I won't put you through the pain of getting that song buried in your head. But, it does provide me with an introduction to a crazy oddball of an item I got from everyone's favorite purveyor of vintage items, Mark Hoyle.
Yes, Mark sent me an RC Cola can from the 1970s. RC Cola, surprisingly to me, actually was first invented in the south. In fact, it was first developed in my wife's hometown of Columbus, Georgia, way back in 1905 by Claud A. Hatcher.
Claud developed the cola because the local Coca-Cola company would not give him a better deal on syrup for his use in his pharmacy. As a result, he said he would make his own cola. It took a while for that to happen, as Claud first released a ginger ale called Royal Crown Ginger Ale. The company was renamed as Chero-Cola in 1910 and then as Nehi Corporation in 1925.
But you didn't come here to read about RC Cola's history. Why, pray tell, would Mark be sending me an old steel RC Cola can from the 1970s here in 2014? Would his local trash company not take it?
No -- he had a very good reason to send it to me.
That reason, is Sal Bando. The can dates from 1977. While the photos are not licensed by MLB, the MLBPA did provide their okay to use player likenesses.
And now, let's take a trip down memory lane (for some of us) or into the depths of our imaginations (for others)......
Think about how great it was back in the 1970s. For breakfast, you have Frosted Flakes and inside, there is a baseball card!
For lunch, you have a sandwich on Wonder Bread (football cards!) and down it with a nice RC Cola with a player on the side...or a Pepsi Cola with a player on a disc in a glove stuck in the 6-pack of bottles.
Or, maybe, you stop off at a fastfood place and grab a burger -- and get a complete team set of discs.
Finally, after a long day at work (assuming you are old enough then), you can stop off at the package store, grab a 12-pack of Iron City Beer, and get a beer can featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates or Steelers (and oddly enough, I think I might still have one or two of those at my mom's house).
Back to 2014
And those paragraphs are why collecting sports items is so much fun. If only we could get that fun back today through a few cool oddballs, life would be a lot more interesting and fun in the grocery store.
Does anyone know why we DON'T have food issues any more? Is the cost too high?
At any rate, this RC Cola can was just an incredibly cool item to receive in the mail. As always, Mark, I cannot possibly come up with a way to thank you other than saying it: thanks AGAIN, Mark!
And now, let's take a trip down memory lane (for some of us) or into the depths of our imaginations (for others)......
Think about how great it was back in the 1970s. For breakfast, you have Frosted Flakes and inside, there is a baseball card!
For lunch, you have a sandwich on Wonder Bread (football cards!) and down it with a nice RC Cola with a player on the side...or a Pepsi Cola with a player on a disc in a glove stuck in the 6-pack of bottles.
Or, maybe, you stop off at a fastfood place and grab a burger -- and get a complete team set of discs.
Finally, after a long day at work (assuming you are old enough then), you can stop off at the package store, grab a 12-pack of Iron City Beer, and get a beer can featuring the Pittsburgh Pirates or Steelers (and oddly enough, I think I might still have one or two of those at my mom's house).
Back to 2014
And those paragraphs are why collecting sports items is so much fun. If only we could get that fun back today through a few cool oddballs, life would be a lot more interesting and fun in the grocery store.
Does anyone know why we DON'T have food issues any more? Is the cost too high?
At any rate, this RC Cola can was just an incredibly cool item to receive in the mail. As always, Mark, I cannot possibly come up with a way to thank you other than saying it: thanks AGAIN, Mark!
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