Photo by Robert Edward Auctions“Like all dogs, they probably worshipped their human companion and didn’t know or care whether he was an all-star or a bench warmer,” wrote the late baseball card historian Bob Lemke about the many pooch-owning baseball players. Let’s start out with one of the most popular baseball cards in history. Photo by Heritage AuctionsAs is almost always the case, Mickey Mantle leads the pack for post-war cards associated with dogs. In January, a Mantle card that was a premium for the defunct “Mascot” dog food sold for $23,600. Photo by Bob LemkeFrom what I can determine, it took baseball card makers 106 years to put another live dog on a card after Midget.

Source: Forbes March 21, 2018 19:01 UTC