Did Santa bring you anything baseball related?

[sycks22]

My wife picked me up all the back issues of Old Cardboard. Pretty excited. Did anyone else get anything baseball related?

[T206Collector]

My amazing wife got me a W515-2 Ty Cobb. Very very happy!! :D

[Jason]

I got a WaJo Hands at Chest from my girlfriend and son.Congrats also on the Cobb Strip.I have regretted getting rid of the one I had.

[ChiefBenderForever]

Santa took a good chunk of my collection and replaced it with many presents under the tree so I'm kind of sad but the kids are very happy !!

[Leon]

Santa took a good chunk of my collection and replaced it with many presents under the tree so I'm kind of sad but the kids are very happy !!

This is a great choice, imo. Kids are the best. Them being happy (well, as happy as can be) is what it's all about. You da' man, Johnny.....and more importantly your kids love you and you put them first. I truly wish every parent did the same.

[pgellis]

My wife got me the book The Glory of Their Times. Cool. Oh, and also a Fenway Park wall calendar.

[z28jd]

This book which so far looks awemazing(I'm a professional writer so I can make up words like this, its called creative somethingning or other)

http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-5905-6

[deebro041]

My little girl gave me a non-vintage mini bat with Daddy/ AllStar inscribed on it. I will cherish it forever!!:)

[zljones]

The Old Judge book, but I knew it was coming because I had to help my finacee find it on ebay fast before they all sold out at $25 a piece.

[kmac32]

11 slabbed E121 cards, Lipsets books, Santo / pat Hughes perfect 10 book, and all 10 Pat Hughes CDs....... The best gift however was our former English mastiff had wondered off from his new owners and they didn't know where he went...lye returned to the safe on Christmas day.

[drc]

I got a sweater. If you stand 200 feet away in the dark, it might resemble a 1910s baseball sweater.

[Blunder19]

After making sure everyone else in my family had a great christmas, I decided to get a present from me to myself.... :)

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/blunder19/newcobbfront.jpg
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg309/blunder19/newcobbback.jpg

Wanted to have the card in hand before I said anything :)

Merry Christmas every one.

Jamie

[HRBAKER]

Nope, not this year. I got a new pair of loafers.
Great to have my daughter home from college and the whole family together for a couple of weeks. Santa turned over the sleigh for the kids though! That made my Christmas seeing them.

That and the fact that this was first year in a few I didn't have to darken the door of the Apple store!

[atx840]

CONGRATS Jamie!!!

Such a classic portrait on a real tough back, a truly great card.

[freakhappy]

I was also able to pick up the Old Judge book and Old Cardboard back issues....great stuff. I had to pick them up for relatives and let them pay me back...otherwise I would have received socks and underwear :eek:

As for any actual cardboard. I don't ask for any for christmas because I grab so many throughout the year and mainly just buy for the kiddos...that's what christmas is about, right? ;)

[e107collector]

I got the E90-2 Adams to finsih off my E90-2 set. I also bought the diamond Breitling watch for myself:)

Merry Christmas everyone!

Tony

[frankbmd]

Am I the only one who picked up a Waddell.

[DHogan]

My wife let me get this http://img812.imageshack.us/img812/6449/scan0001np.th.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/812/scan0001np.jpg/)

[CubsFanCurt]

Got a Cubs santa hat and a 3 finger Brown T206 with Cubs on the uniform. Bought Gramps a Phil Cavaretta signed ball and picture. They both went to Lane Tech High here in Chicago

[freakhappy]

Forgot to mention...Jamie, love the Cobb. I bet that will fit great in your collection!

[almostdone]

I'm sorry this isn't prewar but I had to share this story.

My wife has always been amazing at finding card for me to help in my obsession. This year was no different. Our budget is modest so I usually settle for lower conditioned cards to fill my sets but she always takes the time to find nice cards with great eye appeal for me. I am hopeing to start to build a 1952 Bowman set so she found a great example of Roy Campanella for me. When this card arrived our local postal carrier thought they would be helpful and deliver all of the mail onto out front porch instead of the mailbox (there were other larger packages that day).

Unknown to my wife inside of the house and before she found the mail outside our friendly, yet apparently chew happy beagle named Rascal found the mail for her. He chewed up all of the mail including the bills (not so hard to replace) as well as my wife treasure for me on Christmas day (not so easy to replace).

When my 11 year old daugther saw the dog with something in the backyard she alerted my wife and the chase comensed. After a bit of struggle my wife and daughter managed to corner Rascal and retrive his "prize".

As you can see from the scans the card was actually undamaged in this melee although I can't say as much for the graded case it came in.

I love my wife but I'm glad I wasn't the dog or the person who answered the phone at out local post office that day.

Drew

[campyfan39]

Drew now you have a decision to make. Take it out of the case or keep it in for the memories!

[k-dog]

I think the Beckett holder may have saved the card! If that was in PSA plastic, I don't think it would have gone undamaged! Thanks for sharing that story.

[Fred]

Drew,

Thank goodness that wasn't something that was in between two cardboard stiffners and a plastic sleeve. Are you planning on leaving it in (what's left of) the Beckett holder? That would be an interesting piece to keep like that, great story behind it.

[dog*dirt]

That is one good story. Maybe the dog dislikes the Dodgers or maybe Italians.

[campyfan39]

Hilarious that 2 out of the last 3 responses to Drew's post have "dog" in their username haha

[sycks22]

I think the dog was a SGC fan and didn't want it in the BVG holder.

[terjung]

That may actually be a good story for Beckett to use as marketing. I'd contact them to see if they are interested in it.

I can see it now... Christmas surprise from a loving wife that survives the neighbor dog - all thanks to the protection offered by a Beckett slab.

If they're smart, they'd probably try to use it. (I know I would.)

Great gift, btw!

[atx840]

Great story, I bet your wife's heart sank when she realized that of course the dog would find the one not so easily replaced gift. I'd keep it as is.

[mrvster]

Jamie....


:eek::eek::eek::eek:

WOW!!!

CONGRATS

[almostdone]

All I knew was something happened and she wasn't happy. I'm smart enough to stay away and not pry too much. Besides, if I found out I think we wouldn't have a dog anymore.

Drew

Great story, I bet your wife's heart sank when she realized that of course the dog would find the one not so easily replaced gift. I'd keep it as is.

[kkkkandp]

A mix of vintage and recent history. Three books (courtesy of my son and my daughter's boyfriend):

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080323533X/ref=pe_143810_21486830_snp_dp

http://www.amazon.com/Flip-Flop-Fly-Ball-Infographic/dp/1608192695/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1324907684&sr=1-1

A couple of Old Judges off the want list (thanks Santa Jay and Santa John) and a beautiful framed cover of the New York Post with our actual seat tickets (courtesy of my son-in-law) commemorating our attendance at the record-breaking event! :D

[scooter729]

My wife got me the book The Glory of Their Times. Cool. Oh, and also a Fenway Park wall calendar.

I too was on the receiving end of an unrequested copy of "Glory of their Times" - don't we have great wives!!

[dabigyankeeman]

It was pre-setup, but my wife gave me a 1940 Play Ball Joe DiMaggio. The final Yankee I needed to have every Yankee Play Ball card, 1939 thru 1941.

Also from a Secret Santa on Facebook i got a nice Yankee card holder/money clip.

Finally got the book "1921" from a friend from another forum.

[MacDice]

My four year old son got the complete 2011 Topps set (not that exciting I know) but the best part was when he wanted me to sit with him and read off the name of every card in the set (all 660). Favorite card was Billy Butler because his name is Billy.

[jp1216]

My 10 year-old got me one of those 15 card random packaged packs. All Topps from 2007-09. "Because daddy loves cards".... ;)

[edriskill]

My wife gave me my first 1936 Goudey R312 of Mickey Cochrane. A gorgeous premium.

[Brian Van Horn]

Oh, Santa brought me something good. I apologize the gold gilding was not picked up in the scan:

[vintagerookies51]

It was pre-set and I paid for a small portion but I received an E106 Ty Cobb!

[familytoad]

I got that same bathroom reader book this year :p
Pretty cool, I read a few pages and actually knew most of the answers.

For those of you who have heard of OBC, we have a Secret Santa exchange every year...this year I must have been high up the "nice" list as my Santa mailed a 67 topps Mickey Mantle!!

And I also received a bit o'spendin' cash with which I'll be browsing the BST section to get myself sumthin' nice;)

[thescooper]

20 binders to store my cards in

[53Browns]

My wife and Pete Sycks schemed behind my back to bring me this beauty...

[sycks22]

My wife and Pete Sycks schemed behind my back to bring me this beauty...


It was sneaky. Glad you enjoyed it

[dog*dirt]

Thank you Santa for a 1967 Phillies Safe Driving complete set. It's not vintage but a cool gift.

[bn2cardz]

Like a couple of other members, I too, received "The Photographic Baseball Cards of Goodwin & Company 1886-1890". I have been enjoying it a lot.

[Northviewcats]

My wife also picked me up the back issues of Old Cardboard, but she upgraded and got me the Pre-war card posters, too. Even got them framed. Now all I got to do is find an empty wall in my study to display them. Very cool!

Best regards,

Joe

[marvjung]

Hi All - been awhile since I posted :)

This year, Santa, who had a striking resemblance to my girlfriend, knew I liked "old baseball stuff," and picked up this little thing for me:

http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l32/marvjung/baseballpic.jpg

She had it framed and gave it to me - it's modern and it looks like a ball player screened over a page from a dictionary (starting with "Lutheran" and ending with "lying" - go figure :confused: ). Anyway, it's pretty darn cool and it's going up in my sports room :D

[GrayGhost]

One of my best friends got me the Joe Taxiara book " A Unique look at Big league baseball" thru 2010. for stat FREAKS, it has EVERYTHING. Awesome book for sure.

[D. Broughman]

My wife got me a table for my memorabilia room. My other table didn't go good with my stadium chairs I picked up last month.:D

[Northviewcats]

Hey Dynarl,

If my wife sees a picture of that table she would have to have it. Very cool!

Best regards,

Joe

[kcohen]

One of my sons got me a replica Homestead Grays baseball cap.

[Big Ben]

Had a nice visit from Santa at my house. I got a 1933 Goudey Rogers Hornsby, a T205 Eddie Collins and the book "The Glory of Their Times.

All the best to everyone on the board for a great and safe New Year!

[GoldenAge50s]

Every yr my sister gets me something baseball or sports related.

National columnist & author Dan Barry of the NY Times previously worked under my sister at the Providence Journal before going to NY. He wrote this book on the historic 33 inning game this past yr. and it's now a nice companion piece to my Press Pass from that game.

Showing the cover & real nice personal inscription page:

(My sister's name is Carol, who is the FOC referred to)

[D. Broughman]

Hey Dynarl,

If my wife sees a picture of that table she would have to have it. Very cool!

Best regards,

Joe

Thanks Joe My wife found it in the back room of a consignment shop. I think she got it for the players that came with it.

[ullmandds]

I love Linus's extra long chest protector!!!

[Bosox Blair]

My wife picked me up all the back issues of Old Cardboard. Pretty excited. Did anyone else get anything baseball related?

My parents did the same for me - awsome!

Also got books..."Chief Bender's Burden" and "Forever Blue".

And my lady got me two Mitchell & Ness replica jerseys (flannels) including a 1918 WS jersey of Babe Ruth.

Cheers,
Blair