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07-20-2005, 09:20 AM
Posted By: <b>john/z28jd</b><p>Born on this date 104 years ago today was the man who ranks 23rd in career batting average(.330)among guys with over 5000 at-bats. Manush batted over .300 in 11 of his 15 full seasons including twice hitting .378 and one of those years he missed,he hit .298 while finishing 2nd in triples and scoring over 100 runs.He twice led the league in doubles,once in average,twice in hits, once in triples and 6 times scored over 100 runs.4 times he finished top 5 in the mvp voting.<br /><br />So on his birthday lets celebrate by posting some scans of this great hitter.C'mon everyone,show your Heinie's!<br /><br />since i dont have on of his cards,ill post his hall of fame plaque from the baseball hall of fame website:<br /><br /><img src="http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/plaques/images/Manush_Heinie.jpg">
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07-20-2005, 09:22 AM
Posted By: <b>Scott Forrest</b><p>For not trying to pass this off as the ultra rare "Honus Manush".
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07-20-2005, 09:43 AM
Posted By: <b>Kevin Cummings</b><p>I'm at work and don't have a picture handy, but I can tell you I appreciated his talent a while ago, so I grabbed my Heinie at a Gloria Rothstein show back in 1997.
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07-20-2005, 09:52 AM
Posted By: <b>identify7</b><p>My youngest daughter's favorite ballplayer! She always found that name hilarious! She still does (she is 35 yrs. old). Yikes, how can that be? She is almost older than me.
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07-20-2005, 10:18 AM
Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p><img src="http://www.qualitycards.com/pictures/11447369.jpg">
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07-20-2005, 10:30 AM
Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p><img src="http://www.lewisbaseballcards.com/classes/baseBallCard/images/696Lg.jpg">
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07-20-2005, 10:33 AM
Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>Here's a cancelled check from 1970, he died the next year. He was inducted in 1964, 25 years after he retired.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.qualitycards.com/ebay/heinie1.jpg"><br /><br />Here's his Perez/Steele postcard.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.qualitycards.com/ebay/heinie2.jpg">
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07-20-2005, 10:38 AM
Posted By: <b>jay wolt</b><p>HAL - I noticed your Kashin has his signature as "Harry", but the Hall Of Fame plaque & Goudey its states it as "Henry"...jay
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07-20-2005, 10:53 AM
Posted By: <b>Hal Lewis</b><p>I saw that, Jay!<br /><br />I guess it is safe to assume that the CARD COMPANY put the "autographs" on the cards and NOT the players!!!<br /><br />I think Heinie would have gotten his own name right.<br /><br /><img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14>
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07-20-2005, 11:56 AM
Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>Manush with the Red Sox. Spring Training 1936.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.imageshack.us"><img src="http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2021/heiniemanush9gw.jpg" border="0" width="384" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a>
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07-20-2005, 11:59 AM
Posted By: <b>warshawlaw</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1121882372.JPG">
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07-20-2005, 12:07 PM
Posted By: <b>Tom Boblitt</b><p>........you grabbed your heinie at a Gloria Rothstein show? Were they doing the Macarena or something? Or some other issue crop up?
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07-20-2005, 12:42 PM
Posted By: <b>Kevin Cummings</b><p>Tom:<br /><br />No self-control. Glenn Mechanick made me an offer I couldn't refuse. <img src="/images/wink.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br />Kevin
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07-20-2005, 03:28 PM
Posted By: <b>cmoking</b><p><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1121894891.JPG">
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07-20-2005, 09:41 PM
Posted By: <b>john/z28jd</b><p>Poor Heinie gets so little love<br /><br /><img src="http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/images/Manush_Heinie_3.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers_and_honorees/hofer_bios/images/manush_heinie_2.jpg">
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07-21-2005, 08:09 AM
Posted By: <b>jackgoodman</b><p>I used to send out 3x5 cards to players and always included one card with a question that I requested they answer.<br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1121954949.JPG">
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07-21-2005, 09:39 AM
Posted By: <b>Adam J. Moraine</b><p>As an autograph collector, GREAT piece Jack! I love it!!<br /><br />Best Regards,<br /><br />Adam J. Moraine
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07-21-2005, 01:13 PM
Posted By: <b>John</b><p>John,<br /><br />The problem with my Heinie is it got a little too much love. <br /><br /><img src="http://photos.imageevent.com/piojohn3/smileys/small/image027.jpg">
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07-21-2005, 01:45 PM
Posted By: <b>Elliot</b><p><img src="http://ccc.1asphost.com/68Vette/187-Manush.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://ccc.1asphost.com/68Vette/47-Manush.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://ccc.1asphost.com/68Vette/107-Manush(SDB).jpg">
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07-21-2005, 01:48 PM
Posted By: <b>John</b><p>Would that be considered a trifecta of Heinie's?