Congratulations Scott!
As a Reds collector who likes pins, I almost never see any player pins of Reds from the 40s or 50s offered other than the relatively common PM-10 of Ted Kluszewski. Those things are crazy rare.
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Originally Posted by Scott Garner
Many thanks to close friend and net54 board member Chris Gamble, I was able to add this great circa 1947-1948 PM10 pinback of no-hit pitcher Ewell Blackwell.
Blackie came the closest pitcher to duplicating Johnny Vander Meer's historic feat of pitching back-to-back no-hitters in 1947.
Vandy was on the top step with 1 out in the 9th inning, waiting to congratulate is friend.
Alas, it wasn't meant to be.... 75 years have passed and no one has gotten even close.
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