July Pickups

[bobfreedman]

Great graphics on this and comes with the glove. I may be selling this if anyone is interested?

[perezfan]

That might be the prettiest of all the "Golden Era" Glove Boxes. Either that particular Mantle, or the Rogers Hornsby from about 20 years prior.

What a gem!

[megalimey]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Great graphics on this and comes with the glove. I may be selling this if anyone is interested?

pm sent

[jsage]

Jerry Sage
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[Scott Garner]

I finally filled another gaping hole in my no-hitter ticket collection.
After searching for this ticket for 45 years, I finally found it in Ontario, Canada of all places. A true global search...
To be honest, I wasn't sure that I ever would. More on that later...

On September 16, 1965 Red Sox pitcher Dave Morehead made history by hurling a 2-0 no-hitter against the Cleveland Indians. 23 year-old Morehead came extremely close to pitching a perfect game; his only blemish was a walk that he issued on a 3-2 count in the 2nd inning.

Back to why this ticket was so challenging to locate. In 1965 the hapless 9th place Red Sox were wedged in between seasons where they were competitive.

According to the official box score, Morehead's no-hitter on September 16th had a miniscule 1,247 fans in attendance. Peter Gammons wrote about Morehead's no-hit game many years later in the Boston Globe and said that there were probably no more than 500 fans actually in the seats as he was one of them...

Finding any ticket to this game was a true snipe hunt, but finding two of them including one that was actually vintage signed on the back by Dave Morehead and his shortstop Eddie Bressoud the day of the no-hitter is downright crazy! The 2nd ticket was signed by Red Sox great Tony Conigliaro. All 3 of these players (Morehead, Bressoud and Conigliaro) were part of the starting nine during Morehead's no-hitter.

My no-hit ticket collection now stands at 205 tickets to different no-hitters dating back to 1901. 144 of the tickets are signed by 145 no-hit pitchers.

Ironically, I just wrote a letter to Morehead asking him to sign a program to his high school graduation that was a recent eBay purchase.
A multi-sport star, Dave Morehead graduated from Herbert Hoover High School in San Diego, the same alma mater that produced baseball greats HOF Ted Williams and catcher Ray Boone of the famous baseball Boone family (3 generations of BB players). Morehead for many years has now lived in Tustin, CA, literally 5 blocks from the home I grew up in. Strange coincidence!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by bobfreedman

Great graphics on this and comes with the glove. I may be selling this if anyone is interested?

Great box and Mantle glove combo!

[JoeDfan]

Even though I am a Yankees fan, I picked up this nice Johnny Pesky coach's jersey. I will even find a spot for it on the wall in my Yankees room...

[ooo-ribay]

Another great story, Scott! You have 205 no-hitter tickets, dating back to 1901....how many are missing from that time frame?

[perezfan]

Great find, Scott.... Talk about a needle in a haystack!

Glad you finally tracked this one down... it miraculously found its proper home!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Great find, Scott.... Talk about a needle in a haystack!

Glad you finally tracked this one down... it miraculously found its proper home!

Thanks Mark! I hope to see you at the National in Chicago.

[YankeeFan]

Congrats on filling another hole Scott. Amazing to pick up two after being on the lookout for 45 years.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Another great story, Scott! You have 205 no-hitter tickets, dating back to 1901....how many are missing from that time frame?

Hi Rob,
In order to find all of the no-hitters dating back to 1893 (the year that the mound distance moved to the current 60' 6" standard), which would be impossible, I would still need to find tickets to 81 no-hitters including a few that don't technically match the modern criteria of what defines a true no-hitter (at least 9 complete innings without giving up a hit).

What's realistically the number that I still believe is findable?
I only need tickets to 12 no-hitter games dating to 1935. I'd also would like to upgrade about 3 or 4 of the tickets that are in my collection.
In my mind, I still believe that this may be attainable. With luck, perhaps a few more...
The search continues & it's been a really fun collecting challenge.

[ruth-gehrig]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Hi Rob,
In order to find all of the no-hitters dating back to 1893 (the year that the mound distance moved to the current 60' 6" standard), which would be impossible, I would still need to find tickets to 81 no-hitters including a few that don't technically match the modern criteria of what defines a true no-hitter (at least 9 complete innings without giving up a hit).

What's realistically the number that I still believe is findable?
I only need tickets to 12 no-hitter games dating to 1935. I'd also would like to upgrade about 3 or 4 of the tickets that are in my collection.
In my mind, I still believe that this may be attainable. With luck, perhaps a few more...
The search continues & it's been a really fun collecting challenge.

Simply incredible
What a project that not many would have the patience for!
Congrats on sticking with it and finding the ones you have and best of luck obtaining the ones you are still after

[vintagesportscollector]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Simply incredible
What a project that not many would have the patience for!
Congrats on sticking with it and finding the ones you have and best of luck obtaining the ones you are still after

+1, ditto Scott to all that has been said on the collection. Remarkable.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

Simply incredible
What a project that not many would have the patience for!
Congrats on sticking with it and finding the ones you have and best of luck obtaining the ones you are still after

Thanks Michael & Joe! If it wasn't for the terrific network of collector friends that I've made through the years, my collection wouldn't be half the size that it is.