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Originally Posted by sayhey24
Hey Scott,
Great stuff as always! What are those two small pieces with Maloney and Wilson head shots in ovals?
Greg
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Hi Greg,
Great question! Actually, I have been asked that question before. I make those myself. They are actually high res color copies of B/W photos or postcards that I have in my collection. Once I make high quality copies of the image and scale it to the size I want, I use an oval template of cardboard that I created to get the oval shape. I use glue stick and apply it to a standard unlined 3 x 5 index card.
When I store my no-hitter collection I have it in chronological order in 3 pocket binders. The tickets are in a ticket toploader with a second toploader behind it that has the 3 x 5 index card with the pitcher photo "oval" facing you and on the back side I have a signed 3 x 5 or GPC of the player if they are deceased. If the no-hit pitcher is living I have them sign the ticket. I find that this is a pretty solid way to display my collection so that I can enjoy it the most, FWIW...
Over 120/184 of the different no-hit tickets are actually signed by the pitcher that threw the no-hitter.