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Old 08-14-2008, 12:01 PM
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Default Ebbets field Ticket stub question (Night Game)

Posted By: Aaron M.

I have one of those tickets as well -- one of my favorite pieces. They are definitely from 1938 and I know one of these "Night Game" tickets (the order of the games are denoted by that #7 at the bottom) also happened to be the second of Johnny Vander Meer's two cnsecutive no-hitters. The #1 version (i.e., the very first night game at Ebbetts) that is curently being offered on E-Bay is from that game (which means not only is it valuable for it's magnificent die-cut design, but also the extreme historical significance of the no-hitter and the first night game at Ebbets). That said, the colors are off on the E-Bay version and I believe it is a far less valuable proof (if not an outright reprint).

Believe it or not, the real expert here is Bruce Dorskind. He has one of the Vander Meer no-hitter die-cut night-game no hitter stubs in his collection and he would probably be a far better authority on the matter than me.

http://www.baseball-almanac.com/feats/featsjv.shtml>