Hello!

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Hi Guys-

My name is Rob. I've been a fan of the SF Giants since the mid-60s and have been collecting for 20 years (starting with shows and SCD). My Dad grew up in Leonia NJ and he and my grandfather were NY Giants fans. They listened to every game on the radio. My dad took me to see the SF Giants play the Reds at old Crosley Field in the mid-60s. If my allegiance between the home state Reds or Giants was muddled, it was cleared up that day when Mays, McCovey and Jim Ray Hart all went deep.

Over the past 20 years I have amassed a pretty decent collection of almost everything except cards. I usually don't collect anything after the Candlestick years just so I can limit my collection somewhat. I have over 100 game used Giants bats (I rarely buy those anymore), 220 Giants pennants (mostly vintage), 100s and 100s of pinbacks, nearly every vintage nodder and countless oddball items, publications and various ephemera. I'm on good terms with a lot of other Giants collectors including Mike, Russ, Randy, Pete, Marty, Rich, James and the late Dick Dobbins, among others. I consider myself especially knowledgeable on pinbacks and pennants (most of the Giants pics in Dave Egner's book are my pennants).

One of the great joys of collecting is gaining knowledge of the history of the memorabilia I collect. Often there is a clear timeline from NY to SF. In an effort to further my knowledge, I am going to start posting here. Even with the sharing of knowledge with my fellow Giants collectors, there are always items that stump us. Maybe it's a pennant that has turned up ONCE or a slogan on something that is unclear. Paul Muchinsky shares my desire as well as most of you, I'm sure.

That's my story in a nutshell. There is another, non baseball, forum I post in. I'm up to 12,000 posts over there. I guess it's time to get busy at N54!

Rob