Pinback Mystery Solved!

[springpin]

I just posted on my pinback blog baseballpinbackbuttons.wordpress.com the story behind the "Jackie Robinson Tells His Story to the Brooklyn Eagle" pin. An incomplete post was inadvertently published yesterday. If you collect pins or just like the mystery surrounding baseball memorabilia, I think you will like the post.

Paul

[mjkm90]

Thank you for the education Paul. Your commitment to furthering the great hobby of pinback collecting is second to none and your contributions to the collective knowledge base are tremendously valuable. Keep up the great work.

[ooo-ribay]

So glad to read the final version!

It is crazy....just crazy....that these are so rare. Just like that stupid 3" Ken Henderson pin I've been looking for for 20 years.

[baseball tourist]

Nice work Paul!

[DeafSports]

sweet read- I would love to see pictures on these jackie buttons. Think you can get every letters and put it together?

[sayhey24]

Thanks Paul -- great read!

Greg

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by SirGabel

sweet read- I would love to see pictures on these jackie buttons. Think you can get every letters and put it together?

Paul's pic:

[Dave4Reds]

Originally Posted by springpin

I just posted on my pinback blog baseballpinbackbuttons.wordpress.com the story behind the "Jackie Robinson Tells His Story to the Brooklyn Eagle" pin. An incomplete post was inadvertently published yesterday. If you collect pins or just like the mystery surrounding baseball memorabilia, I think you will like the post.

Paul

Paul - great story. I love your book and blog...makes collecting the old pins much more interesting. I have one complaint though...not enough Reds pin stories : )

[ooo-ribay]

I'm enjoying reading about the possible distribution of these pins. All theories are plausible but, as Paul says, we may never know for sure.

My first thought was that the pins would be given away with papers bought outside Ebbetts Field. The SF Chronicle has long done this outside of Candlestick and now AT&T. I checked Retrosheet, hoping to see that the Dodgers were on a long homestand between August 15th and 24th. Alas, they were home for three, in Boston for four and back home for three.