Treasure The Memory

As we are look back at this year, and look ahead to next, we thought
a great deal about our collection. And so we asked what is the one item in the collection that we associate with an important moment or memory in our life.

For us, it was a full ticket to 1958 World Series. It was October 1958 when my dad took me to my first baseball game. It was at Yankee Stadium and we watched in awe as Don Larsen shout out the World Champion Milwaukee Braves4-0. While our hero, Mickey Mantle, did not have a good day at the plate the late Hank Bauer was the day's hitting star.

When we began collecting some 17 years later, we continually searched for a full ticket to that game. In early 2009,at the White Plains show, we were disappointed that there was "nothing to buy" . Magically, on the way out of
show, we saw a table with a large group of Yankee WS tickets. Th 1958 ticket jumped from the table and into our collection.

And suddenly it was that cold October 1958 date all over again.

What is your "special memory?"


Bruce Dorskind
America's Toughest Want List
bsorskind@dorkindgroup.com

[Preece1]

When I was 10, I was given a tour of Frank Nagy's collection (he lived about a mile from me and was friends with my uncle). He had in an area of prominence a group of 1948 Leaf Joe Dimaggio cards with different knack colors (yellow, green and blue). I always loved those cards and bought them when they became available.

[Mikehealer]

That's a cool story, thanks for sharing.

[Steve D]

For me, it would be my ticket to Nolan Ryan's seventh no-hitter on May 1st 1991.

Unfortunately, my original post I typed got killed by a sytem glitch, and I can't retype it. When I clicked on Submit Reply, I got a message that I couldn't post a reply since I wasn't logged in, which was BS, as I was logged in. When I tried to go back to what I had typed, the system had deleted it.

All I can say is that if you type a long post (one you don't want to have to retype), you should probably highlight and copy it before hitting reply. That way if the system goes wonky on you, all you have to do is go back to the reply screen and paste it back in.

Steve

[Rob D.]

Originally Posted by Steve D

For me, it would be my ticket to Nolan Ryan's seventh no-hitter on May 1st 1991.

Unfortunately, my original post I typed got killed by a sytem glitch, and I can't retype it. When I clicked on Submit Reply, I got a message that I couldn't post a reply since I wasn't logged in, which was BS, as I was logged in. When I tried to go back to what I had typed, the system had deleted it.

All I can say is that if you type a long post (one you don't want to have to retype), you should probably highlight and copy it before hitting reply. That way if the system goes wonky on you, all you have to do is go back to the reply screen and paste it back in.

Steve

I've gotten into the habit of typing longer posts on notepad, then copying and pasting. I've experienced what you describe too many times, Steve.

[BBSD]

Tearing up a piece of red grass from the 49er emblem at Candlestick Park after the epic 1981 NFC Championship against Dallas. A true piece of NFL history. Priceless!

[joeadcock]

Going to Miami Baseball Stadium in the late 1970's and seeing the Pitt Pirates play the Baltimore Orioles, spring training.
No major league team in Florida at that time, and no money to go anywhere else.
Went with my late Grandfather Florentino and my father and brother.
I treasure this because it was with those I can never forget.

Frank

[ramram]

In the winter of 1975, I had the joy of playing a basketball game just before one of the Kansas City King's late season games. We got to mingle with the likes of Nate Archibald, Sam Lacey and Scott Wedman. We also watched them take a team picture which was odd for that late in the season.

About a month later, when we were attending the Kings playoff game against the Chicago Bulls, we picked up a Playoff program and found out what the picture was for - the playoff program's front cover. We then noticed sitting in the background, upper right, is my grandmother (red coat), my grandfather (dark suit & tie) my mother (cream coat) and my sister (grey jacket) and her then boyfriend (tan coat - both of them sitting two rows away from the rest of the family of course).

Jumping forward to the following winter - I happened to be opening a pack of Topps basketball cards. And, there it was, the Wonka Ticket of all sports card (to me anyway), the KC Kings team card featuring my family - immortalized forever!

Rob M.

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[barrysloate]

Rob- that's a great story.

[bh3443]

Rob, Bruce and the rest..... thanks for sharing these tremendous stories! I promoted shows for 30+years and had a few stores so I had players sign autographs frequently. I was at a Bruins game and invited into the Alumni room by score-keeper, Arthur Katz. It was a few days before Christmas and I had a great time with Ken Hodge, Terry O'Rielly and Ace Bailey. It was the last time I saw Ace before the 9/11 tragedy the next year. Ace gave me his business card as a scout for the Kings and an old one from Edmonton. We had a blast and although I still see Hodge, O'Rielly and others, damn, I really miss Ace........ I have another tale to tell later about how I got Pete Rose's Wampum Card for Foxwoods Casino!

[Oldtix]

Back in the summer of '67, my dad took me to St. Louis to see the Cardinals play a night game against the Giants and Juan Marichal. I was unaware that Dad and my Uncle Jack (a long-time Nebraska sportscaster) had arranged a little surprise for me.

We got to our seats during batting practice. Following prearranged instructions, Dad took me down to the railing near the Cardinal dugout and told an usher my name and that I had been sent here by Jack. The usher relayed the message to someone in the dugout. To my utter amazement, Bob Gibson popped out of the dugout and walked right over to me. He shook my hand and introduced himself (like I didn't know who HE was!). Gibson was very friendly and told me he'd heard I was a good third baseman. I have absolutely no idea what...if anything...I said to him. He said he had a present for me, and handed me a Tim McCarver bat and an autographed team ball.

As if that wasn't enough...I caught an Orlando Cepeda foul ball that night. It seems my Uncle Jack did a daily radio show with Gibson in Omaha (Gibson's hometown) during the offseason. What a day!

[chris6net]

My Grandparents always rented a place on the Jersey Shore in the 60,s and 70,s in Spring Lake NJ and my grandfather became friends with Gil MgDougal. One Year I think it was 71 or 72 during the AS Break I got to meet Phil Rizzuto, Mickey Mantle and a few other retired Yankees during a block party. I remember a few players talking about how ownership did not care about the team(CBS). I look back and will always remember that party. CN