April Pick Ups

[BuzzD]

Nice Thorne photo of Pat Collins from the recent Henry Yee sale

[Frankish]

Originally Posted by BuzzD

Nice Thorne photo of Pat Collins from the recent Henry Yee sale

That's a great photo!

I was the second bidder on a couple of bigger items (first time going that high for me) but didn't land them. I did get one photo, though, which made me laugh when I saw it. Reminds me of my life, I guess....

[CooperstownExpert]

Tommy Bond pitched two big league seasons before the National League existed. In the NL's first year in 1876 Bond was a 31-game winner. He won 40 or more games in each of the next three seasons. I just picked up his lifetime pass then added a page for him on my website (CooperstownExpert.com).

He's a solid candidate for the Hall. He earned the major league's first pitching triple crown in 1877, won 234 games and has a career 2.14 ERA. He had six seasons with 20+ wins, four with 30+ wins, and three straight with 40+ wins. Some criticize his 10-year career as too brief for Cooperstown, but only 59 pitchers in history threw more innings than Bond. Here's more about his qualifications.

If you like the lifetime passes, here's a link to a page with passes from Hall of Famers Sliding Billy Hamilton, Joe Sewell, Al Simmons, Stan Coveleski, Dick Williams, Joe Cronin, Early Wynn, and Joe McCarthy. Passes from non-Cooperstown men are there too, including those from Minnie Minoso, Dave Parker, Harvey Haddix, Ned Garver, and George Scott.

[ooo-ribay]

^^^^ Wow! I would say he’s HOF worthy.

I mean, for crissakes, Harold Baines is in.

[4scuda]

I don’t see much vintage equipment on the pick up thread so I thought I’d share this group I just got. I’ve told myself I start being more selective and buy less but better stuff. They sold this in lots so I got quantity to get three or four things I wanted. Looks like I’ll be doing some selling or trading the excess.

[gnaz01]

Posted in the pennant thread but SUPER stoked to finally own this baby!!!

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by gnaz01

Posted in the pennant thread but SUPER stoked to finally own this baby!!!

Wow, those colors are really bold. Love it!

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by 4scuda

I don’t see much vintage equipment on the pick up thread so I thought I’d share this group I just got. I’ve told myself I start being more selective and buy less but better stuff. They sold this in lots so I got quantity to get three or four things I wanted. Looks like I’ll be doing some selling or trading the excess.

Awesome pickups! I also tell myself that I have to be way more selective.
And then it totally doesn't happen. My baseball room is FULL. Luckily, the home accounting office is pretty cool with it, but did say I should spend more on bat racks, and less on bats.

[JoeDfan]

I picked up an awesome Ted bat for my collection!
I think it is a pro stock bat, because it is a bit too short for his personal orders.

I never seen the knobs marked with the tipped over "1" before.