Pre-rookie related memorabilia

[Forever Young]

Theodore


Little Mickey

[Forever Young]

Anyone else have any pre-rookie sigs?

The postcard Below was signed by Maris while playing on the Fargo/Moorhead team in 1953 under his given name of Maras.

[sportsbaron]

Lansing Everett Yearbook Supplement

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Anyone else have any pre-rookie sigs?

The postcard Below was signed by Maris while playing on the Fargo/Moorhead team in 1953 under his given name of Maras.

That's impressive!

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by BradH

Bobby Cox - in his back yard in California, on the day he signed with the Dodgers in August 1959. BobbyCoxAugust1959.jpg

I just love this Cox snapshot! Can you imagine the excitement, as he just signed a pro contract in his folks living room, donned his new Dodger uniform, and out to the backyard to have this picture taken by his Pop! Well, that's how I imagined it unfolded!

Originally Posted by sportsbaron

Lansing Everett Yearbook Supplement

And this Magic & Team yearbook insert is really cool. Check out everyone's stats. The number two scorer averaged 11.3 to Magic's 28.8 and he also had more than twice as many rebounds as the runner up! So within four short years, Magic lead his teammates to State, NCAA, and NBA Championships!

Here's the Bambino and a few of the other Sox pitchers from 1915. TYPE 1 photo.

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[roarfrom34]

Cal Ripken Jr. 3rd Grade Class Photo (center of photo)

[sayhey24]

I'll keep the Cal Ripken theme going -- here is his game bat from 1978 while playing for Bluefield.

Greg

[ramram]

1934 - 1936 Iowa State Amateur Baseball Tournament scorebook. Playing against much older seasoned ballplayers was a 16 year old high schooler named Bob Feller. This was the tournament at which Feller was "found" by superscout Cy Slapnicka. He was signed shortly thereafter. The scorebook was the official scorers book kept by the Iowa Amateur Athletic Association's State Chairman Joe Campbell. Feller's team of farm boys ended up winning the tournament against many of the well sponsored city boys. Feller was probably 8 - 10 years younger than most of the participants.

In the tournament, Feller pitched 27 1/3 innings, had 49 strikeouts and gave up 14 hits, 10 walks, 4 runs (1 earned run). The only earned run was on a home run.

Rob M.

Feller Scorebook 2.jpg

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[Exhibitman]

A few oddball pieces:

1968-69 ABA Minnesota Pipers Connie Hawkins team-issue card:



1950-51 Toleteros Jim Gilliam:



H815 Adam Hats Jake La Motta, issued before he became champ:



Julie Newmar, pre-Cat Woman:

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

1950-51 Toleteros Jim Gilliam:

Nice group of cards there (especially the last one). The Gilliam shows him with the Santurce Congregeros (Crabbers) insread of Toleteros though.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

Nice group of cards there (especially the last one). The Gilliam shows him with the Santurce Congregeros (Crabbers) insread of Toleteros though.

Everyone in that set played for the Toleteros

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

That's impressive!

Thank you David.. I just had to have this as it is in my backyard. It is oneof my favorite pieces. I am glad someone else appreciates a little Maras too.

[Den*nis O*Brien]

The LL WS program comes from the Ken Hubbs estate and is autographed by most of the oficials and support staff. Some personalizations to his Dad and some to Ken. John "Boog" Powell is pictured in the Lakeland Florida team photo. The GPC was written while Ken played for Morristown.

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Dennis O'Brien

The LL WS program comes from the Ken Hubbs estate and is autographed by most of the oficials and support staff. Some personalizations to his Dad and some to Ken. John "Boog" Powell is pictured in the Lakeland Florida team photo. The GPC was written while Ken played for Morristown.

Wow.. what a great piece! Not sure how I missed this.

Below is my pre-rookie letter(38 ted williams) with baseball content.

“Hit a homer the first day in KC but yesterday I didn’t even hit a loud foul. Today I’m going to try to hit another one out. I’ve got 11 already” “Sure is hot here it was 83 the first day here. Next time we hit town it will probably be 100”.