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[cjedmonton]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Here are some items related to Dan Larsen's 1956 World Series perfect game.
Enjoy!

Just a follow up to your theme, Scott!

Game 5 Program, signed by Don Larsen, Billy Martin, and Larry Goetz



1st page



Dodgers Scorecard



Yankees Scorecard

[mr2686]

David, that's a great Gehrig ticket. I have to imagine it's very rare.
Here are a few much lesser tickets/photos:

1946 game 7, Slaughter's mad dash scoring the winning run from 1st on a single.

[mr2686]

Mazeroski's walk off homerun, game 7 1960 WS.

[mr2686]

Jackie Robinson steals home in game 1 of the 1955 World Series. Yogi Berra still swears he was out!

[mr2686]

Last couple: Gionfriddo's 1947 game 6 catch robbing Dimaggio's homerun, and Brooks Robinson's fielding clinic in the 1970 WS...in this case, game 3 catch off of Johnny Bench.

[Scott Garner]

Umpire game ball, ticket and photo from Johnny Vander Meer's ML record second consecutive no-hitter on June 15, 1938. This is likely a record that will never be broken....

[Scott Garner]

Here is a photo of Bob Feller throwing a 98.6 MPH pitch on August 20th, 1946 at Washington DC. The pitch was measured using a fairly sophisticated contraption for 1946. This promotional night was announced by Senators management to the public prior to the unsuspecting Feller and the visiting Indians arriving for their appointed series in Aug. 1946. Oops! Rumor has it that Feller refused, and only agreed to participate once the Senators agreed to cough up $500. If nothing else, Rapid Robert was no slouch when it came to sniffing out a business opportunity.

By today's standards this looks pretty primitive, but consider that prior to this, Feller's fastball was measured by him throwing a ball through a target at the same time a speeding guy on a motorcycle raced to the same target at 90 MPH.

Just for grins, take the time to watch Feller throw in this speed test on YouTube. The coolest part is one of his errant pitches knocks the crap out of the contraption and splinters one of the supporting beams in the front of it. It's worth a couple minutes of your time if you're interested... I know I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of his heaters!

I've also included the game ticket to the event. Enjoy!

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Umpire game ball, ticket and photo from Johnny Vander Meer's ML record second consecutive no-hitter on June 15, 1938. This is likely a record that will never be broken....

Scott, that's a great ball. How did you get that one? I can say without a doubt that Vandy's record will never be broken...maybe tied, but does anyone really expect a pitcher is going to throw 3 no hitters in a row?

Jimmy, thanks for starting this thread. Famous plays and tickets for those games are now a primary focus in my collecting. I know I'll never get a 7/4/39 Gehrig ticket or a "shot heard round the world" ticket, but there are so many other great events that are readily available.

Here are a couple of signed magazines representing famous plays. I don't have the tickets for these yet, but they're on the to get list.

[Rob D.]

Indians second baseman Duane Kuiper hits the only home run of his major-league career ... 3,754 plate appearances.

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

"Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth."

Originally Posted by Rob D.

Indians second baseman Duane Kuiper hits the only home run of his major-league career ... 3,754 plate appearances.

I just got home from work and I was surprised to see such a terrific response to this thread! Thanks to everyone for posting so many great pieces... but, we're just getting started!

Now I must admit that part of my motive in starting this thread was to see David's absolutely incredible July 4, 1939 ticket stub! The #1 ticket in the hobby as far as I'm concerned. And I think I can speak for Mark & Ben as well. Although Ben also has one of the top tickets in the hobby, if I can just get him to post it... Ben?

And Rob. I thought I was the only one walking around with that information stuck in my head! Great stub Rob, especially for such a dedicated Tribe fan like yourself!

Here's a couple more TYPE 1 photos that need no introductions...

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[RichardSimon]

First NY Mets home game Polo Grounds 1962 - full ticket
First NY Mets game at Shea Stadium 1964
THE Buckner-Mookie game 1986 - full ticket

This is a cool thread.

[Joe Hunter]

Billy Williams hits for the cycle in St Louis in 1966, and becomes only the 11th player in ML history to do so consecutively. This is my scorecard from that game which I attended.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Joe Hunter

Billy Williams hits for the cycle in St Louis in 1966, and becomes only the 11th player in ML history to do so consecutively. This is my scorecard from that game which I attended.

Beautiful job of scoring the game. Very nice!

[GoldenAge50s]

I was fortunate enough to attend the ending of Pro baseball's longest game, the 33 inning affair between the Rochester Red Wings & the Pawtucket Red Sox in 1981.

Using a Press Pass from the Providence Journal got me in the press box area w/ hundreds of reporters from around the world covering the game. After the game was over my BILaw took my pass into the locker room & got some sigs from a few of the principals in the PawSox victory & I have since added some other mainstays of the game.

Signatures include Bobby Ojeda (winning pitcher), Dave Koza (winning RBI), Marty Barrett (winning run), team owner Ben Mondor (now deceased) and the 2 HOFer's to play in that game (Wade Boggs & Cal Ripken).

One of my most favorite pieces of memorabilia & I'm sure one that is unique in the hobby.

[David Atkatz]

That is one of the neatest "personal" pieces I have ever seen.

[moeson]

[GoldenAge50s]

Originally Posted by David Atkatz

That is one of the neatest "personal" pieces I have ever seen.

Thanks David! Coming from you w/ all your fabulous pieces I appreciate how you think it's a neat item!

When Cal & Wade signed it they said they get asked about that game alot but had never signed anything similar! Marty Barrett was very intrigued w/ it also.

[MooseDog]

Win ticket (uncashed - he won) from Secretariat's final race at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto Canada October 28, 1973. Have the program here somewhere too...

[MooseDog]

[mybestbretts]

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[mybestbretts]

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