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[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!

[GoldenAge50s]

1951 Giants @ Yankees--the infamous Game 2 in which Mantle tore up his knee stepping on the drain plate in just his 2nd WS appearance.

[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.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

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.

Mike,
I wish that I owned the Vander Meer 2nd no-hitter game ball, but I do not. It was in the collection of baseball collector/ composer Seth Swirsky until a few months ago, but was sold in the Heritage Seth Swirsky Auction. It sold for over $10K, BTW.

I have known about the ball for several years, and have hung on to the photos of it that were on Swirsky's website. For my collection this would definitely be a "Holy Grail" piece, but I coudn't afford it when it came up for sale. You never know though, I may attempt to own it at some point in my life if I'm given another shot at it...

[RichardSimon]

Last Opening Day NY Giants 1957
Last Giants-Dodgers game ever played in NYC
Last NY Giants game in NYC at the Polo Grounds

[thekingofclout]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Jimmy, thanks for starting this thread. Famous plays and tickets for those games are now a primary focus in my collecting.

Happy to do it Mike! I knew that this would be right in your wheelhouse, along with Scott and myself. Yours and Scott's projects are simply mind boggling. To stay the course and keep focused enough to see it to completion, is something I know I'll never experience. What a great sense of achievement one must feel when the final piece has been put into place. I truly admire all collectors that have the will and discipline to finish projects that they start. I know that Scott just recently finished a project that took him over TEN years to complete!

And so, even though all my tickets and programs have been sold and converted into Beatles memorabilia, I just couldn't part with the photos!

Here's the 1933 American League All-Star Team led by the Grand Old Man, Connie Mack. The Bambino, of course, hit the first Home Run in All Star Game History and lead the Junior Circuit to a 4-2 victory.

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