February Pick Ups

[yanks12025]

Don't you love ebay auctions that are described/listed wrong. Bought these bats, the seller listed the Kaline as a model M110I, obviously it's a model M110L and matches factory records(shows light use). In the lot was a Steve Bilko. Also a Carl Furillo mode H4 listed at 34 inches but it actually measures 35 inches and matches factory records. The rest are players who only played acouple of seasons.

Furillo bat dates to 1955

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by yanks12025

Don't you love ebay auctions that are described/listed wrong. Bought these bats, the seller listed the Kaline as a model M110I, obviously it's a model M110L and matches factory records(shows light use). In the lot was a Steve Bilko. Also a Carl Furillo mode H4 listed at 34 inches but it actually measures 35 inches and matches factory records. The rest are players who only played ago seasons.

Sweet pickup! That Furillo bat is awesome. Who else was in the lot?

[yanks12025]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Sweet pickup! That Furillo bat is awesome. Who else was in the lot?

The rest are a bunch of no name players from the 1960's to the 1990's.

[Scott Garner]

I just picked up this terrific photo of Jim Maloney's 2nd no-hitter celebration vs. the Astros on 4/30/69 at Cincinnati.

On the following day, fellow double no-hit pitcher Don Wilson of the Houston Astros would return the favor by throwing a 4-0 no-hitter against the Reds. This is only one of three times that this has ever occured in ML history.

This photo makes a nice compliment to my tickets to the Maloney/ Wilson back-to-back no-hitters.

[Ulidia]

Picked up this photo of Babe Ruth from 1920:

[Runscott]

Scott, I remember very well how good it felt when Wilson no-hit them the next day. 1969 was a good year for the 'stros, despite things crumbling at the end.

Nice pick-up!

[GrayGhost]

Not valuable, but I think cool 1939 photo showing the Four Old Cat game scene orig from 1845

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Scott, I remember very well how good it felt when Wilson no-hit them the next day. 1969 was a good year for the 'stros, despite things crumbling at the end.

Nice pick-up!

Thanks Scott! I've often wondered if Don Wilson hadn't died so young if he wouldn't have thrown more no-hitters. He was still in his pitching prime. I'm not sure if you are aware of this Don Wilson Astros factoid:

On September 4, 1974, and what proved to be his last harrah before his untimely death, Don Wilson was replaced by a pinch hitter after pitching eight no-hit innings against Cincinnati at the Astrodome. Mike Cosgrove pitched the ninth inning and gave up a leadoff single to HOF Tony Perez for the only hit as the Reds won 2-1.

What was it about Don Wilson and the Reds?

-He pitched a no-hitter against them on 4-30-69
-He struck out 18 Reds in Cincinnati on 7/14/68
-He threw a 1-hitter with 16 K's on 9/10/68
-He threw a 1-hitter against the Reds on 9/17/71 at HOU

Too weird! Let's just say that Don Wilson knew how to pitch to one very good Cincinnati Reds team....