February Pick Ups

[deebro041]

Picked up this very fragile but beautiful scorecard from 09-23-1895 in which Baltimore won 12-4. The scorer miscounted a run in Baltimore's 8th scoring 3 in which they scored 4. A few notibles in this game.
Here also is a link at the LOC from The Sun(New York) of the boxscore. Interesting to see the style of score keeping then.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...24/ed-1/seq-4/

[GrayGhost]

Fragile? its in pieces Saw those on Lelands tho. Cool history and w the cost of a complete program from that era, u prob did pretty well.

[deebro041]

Not in pieces Scott, but while handling it, very small pieces from the edges fell off. The pages are separated, but the whole scorecard is there.
I am happy about this item.

[GKreindler]

GREAT shot of the Babe, Ulidia!

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by deebro041

Not in pieces Scott, but while handling it, very small pieces from the edges fell off. The pages are separated, but the whole scorecard is there.
I am happy about this item.

Seems like its in sections. Didn't mean it to sound like I'm slamming it. Wish I could own one too. Just awesome history.

[sayhey24]

Hey Scott,

Great stuff as always! What are those two small pieces with Maloney and Wilson head shots in ovals?

Greg

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Hey Scott,

Great stuff as always! What are those two small pieces with Maloney and Wilson head shots in ovals?

Greg

Hi Greg,

Great question! Actually, I have been asked that question before. I make those myself. They are actually high res color copies of B/W photos or postcards that I have in my collection. Once I make high quality copies of the image and scale it to the size I want, I use an oval template of cardboard that I created to get the oval shape. I use glue stick and apply it to a standard unlined 3 x 5 index card.

When I store my no-hitter collection I have it in chronological order in 3 pocket binders. The tickets are in a ticket toploader with a second toploader behind it that has the 3 x 5 index card with the pitcher photo "oval" facing you and on the back side I have a signed 3 x 5 or GPC of the player if they are deceased. If the no-hit pitcher is living I have them sign the ticket. I find that this is a pretty solid way to display my collection so that I can enjoy it the most, FWIW...

Over 120/184 of the different no-hit tickets are actually signed by the pitcher that threw the no-hitter.

[perezfan]

I was at the Maloney no-hitter, as an 8 year old kid. I still remember what a thrill that was, at Crosley Field. Sure wish I knew to save my ticket...

Great pickup, Scott!