Rosemary's Baby: Baseball Autograph Album

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

Exactly Scott. I felt it fit right in with everything else going on at the moment in the "Autograph Section"

I just want to see more photo's....

Jim, I'm waiting for my 'negative barometer' to chime in - then I'll no for sure whether or not the Ruth and Gehrig are legit

[shelly]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Jim, I'm waiting for my 'negative barometer' to chime in - then I'll no for sure whether or not the Ruth and Gehrig are legit

Gee, Scott, I wonder who that can be

[jgmp123]

I was actually hoping this could be a "feel good" thread and someone could provide some additional details about this album...Can we try to keep it at that?

[shelly]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

I was actually hoping this could be a "feel good" thread and someone could provide some additional details about this album...Can we try to keep it at that?

Ok

[bender07]

Did Halper get the Chapman story wrong? I thought the guy NYY traded Chapman for was an offseason police officer that commented that he liked to attack black people.

[jgmp123]

Originally Posted by bender07

Did Halper get the Chapman story wrong? I thought the guy NYY traded Chapman for was an offseason police officer that commented that he liked to attack black people.

I believe it is correct. He was also best known as the Phillies manager that had the racially charged showdown with Jackie Robinson...

[bender07]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

I believe it is correct. He was also best known as the Phillies manager that had the racially charged showdown with Jackie Robinson...

I couldn't find anything about chapman being a sheriff but wiki has this:


In June 1936, Chapman – then hitting .266[3] and expendable with the arrival of DiMaggio[4] – was traded to the Senators. The trade was ironic in that the player the Yankees received in return was Jake Powell, who would become infamous for a 1938 WGN radio interview in which he stated that he liked to crack blacks over the head with his nightstick as a police officer in Dayton, Ohio during the off-season. Furthermore, earlier in the 1936 season, Powell had purposely collided with Hank Greenberg, the Detroit Tigers' Jewish first baseman, breaking Greenberg's wrist and ending his season after only 12 games.[1]

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

I was actually hoping this could be a "feel good" thread and someone could provide some additional details about this album...Can we try to keep it at that?

James, you posted about something where Barry Halper did the authentication of a Ruth and Gehrig - that distracts from your 'feel good' desires, and you really should have expected it.

[HRBAKER]

If I wanted to "feel good" I don't think I'd come to the autograph section, just sayin.'

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by HRBAKER

If I wanted to "feel good" I don't think I'd come to the autograph section, just sayin.'

Well, you just made me laugh - so I guess I'm feeling good Thanks.

The rest of this beautiful day is dog-time. Later.

David - without cheating and reading the article, what timeframe did Ruth sign that piece?

[shelly]

Just another tidbit about Chapman. I would have loved to seen this.

In a 1933 game, his confrontation with the Washington Senators' Jewish infielder, Buddy Myer, caused a 20-minute brawl that saw 300 fans participate and resulted in five-game suspensions and $100 fines for each of the players involved.[2]

[David Atkatz]

Originally Posted by Runscott

David - without cheating and reading the article, what timeframe did Ruth sign that piece?

The Ruth/Gehrig piece you posted? Ruth signed that in about, oh... never.