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[Scott Garner]

Here are a few more I'd like to share....

Two photos of Vandy meeting Babe Ruth for the first time prior to his 2nd consecutive no-hitter- Ebbets Field NY. The 2nd photo also features his teammate Paul Derringer that obviously is enjoying watching the whole scene. The Babe sat on the Cincinnati bench for the entire game and was the first to greet Vandy in the dugout following the game.

OT-Vander Meer expressed later in life that one of his greatest baseball thrills was getting the opportunity to meet, and become good friends, with his childhood hero Babe Ruth. After initially meeting, Vander Meer and Ruth, along with Babe's baseball roomie Harry Harper and Smoky Joe Wood,
hunted and fished many times from 1938 until Ruth's death in the 1947. Vander Meer, an avid sportsman, stated that Ruth's hunting skills were "unparalleled". He would allow Vandy, who Babe always referred to as "lefthander" (never by name-LOL), to take the first shot. Vandy would typically miss the target, but Ruth, by Vandy's account, virtually always brought the prey down with the follow up shot delivered by Babe and his trusty hunting rifle "Long Tom".

Several photos that were taken at the Vander Meer home in Midland Park, NJ with locals the day following his historic 2nd no-hit game. I believe that these were used in a magazine article, but I'm not sure which one. Whoever the photographer was IMHO had tremendous skill. Each one of these photos could have been painted by Norman Rockwell.

Original fan snapshot of the celebration on the field at Ebbetts following the 2nd no-hitter. I love this photo for many reasons...

2 photos of early Vandy by Mr. Conlon-1937 (right) and 1938 (left).

Enjoy!

[Lordstan]

Wow!!!
Some great pics every one.

Craig,
That Gallo Mantle has to be one of the finest baseball photographs ever. Despite that, my favorite of the ones posted is the one of him in the air going to throw. Something really s hits me about that one.
Also something you said strikes me as odd. If these great photos aren't your favorites, which ones are?


Scott F,
I do love that Ruth with his wife photo. Great image.
If the Wagner is the second to last collectible to go, What is the last to go?
Fantastic Leo the Lip photo. That one really does capture the essence of the man.

Bob,
My eyes keep getting drawn to the Drysdale. What great composition, with the ball out of focus coming right at us.

Scott G,
I love love love the pics of Vandy with the kids.

I'm sure I missed some, but everyone posted some great stuff.

[billyb]

71 Buc,

What year is that Pie Traynor. I have been researching my cousin's photo collection and in it is a stetch of Pie. I have been looking for the photo match. The sketch has a very faded press stamp on back but good clear date of Oct 6, 1927. Send me a PM.

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[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Wow!!!
Some great pics every one.

Craig,
That Gallo Mantle has to be one of the finest baseball photographs ever. Despite that, my favorite of the ones posted is the one of him in the air going to throw. Something really s hits me about that one.
Also something you said strikes me as odd. If these great photos aren't your favorites, which ones are?


Scott F,
I do love that Ruth with his wife photo. Great image.
If the Wagner is the second to last collectible to go, What is the last to go?
Fantastic Leo the Lip photo. That one really does capture the essence of the man.

Bob,
My eyes keep getting drawn to the Drysdale. What great composition, with the ball out of focus coming right at us.

Scott G,
I love love love the pics of Vandy with the kids.

I'm sure I missed some, but everyone posted some great stuff.

Thanks Mark. I'm a sucker for those as well. I like the clarity, composition and subject matter in all of these.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Thanks Mark. I'm a sucker for those as well. I like to clarity, composition and subject matter in all of these.

Pics with kids are usually amongst my favorites.

Here's another one with kids. It's an undated snapshot.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Pics with kids are usually amongst my favorites.

Here's another one with kids. It's an undated snapshot.

Awesome!!

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Awesome!!

Thanks.
Gotta love the kid's socks!

[mybestbretts]

This is one of my favorites80's photo chase to 400.jpg

[batsballsbases]

Love all the photos guys! Beautiful! As a long time yankee collector these are some of my favorites. But for some reason I have always loved this photo of The big train with the gambling pre text in the background.

[GoCubsGo32]

My favorite from my collection...

There's so many things I love about this snapshot photo.You can see the class and love Stan has for his fans and to the game. Not to mention, the pic is with Brooklyn Dodgers fans..the ones who gave him the Stan "The Man" nickname.

[Frozen in Time]

Originally Posted by Lordstan

Wow!!!
Some great pics every one.

Craig,
That Gallo Mantle has to be one of the finest baseball photographs ever. Despite that, my favorite of the ones posted is the one of him in the air going to throw. Something really s hits me about that one.
Also something you said strikes me as odd. If these great photos aren't your favorites, which ones are?


Scott F,
I do love that Ruth with his wife photo. Great image.
If the Wagner is the second to last collectible to go, What is the last to go?
Fantastic Leo the Lip photo. That one really does capture the essence of the man.

Bob,
My eyes keep getting drawn to the Drysdale. What great composition, with the ball out of focus coming right at us.

Scott G,
I love love love the pics of Vandy with the kids.

I'm sure I missed some, but everyone posted some great stuff.

Thanks Mark, I like both of those also. The problem for me, and it has been since I joined net54, is that I still don't have a scanner. Therefore, I can only post scans of lots that I have won in auctions the last few years, which represents about 5% of my collection, while the remaining 95% collected over the past 30 years, remains unavailable to post.

Someday, hopefully sooner rather than later, although I've been saying that for the past 4 years, I'll get a scanner, find the time to use it and be able to share much more of my collection and show you some of my favorites -and you will be able to understand why they are.

Craig

Craig