January Pickups

[39special]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

I guess this is kinda half Card and half memorabilia. Not in the best shape, but LOVE This. Hoping to keep it for now.

That's nice Scott!!

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by 39special

That's nice Scott!!

yeah, Full boxes sure aren't common. thanks. btw, you interested in my Reese Rookie Wheaties panel? message me if u r for a discount

[JoeDfan]

But at least it is a guy named Joe!

Joe Girardi game used bat from his days with the Rockies.

Not sure what the tape is at the bottom, looks like band-aid bandage wrap. Maybe this was his BP bat? Not sure if you can have that on your bat in a game.

[Scott Garner]

Here is a neat recent pickup.
This is a game ball from the doubleheader played on 9/28/1951 at NYY.

In the first game of the D/H, Yankee's hurler "Superchief" Allie Reynolds pitched his way into the record books by throwing his second career no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox. At this point in history, only Johnny Vander Meer had accomplished this feat. 64 years later there still are only 6 pitchers in major league history to complete this feat: Vandy, Allie Reynolds, Virgil Trucks, Nolan Ryan, Roy Halladay and Max Scherzer.

This is actually a foul ball that was retrieved by a fan in the 2nd game of the 9/28/51 D/H off the bat of the visiting Red Sox's Charlie Maxwell. Of note, in the second game, Yankee's Joe DiMaggio homered for the final time in his HOF career with the Bronx Bombers.The patron, sensing the history of the D/H, had Allie Reynolds sign the ball and he added the following additional notations to complete the provenance for the ball.
I couldn't resist the temptation to add this ball to my no-hit pitcher collection.
While the ball was not retrieved from the actual no-hit game, it's definitely about as close as you could get for a vintage game ball.

Extra Innings:
Allie Reynolds pitched 13 total seasons for the Cleveland Indians and NY Yankees. He had a win loss record of 182-107 and career ERA of 3.30.
During his 9 year run with the Yankees he was absolute money.
In the World Series he was 7-2 in the games that he got a decision in the 15 games that he appeared in. In the 1949 WS he had an ERA of 0.00; in 1950 he had a WS ERA of 0.79.
Although he was never inducted into the HOF he was a fan favorite, including many that lobbied hard for his inclusion into the HOF.

[vintagesportflips]

I was excited to add this 1933 Eagles ticket to my collection today.

[sayhey24]

Hi Scott,

Quick question about the '67 pin back -- have you found background info linking it to Allie Reynolds?

Greg

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by sayhey24

Hi Scott,

Quick question about the '67 pin back -- have you found background info linking it to Allie Reynolds?

Greg

Hi Greg,
Happy New Year!
The person that sold this to me on eBay a few years ago indicated that the pin originated from a HOF vote in '67 for Allie Reynolds.
At the time I didn't question it because this was at the point that Allie Reynolds received his highest percentage vote in his quest to enter the HOF.

This HOF excerpt is from Wikipedia on Allie Reynolds:

Baseball Hall of Fame candidacy

"When Reynolds was eligible for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, his highest vote percentage was 33.6% in the 1968 balloting, short of the 75 percent required for election.[21] That year, he finished ahead of future Hall of Famers Arky Vaughan, Pee Wee Reese, Phil Rizzuto, George Kell, Hal Newhouser, Bob Lemon, and Bobby Doerr.

Reynolds was named as one of the ten former players that began their careers before 1943 to be considered by the Hall of Fame's Veterans Committee for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.[40] He received eight votes, one shy of the nine votes required for election.[21] Reynolds was on the new Golden Era Committee ballot in 2011 for 2012, (replaced the Veterans Committee)[21] receiving fewer than three votes (12 votes are required for election to the Hall of Fame).[41] The Committee meets and votes every three years on ten candidates selected from the 1947 to 1972 era. He was not a candidate in 2014 (none were elected by the committee).

Rob Neyer, in evaluating Reynolds' candidacy, believes Reynolds was "probably as good" as Jesse Haines, Lefty Gomez and Waite Hoyt, who have all been inducted into the Hall of Fame. However, he added that "they’re all marginals."[21] Adapting Bill James' sabermetric statistic known as win shares, Dr. Michael Hoban, a professor emeritus of mathematics at City University of New York, found that Reynolds falls short of his threshold for induction, and scored lower than Haines and Gomez.[21]"

[Blcmmh]

great ticket Keith !!

[JoeyFarino]