March pickups

[JoeDfan]

Driving home from Boston, the GF and I stopped at a baseball card shop in Portland, where I found this cool ticket from Joe D's last game.
I don't usually buy tickets, but hey, it goes with my Joe DiMaggio collection.

[Sophiedog]

That's a Beautiful Ticket!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by JoeDfan

Driving home from Boston, the GF and I stopped at a baseball card shop in Portland, where I found this cool ticket from Joe D's last game.
I don't usually buy tickets, but hey, it goes with my Joe DiMaggio collection.

Nice ticket!
BTW, Joe D's last regular season homerun was on September 28, 1951 at NYY. The ticket from the Double Header on 9/28/51 is also for Allie Reynolds' 2nd no hitter in 1951 in case you ever look for it...

[cracker_jack]

Fred Clarke

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Nice ticket!
BTW, Joe D's last regular season homerun was on September 28, 1951 at NYY. The ticket from the Double Header on 9/28/51 is also for Allie Reynolds' 2nd no hitter in 1951 in case you ever look for it...

Thanks! I will keep that in mind, if I run across one. I don't normally collect tickets, but now that I have one...

[Bpm0014]

Blurry pic, but Joe Tinker owned photos. One of which he wrote "The Tinker home". A half Joe Tinker autograph I guess haha. Not sure how to make the photos larger (via my iPhone).

[Bpm0014]

Close up

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by Bpm0014

Blurry pic, but Joe Tinker owned photos. One of which he wrote "The Tinker home". A half Joe Tinker autograph I guess haha. Not sure how to make the photos larger (via my iPhone).

You outbid me on that one!! Cool item!

[Vintage Yankee]

It has been a while since I had a decent vintage pickup, but I've strung a few together recently...


And while not vintage, I was excited to add these two within a couple of weeks of each other. Bobby Murcer's 1983 (final season) Yankees BP jersey, as well as that of the man who replaced him on the 25 man roster.

[Dave Grob]

For Crosley Field Era Reds guy, this is just about as good as it gets. This is a very tough style (home or road) to begin with. Now consider the player. Prior to Frank Robinson showing up in 1956, Klu and McMillan were the fan favorites at Findlay and Western. Because of the way Klu had his sleeves cut, his 1955 gamers (a home and road exist in the hobby), his uniforms are without the "Mr. Red" patch on the left sleeve.

A number of the Redlegs of this period get overlooked or considered "inflated stars" due to the All Star Ballot Box stuffing of 1956 and 1957, but many considered McMillan to be the best infielder in the majors at the time (See Tom Meany article; Collier's Magazine May 27th, 1955).

Roy won the first Gold Glove presented to a major league shortstop in 1957 (only one award per position that year) and then took the NL honors in 1958 and 1959.

Dave Grob