MSA Discs

[JoeDfan]

Those are awesome!

I think I have, somewhere in a box, a complete set of one of those. If I remember right, I think my version was one of the harder to find ones. But I will have to check and see if you already have it.

[Cliff Bowman]

There should be a 1978 Wiffle bat & ball sleeve out there somewhere with Al Hrabosky on one side and Bobby Bonds on the other side, but it hasn't been found yet. There are 88 discs in the set and these are the only two not confirmed. It would look like this one but with Hrabosky. ETA, I don't know if PSA grades these because they all have two factory made crease in them.

[bswhiten]

I've never seen that one Cliff.. will have to keep my eyes open for that one! I could really use another red barn and saga. Those two were the hardest for me to find.

[bswhiten]

Thanks Sean!

[Mark70Z]

Ben,

Looks like you have all of them listed, but I believe there are two Dairy Isle discs; one with a red back and one I believe is purple. Also, I'm not sure if you want to count it or not, but MSA had the Carousel variations (stamped backs). I've seen PSA grade them, but did not add the variation store/type.

I collect Brooks Robinson and I have all of the discs raw (except for all the Carousel variations), but I'm slowly working on picking up PSA 9's or 10's of the discs as well. I have several to go on that endeavor, but it's fun picking them up now and then.

Your Hrabosky discs look great!

[bswhiten]

Mark, do you remember which year Dairy Isle has the color variation? I only have one of each - the 76 and 77 so i can't tell. And i only have one of the carousel stamps. Mine is from the #585 Madison WI store. i'm sure it would be quite a task to get all of those.

[Mark70Z]

Ben,

Hmm... Maybe it's just the '76 and '77 have different color backs?

It would surely be quite a challenge to get all of the Carousel backs. I don't believe it's even known what all of the locations were for these stamped backs. I think it would be cool just to get one graded by PSA and at least have a Carousel backed PSA label.

[ArmourPhil]

Cliff Bowman - I just finished a study of the wiffle ball issues. The 80 die cut insert discs come from 1978 and the discs printed on the boxes and the header sleeves were from 1979. I can confirm that Hrabowski is teamed up with Bonds and was printed in two colors pale yellow and navy blue. Wiffle sent me a scan of the orig print sheet.

[bswhiten]

Originally Posted by ArmourPhil

Cliff Bowman - I just finished a study of the wiffle ball issues. The 80 die cut insert discs come from 1978 and the discs printed on the boxes and the header sleeves were from 1979. I can confirm that Hrabowski is teamed up with Bonds and was printed in two colors pale yellow and navy blue. Wiffle sent me a scan of the orig print sheet.

Would you mind emailing me a scan of the Hrabosky? Thanks,
Ben
bswhiten@gmail.com