July Pickups

[btcarfagno]

Originally Posted by JoeDfan

Got this cool photo of University of Maine coach Wilkie Clark; circa 1920's. Looks original, and was clearly pasted into a scrapbook before I got it.

Before he was the coach of UMaine, Clark played all over the minors. In 1906, he played for the Scranton Miners, hitting .262. A good average, but not as good as .336, belonging to their leading hitter, Archibald "Moonlight" Graham.

We are going to be visiting both the U Maine main campus as well as U Maine Farmington in early August. One of my twin daughters is very interested in both.

Tom C

[JoeDfan]

Originally Posted by btcarfagno

We are going to be visiting both the U Maine main campus as well as U Maine Farmington in early August. One of my twin daughters is very interested in both.

Tom C

Awesome! Good luck with your daughter's college search!

[JoeDfan]

I have been waiting for a gamer from my favorite current Yankee, Brett Gardner. I finally got my chance last week when I made a deal for this one.
From the photo match, it appears that he used it to hit an inside the park home run. Even cooler is that the night before, he hit a grand slam, becoming the only MLB player to hit a GS and an ITPHR in back to back games (I think). So it is quite possible he used this bat for both (I think). I will have to do some more research before I call it though.
In any event, I am stoked to finally have my Gardner gamer!