March Pickups

[Dave Grob]

I just love these things.

Dave Grob

[Scott Garner]

Dave,
Have you been to The National Baseball Park Museum in Denver?
I had a chance to visit it last week when I was in Denver on business.
Unbelievably cool museum. I thought of you when I walked through it.

[sicollector1954]

Dave-any truth to dating these based on the number on the jacket? Thanks for any info you might have.

[Scott Garner]

Well, March has really been a fertile month for pickups.
I just completed the purchase of another hobby friends' 30 year collection.
Lots of cool stuff that I am still sorting through right now.
Here are two cool Koufax and Bob Gibson items that also came by way of my friend Phil Paul:

The first piece is a circa 1962 signature of Sandy Koufax on stationary from the Hotel Roosevelt in NYC.
It's quite possible that this was signed by Sandy upon his 1st return to NYC after the westward migration of the Dodgers from Brooklyn in 1958 to play the new expansion NY Mets franchise in '62. The Dodgers did stay at the Hotel Roosevelt when playing the Mets. 'Tis a dandy signature, for sure...

The second piece is a beautifully scored scorebook to Bob Gibson's 20th win in his spectacular 1968 season (1.12 ERA!!) This game also allowed Gibson to pass Sandy Koufax on the single season shutout list.
In this game Gibson got his 13th SHUTOUT in the '68 season, passing Sandy's record of 12 shutouts.
Ironically, Sandy Koufax worked this game as a broadcaster for NBC and beautifully signed the front of this scorebook.

Finally, from my collection purchase, I was able to find a second ticket stub to the exceedingly tough Harvey Haddix game in which he pitched 12 innings of perfect ball against the hometown Milwaukee Braves before ultimately losing the contest. Many would consider this to be the greatest pitching performance ever...
Very few of these ticket stubs are out there in the hobby. Perhaps less than 6 of these are known to exist...

Enjoy!

[Dave Grob]

Originally Posted by sicollector1954

Dave-any truth to dating these based on the number on the jacket? Thanks for any info you might have.

I have no first hand knowledge for the Braves, but I do know for other clubs, the # on the badge, cap or jacket referred to an assigned employee number. That being said, a lower number would indicate someone hired before a someone who would be given a higher number.

I'm not sure you could date the jackets by the number on the logo alone, but I would love to hear how this theory (you can date the jacket by the number) is explained in an objective manner.

Dave Grob

[Dave Grob]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Dave,
Have you been to The National Baseball Park Museum in Denver?
I had a chance to visit it last week when I was in Denver on business.
Unbelievably cool museum. I thought of you when I walked through it.

Have yet to get out there, but I correspond with Bruce on a pretty regular basis based on our shared interest in ball parks. He has a some incredible stuff and we have traded items back and forth for a while. Great Guy for sure.

Dave Grob

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Dave Grob

Have yet to get out there, but I correspond with Bruce on a pretty regular basis based on our shared interest in ball parks. He has a some incredible stuff and we have traded items back and forth for a while. Great Guy for sure.

Dave Grob

I had a chance to speak to Bruce for about 20 minutes.
Busy day at the museum as he was permanently installing a vintage Shibe Park turnstile. I agree that he is a great guy.

[mybestbretts]

I picked up the attached photo in the RMY auction. On the back it said "1986 baseball special pg 3 & pg 10" I found the 1986 Sporting News Baseball special and sure enough its on pg 3 & 10. What fun

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by mybestbretts

I picked up the attached photo in the RMY auction. On the back it said "1986 baseball special pg 3 & pg 10" I found the 1986 Sporting News Baseball special and sure enough its on pg 3 & 10. What fun

Great pickup Sandy! I would love to see your collection all scanned. You should upload them all to say.. a george brett type 1 photo fan page on facebook for free!

[mybestbretts]

Maybe I will

[mrozie21]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Dave,
Have you been to The National Baseball Park Museum in Denver?
I had a chance to visit it last week when I was in Denver on business.
Unbelievably cool museum. I thought of you when I walked through it.

Bruce who owns and operates it is a class act. I've bought and sold many stadium items to him and the museum over the years.

He's definitely extremely passionate about the game!