June Pickups

[alifaxwa2]

Forgive the momentary non-sport intrusion...it won't happen again.

Originally Posted by thenavarro

Cool, post it up

[thenavarro]

Originally Posted by alifaxwa2

Forgive the momentary non-sport intrusion...it won't happen again.

Very nice. Don't apologize for non-sports. Although the forum is primarily sports, it is not exclusively sports.

Most of the neatest pieces I've seen people post over the years here are non-sports IMHO.

[kdixon]

Picked up this black and white Zach Wheat signed HOF plaque envelope, Has baseball stamp and his return address sticker on the back.

[Scott Garner]

June continues to be a really good one for me for pickups.
I just picked up this circa 1920's snapshot size photo of early no-hit pitcher Earl Hamilton that is signed both on the front as well as the back.
Hamilton's signature is indeed scarce, but finding a signed photo is next to impossible...

On August 30th, 1912 diminutive St. Louis Browns hurler Earl Hamilton became the 1st to ever throw a no-hitter with no strikeouts. The only two pitchers to ever accomplish this feat were "Toothpick" Sam Jones in 1955 and Ken Holtzman in 1971.
Earl Hamilton no-hit the Ty Cobb led Detroit Tigers 5-1 at Detroit's inaugural season at Navin Field.

[mr2686]

Nice pickup Scott! So nice to see great penmanship from a bygone era. Today's player scrawls are almost painful to look at.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mr2686

Nice pickup Scott! So nice to see great penmanship from a bygone era. Today's player scrawls are almost painful to look at.

Thanks Mike! I couldn't agree more.

[Scott Garner]

Info deleted because signature is not that of the pitcher Walter Thornton.
Oh well, the search continues...