Any One Collect Pins?

[yankeesjetsfan]

That is a gorgeous pin Al. Thanks for sharing.

Mike

[MK]

If anyone out there won Hakes Auction Lot of Washington Senators pins, I have discovered one is a High School Basketball pin. The pins are from the Muchinsky collection and the pin in question reads "Washington Senators Are The One in '71 Robert A. Pastrick". In his book, Paul stated the identity of Pastrick and his association with the Senators is unknown. That is because it has nothing to do with the baseball Senators. Robert Pastrick was mayor of East Chicago for over 30 years and one of the High Schools in the city was the EC Washington Senators. They were undefeated State Basketball Champs in 1971. Apparently the Mayor wanted to capitalize on their success with the pin. As a side note this team featured Pete Trgovich who went on to play for John Wooden at UCLA, Ulysses "Junior" Bridgeman who later played at Louisville and in the NBA, and Tim Stoddard who played basketball at North Carolina State on the NCAA Championship team with David Thompson and later pitched for 6 teams in MLB, including the 1983 World Champion Orioles. He thus is the only man to win both an NCAA basketball championship and a World Series. He also pitched for the 1984 Cubs who made their first post season appearance since 1945.

I wouldn't be surprised if this pin showed up on eBay as a Washington Senators pin and I wanted to let everyone know the true origin.

[ooo-ribay]

Great info, Mike!

[ooo-ribay]

Whoopee

Well, I didn't have it.

[mjkm90]

Congrats Rob!!! Nothing like filling a hole in your pinback collection.

Unless your one of the odd sort who don't collect pinbacks that is

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Whoopee

Well, I didn't have it.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by mjkm90

Congrats Rob!!! Nothing like filling a hole in your pinback collection.

It was one I didn't have but it didn't give me a warm a fuzzy feeling like a Haller PM-10 would.

[MK]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Whoopee

Well, I didn't have it.

Always feels good to find one you didn't have. I am interested in this style of pin and would love to see other examples.

[Bugsy]

Just thought I would bump this thread. Picked up two more for my set. Not a big ticket item, but I don't run into these too often (with the Dispatch/Pioneer Press ad).

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by MK

Always feels good to find one you didn't have. I am interested in this style of pin and would love to see other examples.

I have a very rare Washington example of that pin.

[ooo-ribay]

I am beyond thrilled to add this PM-10, courtesy of a Net54 member. I have been searching for this guy for 25 years! With the Giants, and perhaps with other teams, the non-stars can be nearly impossible to find. At any given time, there are usually 10-20 various Willie Mays PM-10s on ebay along with maybe a couple of McCoveys. Marichal and Hart appear occassionally. The other Giants...rarely to never.

I still need Jose Pagan. I've never seen one available and know of two in collections. Billy Pierce? I lost out on the only one I've ever seen. Mike McCormick? Al and Paul left me in the dust of their bidding war.

I get that the Mays pins were sold in much greater quantities than any other player. Still, at 50 cents per pin, I would think certain kids would have amassed the complete set of around 20 players. If they did, those pins seem to have disappeared. Oh well, I guess it makes days like today even sweeter!