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[yankeesjetsfan]

Ron, great Yankee Stadium Stubs.

Gary, I see to remember a Mets Clubhouse Store at Roosevelt Field. Was this machine located in the store?

Mike

[Dewey2007]

Picked up this ticket stub today. It is from the major league debut of Masanori Murasaki, the first Japanese born player to appear in a major league game. He pitched an inning in relief for the SF Giants in a loss to the NY Mets on 9/1/64. He would finish out the '64 season with the Giants and appear in 45 games the next season before returning to Japan for the remainder of his career. It would be another 30 years before a player from Japan played in the major leagues again when Hideo Nomo pitched for the Dodgers.

Here's a nice piece about Murasaki: http://time.com/3955421/masanori-murakami/

[minibatsman]

Originally Posted by Dewey2007

Picked up this ticket stub today. It is from the major league debut of Masanori Murasaki, the first Japanese born player to appear in a major league game. He pitched an inning in relief for the SF Giants in a loss to the NY Mets on 9/1/64. He would finish out the '64 season with the Giants and appear in 45 games the next season before returning to Japan for the remainder of his career. It would be another 30 years before a player from Japan played in the major leagues again when Hideo Nomo pitched for the Dodgers.

Here's a nice piece about Murasaki: http://time.com/3955421/masanori-murakami/

This has been a enjoyment to read and look at every ticket. great stuff

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by Dewey2007

Picked up this ticket stub today. It is from the major league debut of Masanori Murasaki, the first Japanese born player to appear in a major league game. He pitched an inning in relief for the SF Giants in a loss to the NY Mets on 9/1/64. He would finish out the '64 season with the Giants and appear in 45 games the next season before returning to Japan for the remainder of his career. It would be another 30 years before a player from Japan played in the major leagues again when Hideo Nomo pitched for the Dodgers.

Here's a nice piece about Murasaki: http://time.com/3955421/masanori-murakami/

I never heard that story. Thanks for sharing Dewey!

[Gary Dunaier]

Originally Posted by yankeesjetsfan

Gary, I see to remember a Mets Clubhouse Store at Roosevelt Field. Was this machine located in the store?

No. The machine was located in the mall itself. It was on the main level, near the entrance to JC Penney.

I don't think the Mets Clubhouse Store was there at the time. It's not there now.

I haven't been to Roosevelt Field in years, so when I went there last week to meet Todd Frazier at the Steiner Sports store, I was surprised by how much the mall had changed.

[Dewey2007]

Here are 3 stubs I really like that I have picked up recently:

1.) On July 21, 1959 integration in baseball was complete. Pumpsie Green had become the first black player to appear in a game for the Boston Red Sox when he pinch ran in the 8th inning of a game against the White Sox. The Red Sox had the dubious distinction of being the last team to integrate, some 12+ years after Jackie Robinson first appeared. Included is a sketch that appeared in the Boston Herald during spring training.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...ay-for-red-sox

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2.) On September 16, 1956 Bobby Balcena, of the Cincinnati Redlegs, pinch hit in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. This was Balcena's MLB Debut. He would appear in 7 games total that season and never make it back to the majors. What makes this footnote in baseball history special is Balcena was the first player of Asian descent to appear in a major league game. His parents immigrated from the Phillipines and he was raised in Southern California. It would be another 8 years before Masanori Murakami of Japan, the first Asian born player, would play for the SF Giants.

http://filipinostarnews.net/sports/f...-baseball.html

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3.) On August 22, 1965 the Dodgers and Giants were in another heated pennant race. On this day Juan Marichal and John Roseboro would engage in one of the most infamous brawls in baseball history. Juan Marichal struck Roseboro on the head with his bat after the two had become involved in an argument. One thing I had never really noticed after looking at the pictures was Tito Fuentes also was wielding a bat although he didn't use it. He got to stay in the game for his efforts. After order had been restored Willie Mays hit a 3-run HR off Sandy Koufax and the Giants went on to win the game.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...l-50-years-ago

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[Scott Garner]

Exceedingly cool tickets, Dewey, especially the infamous Marichal- Roseboro incident. As I've intimated to you via e-mail, I've never personally seen another ticket stub to this game in spite of the paid attendance.
Congrats!

[mcgwirecom]

Yeah, I'm always looking for that one!

[Fballguy]

Wrong sport but a ticket just the same. Was happy to pick up the missing piece in my run of L.A. Times Charity Game tickets. I now have every ticket from the first game in 1945 through 1976. I believe the game continued on past 1976 but the tickets became very ordinary at that point. I was drawn to the cool graphics on these tickets (not so much on the first few years compared to later ones) and have been collecting for about 10 years.

[Dewey2007]

I picked up this one awhile back but thought it was worth posting to the thread. In 1948, Satchel Paige was a 42-year old rookie pitcher with the Cleveland Indians and the first black pitcher in the American League. This stub is from Paige's 3rd career start, 5th career win and 2nd consecutive shutout against the White Sox.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/b...94808200.shtml