Favorite pickup of 2018

[ooo-ribay]

Scott - the Vander Meer stuff you unearth continues to amaze! It’s unreal how you continue to add to a collection that seemingly has everything!

You have probably explained before.....but how did you get so focused on JVM?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Scott - the Vander Meer stuff you unearth continues to amaze! It’s unreal how you continue to add to a collection that seemingly has everything!

You have probably explained before.....but how did you get so focused on JVM?

Thanks Rob!
Good question.
As you know, I collect the no-hitter theme. I began collecting this theme because of Nolan Ryan & his ability to pitch multiple no-hitters.

As I branched out within the no-hit theme I decided to focus primarily on other pitchers that pitched multiple no-hitters including Vander Meer, Bob Feller and Sandy Koufax.

Vander Meer is unique because of the back-to-back no-hitters and was also pretty economical to collect because his popularity is not that of a Sandy Koufax or Nolan Ryan, which are both pricey guys to collect. I also wanted to have a prewar player focus within the collection and Vandy was a good candidate to chase.

Like you, I've always been a completionist sort of collector.
I'm sure you can relate!