False Babe Ruth 500th Home Run Ticket - How can PSA date this ticket??????

[Shoeless Moe]

1929 Yankees, Boston Braves, and Cincinnati Reds home game tickets Grandstand seating on Ebay are all $1.00 for admission.

Cleveland charged 1.20?

or was that Cleveland President on the ticket a one year President?

[Steve D]

Alva Bradley was president of the Cleveland Indians from 1927 to 1946, when he sold the team to Bill Veeck.

In 1929, their 49th home date was Aug 11th against the Yankees. It was not their 49th home game, however, as they played seven home double-headers before that day.

So, the ticket COULD be for that game, but, the question remains, how to determine the exact year the ticket was issued.

Steve

[ooo-ribay]

PSA can do whatever they (you) want, for a price.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

PSA can do whatever they (you) want, for a price.

Exactly!
We take your money, you get a slab.
Never mind that there is no way to verify it...

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Steve D

In 1929, their 49th home date was Aug 11th against the Yankees. It was not their 49th home game, however, as they played seven home double-headers before that day.

......and those were not scheduled DH's, most were rain date makeups.

I count the 49th home game being on July 19th or 20th. Not even close to Aug 11. (I'm going by Baseball Reference).


If any schedule collectors have a '29 Indians schedule please chime in.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

One ticket would get you in for the doubleheader so if the 49th home date (as opposed to the 49th home game) was August 11th that makes sense. I have no idea about the year issue though.

[ajenks3378]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

One ticket would get you in for the doubleheader so if the 49th home date (as opposed to the 49th home game) was August 11th that makes sense. I have no idea about the year issue though.

The 49 has nothing to do with a game number. Those tickets are numbered all over the map. Seen them up to 150+

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by ajenks3378

The 49 has nothing to do with a game number. Those tickets are numbered all over the map. Seen them up to 150+

I was taking other's premise and running with it.

[hcv123]

Call it to the attention of the #1 500HR ticket collector who has it listed on Ebay? Perhaps in the context of asking for additional substantiation of why he believes it is what PSA called it.

[mikehorne]

Originally Posted by ajenks3378

The 49 has nothing to do with a game number. Those tickets are numbered all over the map. Seen them up to 150+

The point made by ajenks3378 doesn’t get enough attention, but here are examples of what he’s talking about. The numbers can’t possibly refer to a game.

[Shoeless Moe]

I think for the most part the numbers DO refer to the games. Like the one is question here, 49, refers to home game 49 (prior to the season starting of course) not game 49 after rainouts.

Scott or David might be able to better speak to those funky numbers/letters on the ticket, but I think those are for makeup games. Games added due to rainouts or what have you, or even special event games. Figuring those out is nearly impossible.

[Shoeless Moe]

Originally Posted by Steve D

In 1929, their 49th home date was Aug 11th against the Yankees. It was not their 49th home game, however, as they played seven home double-headers before that day.
Steve

49th home date? not really (well yah if you don't count rainouts).....when they did the tickets at the beginning of the season they just happened to know they would have 8 rainouts?????

If PSA went by the 49th home date not including rainout games logic they are complete idiots. Those rainout games were numbered prior to the season.

Again this is a case of the person who got that graded knowing some stooge at PSA.

[Steve D]

I just found the Cleveland Indians' 1929 home schedule printed in the 15 Feb 1929 edition of the Akron (OH) Beacon Journal. Here it is:

April
16, 17, 18, 19 - Detroit
20, 21, 22, 23 - Chicago

May
1, 2, 3 - St Louis
4, 5, 6 - Washington
7, 8, 9 - Boston
10, 11, 12 - Philadelphia
13, 14, 15 - New York
23, 24, 25, 26 - St Louis

June
16 - Philadelphia
19, 20, 22, 23 - Detroit

July
2, 3, 4 - Chicago
6, 7, 8, 9 - Boston
10, 11, 12, 13 - Washington
14, 15, 16, 17 - Philadelphia
18, 19, 20, 21 - New York

August
6, 7, 8 - Detroit
10, 11, 12, 13 - New York
14, 15, 17 - Philadelphia
18, 19, 20, 21 - Washington
22, 23, 24, 25 - Boston

September
2 - St Louis
24, 25, 26 - Chicago
28, 29 - St Louis

You'll note that there are 75 dates listed. Since teams played 154 games in a season, there were 77 home games; meaning there would seem to have been two scheduled doubleheaders for the Indians in 1929.

Based on this schedule, the Indians' 49th home date was July 19th against the Yankees.

Steve

[Shoeless Moe]

Steve GREAT detective work!

Just can't be believe PSA ignored rainouts, or more likely were paid to ignore them.

What a clown organization!