April Pick Up Thread

[BrockJacob]

Super excited to find this Boston Braves bank. Only the second bank like this I’ve ever seen with the other being a Detroit Tigers bank that our late friend Mike H had in his collection (which I believe he obtained from fellow board member Mark S).

[JLange]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

Super excited to find this Boston Braves bank. Only the second bank like this I’ve ever seen with the other being a Detroit Tigers bank that our late friend Mike H had in his collection (which I believe he obtained from fellow board member Mark S).

Very cool Bank! Congrats!

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by BrockJacob

Super excited to find this Boston Braves bank. Only the second bank like this I’ve ever seen with the other being a Detroit Tigers bank that our late friend Mike H had in his collection (which I believe he obtained from fellow board member Mark S).

Amazing find Brock... What a rare and beautiful piece! I have only seen the Tigers version, which was spectacular as well. I can't even remember the trade that sent the Tigers version Mike's way, but I know that he treasured it as well.

It was probably one of those trades I wish I could take back, haha. Great pickup!

[eastonfalcon19]

Nothing earth shattering here but picked up former Cub & Dodger Paul Popovich GU bat and a Larry Stahl GU bat. Here's a cool fact about Larry Stahl. In 1972 he drew a controversial walk to end Milt Pappas perfect game. It is the only perfect game bid to be broken up by a walk to the 27th batter.

[Baseballcrazy62]

Those are awesome bats. Throw those pics in the game used bat thread.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

Nothing earth shattering here but picked up former Cub & Dodger Paul Popovich GU bat and a Larry Stahl GU bat. Here's a cool fact about Larry Stahl. In 1972 he drew a controversial walk to end Milt Pappas perfect game. It is the only perfect game bid to be broken up by a walk to the 27th batter.

What was the score, at the time of the walk? Kinda bush league IMO unless it was 1-0 or 2-0.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

What was the score, at the time of the walk? Kinda bush league IMO unless it was 1-0 or 2-0.

LOL
8-0, but Pappas told me in 2006, 34 years later that the call on the last pitch was incorrect. It was absolutely a strike, FWIW.

IMHO, only Jim Joyce's (the 1st base umpire) horribly controversial call in the "Nearly Perfect" game in 2010 was worse...

[CarltonHendricks]

Picked up this bobsled team photo from Troy N.Y....Coasting was a term for bobsledding back then...I'm into bobsledding antiques so this was a great find for me...So much of what's out there is European...but this is 150% American...and big at 17"x14"....I found two newspaper stories on a yearly winter sports festival held in Albany...Troy is only 7 1/2 miles away....I'm including the one from 1888 that this team is referenced in as the "United States of Troy"...on the side of the elaborate sled is a U.S. emblem....I get the feeling from the description of all the festivities of the event…and the mile long parade of sleds that people in the upper New York state area were eager to party...probably from being cooped up from snow...The sled looks like a work of engineering...From the serious uniforms the thirteen members must have taken a lot of pride in their club.