May Pick Up Thread

[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by Bill Rayburn

Good job Ron. I love those old Hillerich & Son Bats.

Thanks Bill. I love them too! Have you picked up anything recently?

[Bumpus Jones]

picked up the fifth night game recently and now i only need the third and sixth game to complete the run...

[Bill Rayburn]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

Thanks Bill. I love them too! Have you picked up anything recently?

"Pickins" are slim an none around here. The only thing I can find are velvet Elvis's and "tube socks.

[Scott Garner]

Ironically, I recently picked up two really cool items related to no-hit pitcher Lon Warneke's career:

From net54's Gary Scamehorn, a neat snapper from Spring Training in 1939 on March 27th.


eBay purchase, a neat 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" 13 page Montgomery Ward Lon Warneke booklet entitled "The Art of Pitching". Montgomery Ward apparently sold Warneke signed facsimile balls as part of this promotion that I was unaware of.
I'm guessing that this was during the 1930's or 1940's because he appears to be wearing a Cubs uniform.
He pitched for both the Cubs and the Cards in his great career that featured 192 wins and a career 3.18 era.

Anyone have one of these balls that they would be willing to part with?
It would make for a neat pairing for my collection...

Warneke pitched his no-hitter on 8/30/41 @ Crosley Field.

[bobfreedman]

Nice looking example

[kdixon]

Nice Bambino tin Bob.

[Seven]

Probably belongs more in the Autographs section, but couldn't find a May Pickups thread, plus I think we could all appreciate the artwork. I love the Living Legends set by Ron Lewis. Making it a goal to collect all 20 of them that are signed by the players. Yogi makes the fourth player for me. Already have Mantle, Mays and Snider, I can get around to posting those too!

[eastonfalcon19]

Added a Paul O Neill bat to my Yankee collection.