March pickups

[GaryPassamonte]

Thanks Bill and Mark. Right place, right time. These are the type of finds that make the hobby fun.

Jeff- Great find. Interestingly, I'm just finishing the book "The Victory Season" which, as you may know, is about the 1946 baseball season. The book describes the game you mention in your post.

[bgar3]

Excellent Gary, great find.

[GrayGhost]

Am real excited to have this one. A local team from Charles City Iowa giving their first baseman a GLOWING EMPLOYER REFERENCE after their team has to dissolve 1880. Signed by club manager and President.

Ps if someone can spin the photo around I’d appreciate it!

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by GrayGhost

Am real excited to have this one. A local team from Charles City Iowa giving their first baseman a GLOWING EMPLOYER REFERENCE after their team has to dissolve 1880. Signed by club manager and President.

Ps if someone can spin the photo around I’d appreciate it!

Here ya go, Scott.

[GrayGhost]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Here ya go, Scott.

Thx sir!

[mcgwirecom]

So I just got this back from my friend, artist Gregg Packer. I had seen some real nice art gloves done by Sean Keane around. He does great work but they are fairly pricey. I had in mind what I wanted and Gregg managed to hit it out of the park for me. Hope you like it also...

[sicollector1954]

So this bat was in found in a wall in a house which was built in 1919 and was remodeled about 25 years ago or so...don't really know how it got there but I am happy to add it to my collection....It is a YMCA model and has a hand turned knob...probably dates from either 1917 or 1918..

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

So I just got this back from my friend, artist Gregg Packer. I had seen some real nice art gloves done by Sean Keane around. He does great work but they are fairly pricey. I had in mind what I wanted and Gregg managed to hit it out of the park for me. Hope you like it also...

Really cool artwork on the Teddy Ballgame glove. Congrats!

[ejharrington]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

So I just got this back from my friend, artist Gregg Packer. I had seen some real nice art gloves done by Sean Keane around. He does great work but they are fairly pricey. I had in mind what I wanted and Gregg managed to hit it out of the park for me. Hope you like it also...

Very nice! Gregg Packer created an art ball for me a few years ago and it came out great at a reasonable price. I didn't know he did gloves as well.

[Topnotchsy]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

Nice pickup, Jeff. Congrats!

Thanks!

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Thanks Bill and Mark. Right place, right time. These are the type of finds that make the hobby fun.

Jeff- Great find. Interestingly, I'm just finishing the book "The Victory Season" which, as you may know, is about the 1946 baseball season. The book describes the game you mention in your post.

Thank you! Yup, that's a great book! I hadn't remembered them discussing this series though, so going to pull it off the shelf and take another look.

[Scott Garner]

I found a neat complimentary piece for my Harvey Haddix mini-collection.
Here is a Harvey Haddix early 1960's locker plate that came out of the collection of the former trainer for the Milwaukee Braves. The fact that the locker plate has Old Milwaukee as the sponsor was too good to pass up because of Haddix's link to Milwaukee's County Stadium.

On May 26th, 1959 @ Milwaukee Pirates pitcher Harvey Haddix pitched what was arguably one of the greatest games of all-time. He hurled over 12 innings of perfect ball before giving up his 1st hit and ultimately losing the game in the 13th inning.

[mr2686]

That's a great mini collection you have there Scott. It really looks like it displays well together.

[doug.goodman]

Scott - that Haddix program is spectacular. - Doug

[Scott Garner]

Thanks Mike & Doug!