October pickups

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I just completed this 20" x 20" framed piece that features larger-format pinbacks featuring no-hit pitchers that I have been collecting for a number of years.
The top two rows are all standard 3" pinbacks of no-hit pitchers.

The bottom three rows feature pitchers that make up my own personal no-hit HOF.
Ryan and his 7 no-hit games. Pinbacks featuring him on all 3 teams in which he pitched a no-hitter (4 while playing for the Angels, 1 while on the Astros and 2 while winding down his career on the Texas Rangers).
The ARA 7 no-hitter button in the middle is particularly tough for a pinback produced in 1991.
The black and white Koufax stadium pinback from the early 1960's is a real tough one as well.

The bottom two rows have a few fantasy pinbacks that I had someone create for me, but only because no larger scale pinbacks for these players were ever produced.
Cy Young had 3 career no-hitters, Bob Feller (the 1940's stadium pinback is challenging and is a recent pickup) and Justin Verlander (Possibly this year's Cy Young winner).
Verlander pinbacks feature Justin in his DET Tigers uniform (2 no-hitters) and Astros uniform (1 no-hitter so far ).

The bottom row features all of the remaining pitchers (other than Nolan Ryan-1973 on the Angels) that have pulled off the challenging task of pitching 2 no-hitters in a single season.
Johnny Vander Meer (ML record back-to-back no-hitters in 1938), Allie Reynolds (1951), Virgil Trucks (1952), Roy Halladay (2010) and finally Mad Max Scherzer (2015).

Scott:

Are forgetting Jim Bunning? No No for Tigers in AL and perfect game for Phillies in NL. See large pin here:

[Oscar_Stanage]

A few HOFers and some very decent raw commons en route to the Monster....

[bnorth]

Just made a deal for this cool Eddie Mathews Spline bat.

[GrayGhost]

Poor me...

Unscored program to Thurman Munson's debut weekend

Could be one of first two games as a Yankee. May be for sale too. Value ideas?

[eastonfalcon19]

1913 Sporting Life letter with Ty Cobb at the top.

[GrayGhost]

That letter is TEE RIFFIC Ronnie!

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

1913 Sporting Life letter with Ty Cobb at the top.

Very nice. I like how it says "accepted authority on base ball and trap shooting".

[slightlyrounded]

Thrilled to add another rookie-year hockey auto to my collection: an emergency US visa application (in lieu of passport) for a 21 year-old Maurice 'The Rocket' Richard. A week after this was signed he broke his wrist and ended up playing only 16 games in the 1942-43 season.