Your 2023 Pick Up of the Year

[the-illini]

Have to go with this Napoleon Lajoie photo shot by Van Oeyen. Not a lot of Lajoie photos out there...

[BuzzD]

This 1903 NYAL schedule is a museum piece

[MVSNYC]

Great stuff, guys!

I was happy to add these to my (and my son's) collection this past year...Thanks to Jeff for the Jeter Rookie Lineup card.

[Exhibitman]

Maybe this 1973 vintage signed Richard Petty PC?

[eastonfalcon19]

Originally Posted by the-illini

Have to go with this Napoleon Lajoie photo shot by Van Oeyen. Not a lot of Lajoie photos out there...

Great photo. Look at that base! Could you imagine players today running around those bases lol.

[the-illini]

Originally Posted by eastonfalcon19

Great photo. Look at that base! Could you imagine players today running around those bases lol.

That was one of the first things I noticed too! It looks like an old sack full of dirt!

[bigfanNY]

Gary Thank for starting thread and anything with Spalding is always great to see. It was a good year, my program collection grew in interesting ways. My favorite is this 1902 Stanley Cup Challange program Manitoba vs Toronto.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by the-illini

That was one of the first things I noticed too! It looks like an old sack full of dirt!

I think they were!

[bigfanNY]

Originally Posted by the-illini

That was one of the first things I noticed too! It looks like an old sack full of dirt!

Spikes in those days were no joke. If they could tear up a base like that imagine what they could do to skin and bone. It was a very different game.

[Lordstan]

2023 was slow for me, but I did add a couple items.

1927 Gehrig and Ruth at ND vs USC football game




1929 Spring Training




1931 Gehrig and Ruth with Jackie Mitchell. She is the female pitcher who supposedly struck both of them out in an exhibition game.

[Kawika]

Fabulous photo, Mark. Wonderful period piece. All those young Terrors of America and Gehrig with a cigaret at the ready. At first I thought the lad in the back row was digging his nose for all posterity but quickly realized his faced was photo-bombed by the short kid's waving hand.

[UKCardGuy]

Great items in this thread.

I was really pleased to pick up this relic from the 1914 Overland Day baseball game. I'm looking for articles and photos about the game if anyonen comes upon them.

[Lordstan]

Originally Posted by Kawika

Fabulous photo, Mark. Wonderful period piece. All those young Terrors of America and Gehrig with a cigaret at the ready. At first I thought the lad in the back row was digging his nose for all posterity but quickly realized his faced was photo-bombed by the short kid's waving hand.

Thank you David. I love these types of photos as well. The ones with kids are especially poignant to me.

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