Any One Collect Pins?

[bocca001]

Nice Gary! I just sent you a message about one of the Giants pins.

[Scott Garner]

I recently added this rare 1940 Cincinnati Reds National League Champions pinback to my advanced Johnny Vander Meer collection.
IMHO the condition is remarkable considering that it is 84 years old.

Although used sparingly in the 1940 season, Vandy was ironically called upon to be the starting pitcher on 9/18/40 @ Philadelphia.
This game clinched historic back-to-back NL Championships for the Cincinnati Reds.
Johnny was absolutely up to the task, pitching 12-innings for the win.
Vandy's line for the day: 10 K's and issuing only 3 walks, 8 hits and 3 ER.
The 1940 NL Champion Reds prevailed over the Phillies 4-3 n 13 innings...

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I recently added this rare 1940 Cincinnati Reds National League Champions pinback to my advanced Johnny Vander Meer collection. IMHO the condition is remarkable considering that it is 84 years old.

Great pin, Scott. I treasure my vintage Washington pins that have the little plastic players attached. I have no proof of this, but I think the catchers are rarer than batters and pitchers. And I have ones with a solid plastic baseball with a glove or bat, but I'm not sure I've ever seen a hollow one like yours. When it comes to 3-D, oddball, chachkas, whatever you want to call them, IMO pins rule!

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by Hankphenom

Great pin, Scott. I treasure my vintage Washington pins that have the little plastic players attached. I have no proof of this, but I think the catchers are rarer than batters and pitchers. And I have ones with a solid plastic baseball with a glove or bat, but I'm not sure I've ever seen a hollow one like yours. When it comes to 3-D, oddball, chachkas, whatever you want to call them, IMO pins rule!

Agreed. That hanger is off the charts. Great pin, too!

[Scott Garner]

Thanks Hank & Rob!

[batsballsbases]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

I recently added this rare 1940 Cincinnati Reds National League Champions pinback to my advanced Johnny Vander Meer collection.
IMHO the condition is remarkable considering that it is 84 years old.

Although used sparingly in the 1940 season, Vandy was ironically called upon to be the starting pitcher on 9/18/40 @ Philadelphia.
This game clinched the historic back-to-back NL Championship for the Cincinnati Reds.
Johnny was absolutely up to the task, pitching 12-innings for the win.
Vandy's line for the day: 10 K's and issuing only 3 walks, 8 hits and 3 ER.
The 1940 NL Champion Reds prevailed over the Phillies 4-3 n 13 innings...

Love it Scott.. A Real Beauty!

[bocca001]

Found some Giants pins. A few really tough ones I needed. And just a few extras.

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Found some Giants pins. A few really tough ones I needed. And just a few extras.

Definitely a few tough ones in there…

[bocca001]

Just picked up this group of Oakland A's pins. I seem to recall that somebody was maintaining a list of pins/players in this "set" (names in black box). IS that available somewhere? Was curious how many A's might be missing. I also noticed that there were two different Holtzman pins. I'm still searching for a few Giants (Kingman, Fuentes, Rader) from this set if anyone has some extras.

[Cliff Bowman]

Originally Posted by bocca001

Just picked up this group of Oakland A's pins. I seem to recall that somebody was maintaining a list of pins/players in this "set" (names in black box). IS that available somewhere? Was curious how many A's might be missing. I also noticed that there were two different Holtzman pins. I'm still searching for a few Giants (Kingman, Fuentes, Rader) from this set if anyone has some extras.

Unfortunately I don't think there any new ones in that lot. The last new one was a Bill Lee black box about nine months ago. I'll post the up to date known checklist in the next post. ETA you have every known Athletic except Angel Mangual.