December Pickups

[mr2686]

1957 Great Moments in Sports signed by Larsen and Berra. Will end up matted with a single signed Berra and Larsen magazines and hopefully a 1956 game 5 WS ticket.

[John V]

Jeff,
I just noticed Collins-McCarthy wrongly thought a piece of the grandstand was strunk's ear!

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by John V

Jeff,
I just noticed Collins-McCarthy wrongly thought a piece of the grandstand was strunk's ear!

John,

Good catch!

[jacksons]

1) It's one thing to have to wear flannel on a dirt field in 100 heat and humidity, but to need to do it with an itchy collar wrapping your neck up to your jawbone must be doubly uncomfortable. Then again, maybe it was early or late in the season. I feel bad for Amos in that pic. Looks like he could've used some pronation support in those cleats, too.

2) Did equipment managers exist at the time, or were ballplayers repsonsible for washing their own uniforms? Amos looks like he wore his cutting the grass, changing the oil and caddying 18 holes before game time. Teams took great pride in uniform design in those days, but were the uniforms ever cleaned and pressed regularly by the teams?

[Matt Felix]

Originally Posted by jacksons

1) It's one thing to have to wear flannel on a dirt field in 100 heat and humidity, but to need to do it with an itchy collar wrapping your neck up to your jawbone must be doubly uncomfortable. Then again, maybe it was early or late in the season. I feel bad for Amos in that pic. Looks like he could've used some pronation support in those cleats, too.

2) Did equipment managers exist at the time, or were ballplayers repsonsible for washing their own uniforms? Amos looks like he wore his cutting the grass, changing the oil and caddying 18 holes before game time. Teams took great pride in uniform design in those days, but were the uniforms ever cleaned and pressed regularly by the teams?

it looks like he also got his left sleeve caught in the lawnmower.

[perezfan]

Must have been a cold day. He could at least have flapped down the collar, if he was too hot.

[thekingofclout]

I just landed this terrific 1952 TYPE 1 Mickey Mantle by Don Wingfield. This well known image was used on many premiums during his career.

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