July 2011 pickup thread

[GaryPassamonte]

Just picked up this ticket to the " Fourth Annual Hop " of the Newark Base Ball Club. It is dated 2/15/1860.

[ksfarmboy]

Got this in the mail yesterday. Tough to find anything with Duff Cooley on it.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by GaryPassamonte

Just picked up this ticket to the " Fourth Annual Hop " of the Newark Base Ball Club. It is dated 2/15/1860.

Gary,
I saw that one on eBay and considered chasing that as well.
Very nice pickup-congrats!

[Scott Garner]

I recently have picked a nice item for my Johnny VanderMeer collection:

A circa 1935 vintage fountain pen signed minor league ball of Vandy on his way up to the bigs. Gotta love the multi-colored laces! A perfect vintage orb of the pitcher who's ML record of two consecutive no-hitters is likely to never be broken.

This begs the question:
What ML baseball record do you feel is the most bulletproof?

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

I'd have to agree with Larry Ritter: nobody will come close to Cobb's career BA.

I guess it would be OK to derail the pickup thread with only a few more days left in the month.

[GKreindler]

There's always talk of DiMaggio's hitting streak being completely bulletproof, especially after reading about the statistics that Stephen Jay Gould came up with regarding the thing. Here's a piece he wrote about it in 1988:

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/arch...ak-of-streaks/

For whatever reason, it always seems to me like it could be beaten, especially when modern players start getting into the mid-to-high 30s (Rollins, Castillo, Utley, etc.). But of course at that point, the media scrutiny would probably be overwhelming, and I can't imagine the pressure not getting to them. If it got to DiMaggio in '41, back when the press wasn't ANYTHING like it is today, then I can't even imagine the modern day equivalent. So, I suppose when I consider all of that, it's pretty darn safe.

For my money, I think the one record that will never be touched is Cy Young's career win total. And heck, even his loss total. 511-316?? I mean, that stat becomes more and more incredible as pitcher's inning counts become more and more 'important' to development of talent. Well, not saying that they aren't important, but I think you know what I mean.

Anywho...

Here's another photo I picked up:



A lovely shot of Jim Palmer during his no-hitter from August 13, 1969 - only FOUR days after coming off of the disabled list. It reminded me of that Koufax shot I did a while back, so I though it would make a cool painting, too!

Weeee!

Graig

[mushroomknob]

July was a good month for bats.I feel very fortunate to have picked these up this month.Two early ring bats,Ty Cobb georgia peach decal bat,not perfect but still Cobb.Early JF Hillerich, 1930s Babe Ruth special.

[MGHPro]

Dave- Incredible bats! The rings look awesome!
Congrats
Matt