Autograph ID and interesting collegiate pickup

[brickyardkennedy]

Albie Pearson?!?

[brickyardkennedy]

Bob's right. It's Dawson

[jt39]

Thanks gents -- the Hawk, not bad! Knew I'd seen it somewhere. I'm definitely happy to add a HOF'er for $0.96.

[mschwade]

Those two college baseballs came from a Miami (Fla) player.. They beat Florida State, 5-4, on April 25, 1992 and beat Texas 6-1 on May 1, 1992. Probably not much in value unless something big happened in that game.. The best thing going for you is it a Texas home baseball when they were still in the SWAC. It's probably worth more to the particular player that owned these because of personal value though. I still have my first college hit against Virginia Tech sitting on my desk in my den.

EDIT: I did some more research, something that might add a little more value to your baseballs is the fact 1992 was Ron Fraser's last year as coach at Miami after 30 years-- compiling 1,271 wins, 2 national championships (1982, 1985), and 12 CWS appearances including 1992.

[jt39]

Thanks for the info! Do you mind sharing where you found it? I'd love to see a box score or something to do a little more digging.

I didn't figure these would be very valuable from a money perspective -- and it seems that whoever owned them decided they weren't worth keeping around for sentimental reasons, though they could have been the victim of an overzealous parent or spouse. Had I been talented enough to play college ball, I'm sure I'd have a collection of all my moments as well. Heck, I've still got some little league/high school home run balls floating around somewhere!

If anyone is interested in these, please let me know -- like I said, I'd appreciate a nominal trade item if that works out, but mostly I just want them to go somewhere they'd be appreciated.

Those two college baseballs came from a Miami (Fla) player.. They beat Florida State, 5-4, on April 25, 1992 and beat Texas 6-1 on May 1, 1992. Probably not much in value unless something big happened in that game.. The best thing going for you is it a Texas home baseball when they were still in the SWAC. It's probably worth more to the particular player that owned these because of personal value though. I still have my first college hit against Virginia Tech sitting on my desk in my den.

EDIT: I did some more research, something that might add a little more value to your baseballs is the fact 1992 was Ron Fraser's last year as coach at Miami after 30 years-- compiling 1,271 wins, 2 national championships (1982, 1985), and 12 CWS appearances including 1992.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by jt39

Thanks for the info! Do you mind sharing where you found it? I'd love to see a box score or something to do a little more digging.

On the one ball, I saw the April 25, 1992 and FSU so I had a hunch it was a ball played against Florida State. So I went to Florida State's baseball site and pulled up a media guide to see if it said who they played on that date and it said Miami (FL). I then looked at the other baseball and best guessed from the picture that the date was 5/1/92 and noticed it said Texas at the bottom, which was a part of the SWC back then so it made sense. So I went to Texas' baseball web site and pulled up their media guide and saw they played Miami (FL) on that date so bingo, we have a common opponent meaning that's 99.9% sure where the balls came from. Unfortunately, you're going to have to contact Miami (FL)'s Athletics Communication's office to try and get a box score from each of those games and I am not sure they're going to have one still. I went to Wikipedia to look up how Miami Hurricanes baseball did in 1992 when I noticed it was Fraser's last season after 30 years. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Hurricanes_baseball). Hope that helps!

Matt

[Bigdaddy]

Good pickup on the Dawson. Is it a National or American League Ball, or a Major League Ball? Up until several years ago, there were seperate National and American League Baseballs, each with the signature of the appropriate league commissioner. Later they went to one single MLB ball for both leagues.

BTW, Dawson lives in Miami, so that all fits together with the Miami game balls.