January Pickups

[ruth-gehrig]

21 days in and no pick up thread?
Or maybe Im blind and didn't see it

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by ruth-gehrig

21 days in and no pick up thread?
Or maybe Im blind and didn't see it

Wonderful piece!

[ksfarmboy]

Damn that’s cool, would love to find one for a Kansas team.

[effe]

1954 Charlie Grimm ceramic baseball mitt. Measures 10" x 10". Picked it up in a recent Hunt auction. It was the centerpiece of the lot and wasn't even pictured. The condition is absolutely terrific.

[effe]

I'm not really a photo guy but I had to pick up this one. Such a cool image.

[Vintagedeputy]

Originally Posted by effe

I'm not really a photo guy but I had to pick up this one. Such a cool image.

Look at Eddie Mathews! What a baby!

[JLange]

Thrilled with this Lou Boudreau Day Poster and Pennant, celebrating the Player-Manager of the 1948 World Champion Cleveland Indians, in his hometown of Harvey, IL, “Courtesy of Helen’s Shop.” I have had the pin for many years, but had not seen the poster in some time. Happy to add this to my CLE Type card collection!

[edtiques]

Christy Mathewson - Baseball Curver

[doug.goodman]

I wasn't sure that this "facing left" Speaker m113 existed until Scott Gaynor listed it on ebay.

Thank you Scott.

[vintagesportscollector]

1911 real photo postcard of Cornell Intercollegiate Ice Hockey Champions, with captain Edmund Burke “Stubby" Magner. Cornell’s first Hockey championship. Photo taken January 28, 1911, after Cornell beat Harvard 3-2 in overtime.

At 5’3” Stubby is the shortest person to have played a fielding position in Major League Baseball (along with Yo-Yo Davalillio), and the second smallest player in major league baseball history. The shortest player on record being 43-inch Eddie Gaedel.

Stubby Magner was the Captain of the 1911 Cornell baseball team AND hockey team. Not only a great baseball shortstop, he captained the Cornell hockey team to an undefeated season in 1911 (10-0). After graduating, he played baseball for the New York Highlanders (Yankees) in 1911 - appeared in 13 games, playing short-stop and second base, had 7 hits in 33 at bats, 3 runs, 4 RBI, and 1 stolen base.