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Photo section?
Just curious but with the rising popularity of photo collecting why hasn't there been a separate photo section added?
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Guessing that many of the long term board members are strictly card guys and have little or no interest in photos. |
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Wow really? Really surprised to hear that. Sports photography seems like a big part of this hobby and there's tons of passionate collectors
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There are a ton of photo collectors here and some of them are among the leading authorities in the field. But I assume many others who never got on the bandwagon.
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So if we make another section, for the millionth time, we will get a post every other day. Great. Steve- definitely not true. How about we make a dedicated photo section, and when it's dead, you can say I told you so? Seriously, we just had 2 new sections everyone seemed to want concerning game used. They were put out here and approximately 2 people responded in several days to a week. Is that good? .
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You're right it doesn't matter how long you have been here before you can make suggestions, but it's bad form at the very least to walk into somebody's house and ask if they have ever thought about rearranging the furniture, then being offended when they say they like it they way it is. There are photo threads in the memorabilia section, just as there are pin threads and pennant threads, one of the pennant threads is approaching TWO MILLION views, yet neither pins not pennants have their own section. We could have separate sections for every individual thing that we collect, but most of us think things work pretty well as they are, and occasionally changes are made. You sound more threatened by the past than Leon is stuck in it, if searching the forum for your interests is too complicated for you, then take a deep breath, relax, and dive in, I'm confident that you will enjoy your time here. Take care, Doug PS - that Aaron ball is pretty cool, but I will need more convincing that Guy Morton was only in camp (and happened to play) for one day. I'm not saying it didn't happen that way, I'm just saying I need more info. Either way it's a neat ball. PPS - there are people on here who have been researching specific thing for years if not decades, so while I appreciate the time and effort you put into researching that ball, two weeks isn't a time frame that I would acknowledge as "relentless". PPS - welcome again, and I look forward to seeing more of your finds and conversing about the stuff that interests all of us. PPPS - please don't take my attempts at constructive criticism the wrong way, I tend to be pretty blunt with my thoughts, while meaning no ill will (unless you're a Giants fan, hahahaha. (Sorry Rob, I had to go there) Last edited by doug.goodman; 05-18-2024 at 10:50 PM. |
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And as long as we're talking about photos, here is one that I like. I mentioned Hank Aaron in my previous post, but none of my Aaron stuff is a photo, so here's a Braves pic in honor of Mr. Aaron.
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Judging by the number of photo related posts on the main page, photos are a lot more popular these days than pennants and some other stuff. The primary issue I see, and it’s been discussed before many times, is that 75% of everything seems to end up on the first page. And I’m as guilty of that as anyone. It’s just easier and that’s where the eyeballs go. No one wants to post something on a page that doesn’t get the foot traffic. Last edited by Snapolit1; 05-19-2024 at 06:12 AM. |
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Hi Doug appreciate your response and I can see your point. Thanks for the welcome and I hope to gain alot more knowledge on here and see all the cool things people collect. About the Braves/Red Sox ball. I was able to pull up articles/rosters on all the spring training games that the Braves faced the Red Sox. There was only 1 game in Florida (March 10th) where Ben Flowers and Guy Morton were on the roster and played in the game. Both were quickly sent down to the minors. Guy Morton, who was invited by the red sox to sprint training in Florida, confirmed by his daughter never went to any other cities with the red sox as he had a ankle injury and was sent down to the minors in North Carolina until September when the red sox called him back up. He played 1 single game for the red sox and his career was over in the majors. |
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Doug- Amazingly I was able to find newspaper dated March 25th 1954 that talks about Guy Morton being sent to the minors. Which was 15 days after Hank's first start. The Braves didn't play the Red sox again until early April and none of those games were in Florida so Guy Morton wouldn't of been there. He was the key to dating the ball. Along with the Ben flowers.
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Guy morton
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Good work. Looks fairly conclusive, and I would tend to agree with your conclusion, but I'm curious if there were other days the teams crossed paths, the playing in the game part isn't relevant, it's all about being in camp (which doesn't necessarily mean being printed on the roster or playing in the game).
With no disrespect meant towards the daughter of Mr. Morton, her opinion on the happenings years before her birth are not something I put much weight on. When asked about wearing different numbers during his career, Stan Musial himself had no memory of ever wearing anything other than #6, yet there is documented evidence of him wearing #19. https://thecardinalnation.com/now-ba...tanley-musial/ Unrelated to your quest, I just realized that Guy and Stan both played their ML debut games on Sept 17, which is kind of weird, but not completely since I would guess that a large percentage of debut games happen in September. Also, did you know that Guy Morton's father Guy Sr. played 11 years for the Indians? Last in the dumb trivia department : your Guy Morton, also know as "Moose", was according to his Retrosheet stats 1/2 an inch shorter than I am, while being 5 pounds heavier. I have NEVER been referred to as "Moose" so if I want to be, I guess I need to gain those extra pounds. Last edited by doug.goodman; 05-19-2024 at 02:54 PM. |
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Hey Doug! That's funny. I would hate to have a nickname "moose". I'd always feel like I needed to wear a antler hat and crawl around on all fours.
So Guy's daughter got all this information from her mother (guys widow) who is still alive surprisingly. The only time the red sox and braves crossed paths was during spring training/exhibition games. But the games after March 10th that the red sox and braves would've played against eachother did not have "moose" . He was playing in North Carolina in the minors and wouldn't of played with the red sox until September when he was called back up. And the fact that the ball is PSA certified as a braves/Red Sox Spring Training Signed ball is pretty cool. Moose was only in Florida until March 25th and the Braves were busy playing other teams on the road then. I have alot of articles from 1954 to back up my research. I looked through tons of articles and rosters and March 10th was the only game Ben flowers was pitching against Hank (who's name is on the ball) and the only game Guy was catching during that exact game which Guy's daughter and widow confirmed he was playing that game that Hank hit his first homerun (have emails from his daughter) |
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A couple emails from Valerie Morton (Guys daughter)
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Article from March 19th 1954
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Cool stuff.
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