Joe D out on “historic photographs”

[kc19990]

On their fb page today


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[jingram058]

Looks like spaghetti carbonara to me. Yum. If that is what the young pre-Yankee Clipper is having there, yes sir, delicious!

[tedzan]

Feb. 21, Wire Photo





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[christopher.herman]

"... seeking a boost in pay commensurate with his importance to the club."

Adjusting for inflation a fair amount for Joe D. should be about $500,000,000 in today's dollars for a 10 yr contract. He probably still would have taken the Mr. Coffee spokesman money as well. Bless his heart, Joe never met a nickel that he didn't like. Gotta love him.

[jingram058]

Originally Posted by christopher.herman

"... seeking a boost in pay commensurate with his importance to the club."

Adjusting for inflation a fair amount for Joe D. should be about $500,000,000 in today's dollars for a 10 yr contract. He probably still would have taken the Mr. Coffee spokesman money as well. Bless his heart, Joe never met a nickel that he didn't like. Gotta love him.

He was pretty high in importance to his club. All he did that year was hit in 56 straight games. Then they spanked a good Dodgers team in 5 games. Red Ruffing said it best, "When you saw him standing out there, you knew you had a pretty darn good chance of winning the ballgame."

[tedzan]

I met Joe DiMaggio at a BB card Show in New Jersey on July 17, 1982. We had a pleasant conversation while Joe signed several items for me.

I reminded him.... "41 years ago today, your famous 56-game hitting streak was stopped by the Cleveland Indians".

He looked at me with a and said.... "how do you remember this, you amaze me".

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[todeen]

39 WS photo is from the George Michaels broadcaster collection.

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[Fred]

I've got a nice companion piece to this picture

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[todeen]

Originally Posted by Fred

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Fantastic piece! As a Reds fan, I can only say WOW! Jealous.

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[jingram058]

With the incredible card prices these days, one incredible value in memorabilia remains that anyone can afford...old baseball scrapbooks. Any given day there are numerous examples on eBay, many B-I-N for very reasonable prices. I now have a vast collection of them, all obtained over the past few years. They really help capture the era. This one covers 1936 to 1939, and is focused on the Yankees, and their 4 game sweep World Series of 1939. Whoever put it together did a beautiful job doing so, and I am mighty happy to have it. It is loaded with info and photos. With my high-value cards now in the safe deposit box, I thought with this Joe DiMaggio thread this would be appropriate.

[tedzan]

I had an interesting conversation with Billy Martin when I had him sign this photo in 1982 at the BB Card Show in Atlantic City.








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[BobC]

Originally Posted by jingram058

With the incredible card prices these days, one incredible value in memorabilia remains that anyone can afford...old baseball scrapbooks. Any given day there are numerous examples on eBay, many B-I-N for very reasonable prices. I now have a vast collection of them, all obtained over the past few years. They really help capture the era. This one covers 1936 to 1939, and is focused on the Yankees, and their 4 game sweep World Series of 1939. Whoever put it together did a beautiful job doing so, and I am mighty happy to have it. It is loaded with info and photos. With my high-value cards now in the safe deposit box, I thought with this Joe DiMaggio thread this would be appropriate.

Fantastic scrapbook and great pictures and stories James. As prices for cards seem to continue going through the roof, newspaper items like these may begin to take over as one of the areas vintage and pre-war "collectors" can still get into without mortgaging the farm. Great stuff, and shows a lot of love and care by whoever put that together.

[BobC]

Double post.

[todeen]

Originally Posted by kc19990

On their fb page today


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An important woman pointed out that today is national spaghetti day. In case someone didn't know.

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