Hope everyone is healthy and doing well as we face today's challenges. I was just cleaning up my website
CooperstownExpert.com. It's an endless process.
Every once in a while I revisit a page that makes me happy. Today
Christy Mathewson's page make me smile. I'll post some of the images on the page here. Sorry they're uneven scan sizes.
Here's a description of each piece. At each player's name there's a link to their own specific page on the site. There's something for every baseball autograph collector there. Search for your favorite guys, enjoy, and feel free to tell me what you think of the site. As always, if you see an inaccuracy on the site, please let me know.
1. Book photo from Pitching in a Pinch autographed by
Matty.
2. Letter from
Matty's catcher Chief Myers. Vintage piece dated 5/14/1914, the day the Matty tied
Tim Keefe for #4 on the All Time wins list.
3.
Judge Landis signed letter from 4/18/1921 in which he praises
Matty,
Walter Johnson, and
Mordecai Brown.
4. Matty was traded for
Amos Rusie on 12/15/1900. This is Rusie's autograph. He's pretty tough to find.
5. Helping authenticate
Rusie's autograph is the reverse of it. It's postmarked from Seattle Washington on 6/1/1940, about 18 months before Ruise died there.
6.
Ford Frick signed letter dated 8/2/1939, two months after Hall's opening. He's responding to an autograph collector seeking Matty's autograph.
7.
Horace Stoneham letter date 4/27/1962 written to same collector still seaking Matt's autograph 23 years later.
8. Matty set the record for consecutive innings without a walk. This is the lineup card that hung in the dugout during the game
Greg Maddux broke the record 8