April Vintage Pick-ups

[mcgwirecom]

Snagged these negatives of Mantle's last ever at bat. September 28th, 1968. Mickey popped out to short in the first and was taken out for the ovation. Last time he ever swung the bat.

[perezfan]

Nice Pennants, Dave and Joe!

Here's a cool (and huge) Easel-back Ad Sign that I recently picked up...

[39special]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Nice Pennants, Dave and Joe!

Here's a cool (and huge) Easel-back Ad Sign that I recently picked up...

I like the sign.How big is it?

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by 39special

I like the sign.How big is it?

It's about 24" wide by 28" high by 6" deep... thanks

[Joe Hunter]

Great sign! I've seen a couple of PF generic sports signs lately, but they didn't have the baseball players. Those are tough!

[GKreindler]

GREAT negatives, Randall. I have a nice scan of him walking to the dugout that's begging to be painted.

Graig

[mcgwirecom]

Thanks, yeah I think that would be a good one. According to the boxscore he was taken out after that at bat. I assume it was to get the ovation, but I am not 100% sure. Anyone know if he went out to his position in the bottom of the inning? If he did then that would be the last walk to the dugout.

[seattlerainiers]

Mark's post inspired me to drag out my PF sign.

[yanks12025]

Not sure how long I'll be keeping this one. But a 1930 game used bat of Frank "lefty" O'doul. Bat is in great shape, uncracked and just shows acouple ball and cleat marks.

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by seattlerainiers

Mark's post inspired me to drag out my PF sign.

Spectacular, Dave...

That particular one may be best of the bunch. Condition looks amazing as well

[mjkm90]

Fantastic Piece Mark!!! I love it

Originally Posted by perezfan

Nice Pennants, Dave and Joe!

Here's a cool (and huge) Easel-back Ad Sign that I recently picked up...

[perezfan]

Thanks Mike!

Not an incredibly early piece, but it captures that romantic "golden era" of Baby Boomer Baseball

[GKreindler]

Randall,

I bet that the shot of him coming back to the dugout is after the at bat, and that he didn't take the field in the bottom of the inning. The NYTimes article from the next day makes a mention of Mantle having a sore right knee and ankle, and Houk only wanting him to take one swing that day, and only one the next. However, since he wasn't put in the next day, I guess he wasn't doing well enough to take that last swing. I would gather that no big deal was made of him coming back to the dugout after the pop out on the 28th, being that he played the full game the day before (though there is mention of him receiving a standing ovation during his first at bat of THAT game). What you probably have there is the final moment that Mantle was on the field during a game.

It's too bad we can't find out for sure whether the PA made an announcement when the Yanks took the field in their half. So of course, this is all just conjecture, but in my head, it seems to make some sort of sense. Then again, I just got back from the gym and my brain is noticeably fried.

Graig

[mcgwirecom]

Originally Posted by GKreindler

Randall,

I bet that the shot of him coming back to the dugout is after the at bat, and that he didn't take the field in the bottom of the inning. The NYTimes article from the next day makes a mention of Mantle having a sore right knee and ankle, and Houk only wanting him to take one swing that day, and only one the next. However, since he wasn't put in the next day, I guess he wasn't doing well enough to take that last swing. I would gather that no big deal was made of him coming back to the dugout after the pop out on the 28th, being that he played the full game the day before (though there is mention of him receiving a standing ovation during his first at bat of THAT game). What you probably have there is the final moment that Mantle was on the field during a game.

It's too bad we can't find out for sure whether the PA made an announcement when the Yanks took the field in their half. So of course, this is all just conjecture, but in my head, it seems to make some sort of sense. Then again, I just got back from the gym and my brain is noticeably fried.

Graig

OK, thats sounds about right. I always wondered wny he didn't play the last game. I thought maybe they would do like the Red Sox did with Ted Williams and not play him on the away games so the home crowd got to see his final at bat. But Mantle was not even sure he was retiring so i guess this was really no big deal.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

Snagged these negatives of Mantle's last ever at bat. September 28th, 1968. Mickey popped out to short in the first and was taken out for the ovation. Last time he ever swung the bat.

Can't do much better than that for pinning a piece to a specific moment in time! Very cool

[Section103]

Pat Olsen played with the Yankees in the early 20s, quit, went on to a career in oil, and eventually donated $$$$ to build the Texas A&M baseball stadium named in his honor. So while it's obscure, it's a huge find for me.

[Runscott]

Cool Olsen pick-up. We were watching A&M vs Alabama this weekend and it reminded me of the opening of that stadium. For four years I had watched A&M's baseball games from the upper deck of the football stadium (before they added the third deck to Kyle Field), which formed the right-field wall of the baseball field. Pat Olsen stadium opened during my senior year (possibly my 2nd one) and was such a contrast - beautiful stadium, ball girls running around trying to find the foul balls we quickly hid. Great times. Mark Thurmond (later a Padre) was our star pitcher during those days.

[Section103]

Great times indeed. That was Kyle to Olsen was a huge change. Olsen to Blue Bell was another big leap. Lots of fun times. They need to get it together though.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Section103

Great times indeed. That was Kyle to Olsen was a huge change. Olsen to Blue Bell was another big leap. Lots of fun times. They need to get it together though.

I was referring to the opening of Pat Olsen - I didn't realize they had built another stadium!

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

Snagged these negatives of Mantle's last ever at bat. September 28th, 1968. Mickey popped out to short in the first and was taken out for the ovation. Last time he ever swung the bat.

GREAT pickups, Randall! Congrats!