May Pickups

[71buc]

A recent 1971 Pirate addition to my collection

[mr2686]

Great pickup Mike. That will go great with your Pirates collection.

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by 71buc

A recent 1971 Pirate addition to my collection

Very nice, Mike!

[ooo-ribay]

Originally Posted by 71buc

A recent 1971 Pirate addition to my collection

Very nice, Mike. It's gotta be great to find something new that fits your one year focus.

BTW - I have a snipe set for something I've sought for 25 years.

[71buc]

Thanks Rob and good luck with your item!

[rholmes]

I managed to get the early NY Giants ticket lot in the recent REA auction, this era NYG being my main focus it was great to add 5 tix at once...hard enough doing it one at a time. But the gem of the lot, not really remarked upon it the lot description, is this stub from July 19, 1902...NY vs the Phillies at the Polo Grounds. This year/month was a watershed moment for baseball culminating in John McGraw leaving Baltimore in the AL and signing to be manager/player with the NL Giants. This game, July 19th, was his first as manager of the Giants. Coming with him from Baltimore were Joe McGinnity, Roger Bresnahan, Dan McGann, and Jack Cronin. On the 19th McGraw played shortstop, McGinnity pitched, Bresnahan caught, and McGann was at 1b...all playing their first games as Giants. If you had asked me what early NYG ticket I'd most like to have, this would have been it but I'd never have believed it even a remote possibility. But here it is. Remarkable that it's a printed-date ticket as well.

[pherbener]

Originally Posted by rholmes

I managed to get the early NY Giants ticket lot in the recent REA auction, this era NYG being my main focus it was great to add 5 tix at once...hard enough doing it one at a time. But the gem of the lot, not really remarked upon it the lot description, is this stub from July 19, 1902...NY vs the Phillies at the Polo Grounds. This year/month was a watershed moment for baseball culminating in John McGraw leaving Baltimore in the AL and signing to be manager/player with the NL Giants. This game, July 19th, was his first as manager of the Giants. Coming with him from Baltimore were Joe McGinnity, Roger Bresnahan, Dan McGann, and Jack Cronin. On the 19th McGraw played shortstop, McGinnity pitched, Bresnahan caught, and McGann was at 1b...all playing their first games as Giants. If you had asked me what early NYG ticket I'd most like to have, this would have been it but I'd never have believed it even a remote possibility. But here it is. Remarkable that it's a printed-date ticket as well.

Awesome pickup Ray! As a Matty and early Giants collector, I love it. Nice!!

[rholmes]

Thanks Paul!

[mcgwirecom]

Originally Posted by pherbener

Awesome pickup Ray! As a Matty and early Giants collector, I love it. Nice!!

Wow! So tough to find a dated ticket from that era let alone one with significance!

[DeafSports]

Such a beauty ticket. I had to check the box score to see if Luther "Dummy" Taylor pitched that game but didn't see any game played on July 19, 1902.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/t...e-scores.shtml

Game got postponed?

How much did it cost you? I would love to obtain Taylor's game played tickets.

Best,
Danny

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by rholmes

I managed to get the early NY Giants ticket lot in the recent REA auction, this era NYG being my main focus it was great to add 5 tix at once...hard enough doing it one at a time. But the gem of the lot, not really remarked upon it the lot description, is this stub from July 19, 1902...NY vs the Phillies at the Polo Grounds. This year/month was a watershed moment for baseball culminating in John McGraw leaving Baltimore in the AL and signing to be manager/player with the NL Giants. This game, July 19th, was his first as manager of the Giants. Coming with him from Baltimore were Joe McGinnity, Roger Bresnahan, Dan McGann, and Jack Cronin. On the 19th McGraw played shortstop, McGinnity pitched, Bresnahan caught, and McGann was at 1b...all playing their first games as Giants. If you had asked me what early NYG ticket I'd most like to have, this would have been it but I'd never have believed it even a remote possibility. But here it is. Remarkable that it's a printed-date ticket as well.

Remarkable find, Ray! Congrats to you on this great addition to your collection. Very cool!