Baseball in the 30s

[Runscott]

Great project, Sean.

[Lordstan]

Very nice Sean.
Personal letters are some of the best stuff out there. These two are bittersweet. It's nice they were able to respond to you to at least tell you what was going on. These older athletes are really great. Whenever one passes, it feels like our hobby dies a little. Most of them were so gracious and appreciative of the fans. In that generation, for every one Willie Mays or Joe D, there were dozens of Gehringers, Doerrs, and on and on. I even had Gene Conley and Ted Lindsay call me personally to make sure they had the right person to send the items back to. Conley had found a package he had "lost" for a month and when he found it, wanted to make sure I knew he was sending it. Lindsay wanted to ask about what I had sent and just chat about sports and hockey specifically. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by both calls. I doubt any ballplayers from today would do that.

Donald Honig has some great books in the 80's. I did not do the 30's book, but I did get his "American League" and "National League" books signed as I went to shows in the 80's

I don't have the NL book scanned, but here are some highlights from the AL book. This link is the album with all the scans.
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmxp7Yvx

[saltbox68]

Gene Conley was the best. A real gentleman, humble, funny and with an understanding of what's really important in this world. He died not too long ago after a life of great achievement.

[milkit1]

Thanks guys! Yeah the Honig books were great to get signed. I also did the 100 best hitters and pitchers books. I mailed my 30s book so much it started to come loose at the spine. My dad fixed it but I finally got discouraged from mailing it after about 2 years. Here is a really sad letter from Ad Liska made even worse for me by the fact that I didnt keep in touch. 20181211_191737.jpg

[milkit1]

Great autographs Mark! Love seeing these books signed! Here is an interesting one. When I was 14 I wrote Tony Cuccinello and asked if I could meet him. This was the response back. However when I got to Florida and called, his wife said he wa sin the hospital. He got better but I missed the chance at meeting someone whom was in the first all-star game and on a 1933 Goudey and never got him in my book. Stiil a great little note

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[jgmp123]

Love these letters guys! Not from the 1930’s, but here’s a response I got back from one of the great baseball ambassador’s Carl Erskine. Carl suggests we meet for breakfast at IHOP. We did and it was a great experience filled with some amazing conversation from a guy as sharp as a tack!

[milkit1]

That's great! IHop with a legend!

[mr2686]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

Love these letters guys! Not from the 1930’s, but here’s a response I got back from one of the great baseball ambassador’s Carl Erskine. Carl suggests we meet for breakfast at IHOP. We did and it was a great experience filled with some amazing conversation from a guy as sharp as a tack!

Good decision to go to IHOP and not Denny's because a pitcher should always try to avoid the grandslam breakfast. LOL