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[Scott Garner]

Thanks, Jimmy! As Jimmy stated, this thread is definitely in my wheelhouse.

Here are some of my all-time favorite tickets and scorebooks in my personal collection:

1) Ticket stubs from the last game of HOF'ers Sandy Koufax's 382 K Cy Young season in 1965 and Nolan Ryan's ML record 383 K season in 1973.

Koufax still holds the NL and lefty hurler record for a single season, although (future HOF'er) Randy Johnson got close a couple of times.

Nolan Ryan is a collecting focus of mine and I am biased, but IMHO I believe that his 383 K record is more impressive because he did it in the AL during the 1st year of the DH era (1973). In 1973 American League pitchers didn't have the luxury of padding their strikeout totals by pitching to other hurlers.

Note: Had a rainout in KC not washed out one of Nolan's starts in September, he might have possibly struck out 390-400 batters in 1973. Additionally, he was scheduled to pitch the final game in Anaheim in 1973, but still managed to break Koufax's record in spite of pulling a hamstring in the 383 K game. I was actually at this game and saw Ryan set the ML record.

2) Scorebooks/programs from Sandy's 382 K game and Nolan's ML record 383 K game

3) Dated parking pass from Ryan's 383 K game

[ramram]

Scott/Doug -

Yes, i've collected quite a number of scorebooks and this is my favorite. I just wish I owned the Kalamazoo Bats card of Manager Harry Wright where he is holding one of these scorebooks.

Rob

[mr2686]

Whitey Ford breaks Ruth's 43-year-old record for consecutive scoreless innings in the World Series.

[mcgwirecom]

First game Mickey Mantle wore #7

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

First game Mickey Mantle wore #7

Randall,
That's a awesome ticket! Hang on to it!

[Gary Dunaier]

Final home game of the Mets' first season, 1962. At the time, it was thought to be the final baseball game at the Polo Grounds - the radio broadcast of the game begins with Lindsey Nelson commenting, "Polo Grounds may never be the same, but [it] won't really matter very much because this is the final game of the season here, and the Mets are scheduled to open up next year at the new municipal stadium at Flushing Meadows." (As everyone knows, the Mets played another season at the Polo Grounds, and the new stadium, which we know as Shea Stadium, opened in 1964.)




Mickey Mantle's 27th- and 26th-to-last games - New York Yankees v. the California Angels at Yankee Stadium, August 27, 1968. This was a doubleheader. In the first game, the Yankees won 2-0 (Mantle went 0-for-3 but drove in a run). In the second game, California won 2-0 (Mantle was a pinch-hitter and struck out).




Nolan Ryan's 21st Major League game - New York Mets v. Atlanta Braves at Shea Stadium, September 3, 1968. This was a doubleheader. The Mets won the first game, 4-3 (Tom Seaver was the winning pitcher - he pitched 7 innings, gave up 8 hits, allowed 3 earned runs, and struck out 5). Atlanta won the second game 7-6 (Al Jackson got the loss; Nolan Ryan, in his 21st career game, pitched 4.1 innings, gave up 4 hits, allowed 1 earned run, and struck out 2).




Don Mattingly's 7th Major League game - New York Yankees v. Boston Red Sox at Yankee Stadium, October 3, 1982. Mattingly did not start but played left field and got one hit in four at-bats.




The "Pine Tar" game.




The Montreal Expos' final home win - Montreal Expos v. the Philadelphia Phillies at Olympic Stadium, September 24, 2004. The Expos defeated the Phillies 8-1. Sun-Woo Kim got the win, and Brett Myers got the loss. (After this homestand, the Expos would win 2 more games on the road, in New York.)




The Montreal Expos' final win, ever - Montreal Expos v. the New York Mets at Shea Stadium, October 2, 2004. The Expos defeated the Mets 8-1. Chad Cordero got the win, Gary Majewski got the save, and Braden Looper got the loss.

[Lordstan]

July 13, 1977 game program.
It was acquired and scored at the game by a much younger version of me. I was present at the game with my father.

This game was played on July 13, 1977. Ray Burris vs Jerry Koosman.
It was around 9:30 pm with Lenny Randle batting. The stadium went dark. You could see a little out the back that the whole area was dark, but nobody knew it was the whole of NYC that had lost power.
It was kind of surreal. For a while, everyone waited, figuring it was temporary. No one panicked. The organist, Jane Jarvis, played music. In a bit, a couple of cars were brought on to the field through the outfield fence. The headlights were put on to light up the field and a few players came out to run around and entertain us. I don't know who they were as we couldn't see them all that well.
A bit later, the news filtered in that the whole of NYC was blacked out. Most people hurried to their cars to get out of there. My dad drove home without any highway or street lights. There was lots of mayhem.

The blackout lasted until the next day. Power returned one area at a time starting around 7am. By 10:40 the power had been restored to the entire city. Unfortunately, this blackout was marked by extreme vandalism and theft.

Just read Koosman had 11 strikeouts when the lights went out.