What is your most cherished piece, and why?

whitehse · #1 07-18-2013, 03:28 PM

I have a couple of items that are considered cherished.

My mom and dad would always try to take us to a few baseball games every year at Wrigley Field. I knew they didnt have much money and my dad would always say he got the tickets from "some guy" but I knew dang well my dad had to work some OT to get them for us. My dad always had a habit of buying a scorecard at every game he went and he would keep score like an offical scorer. Fast forward to the '80's when I was working for the Cubs. My dad still loved the game and I would take him to work with me every weekend and make sure he had great seats and a scorecard. I would pop in to check on him once in awhile and bring him something to drink but he always kept score at these games. A year or so ago I was cleaning out some of the "stuff" we had packed away and I found a stack of scorecards my dad had completed and instantly I was taken back to that time and in my minds eye I could see my dad, who has now been gone for 8 years, scoring the game with a huge smile on his face. It felt so good that I could give back to my dad in that way and to have those scorecards as reminders is just dang cool for me.

One of my other items is a ball that was hit by Ken Reitz of the Cardinals in '72 or '73 that my mom actually caught. I remember begging my mom to let me take my glove to the game but she would not let me as she felt I would lose it and besides....there is no way a ball will even come close to us. I have never let her forget this!

And finally, I have a small amount of cards I had as a child that I wrote the new team name on when the player was traded. I came across these a few years ago as well and I instantly put them in top loaders and put them next to my best cards.

Great memories and a great thread!!!!

Fred · #2 07-18-2013, 04:17 PM

Andrew,

Thanks for that... my crappy day at work is now forgotten... that's really cool about the score cards.

kmac32 · #3 07-18-2013, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whitehse

I have a couple of items that are considered cherished.

My mom and dad would always try to take us to a few baseball games every year at Wrigley Field. I knew they didnt have much money and my dad would always say he got the tickets from "some guy" but I knew dang well my dad had to work some OT to get them for us. My dad always had a habit of buying a scorecard at every game he went and he would keep score like an offical scorer. Fast forward to the '80's when I was working for the Cubs. My dad still loved the game and I would take him to work with me every weekend and make sure he had great seats and a scorecard. I would pop in to check on him once in awhile and bring him something to drink but he always kept score at these games. A year or so ago I was cleaning out some of the "stuff" we had packed away and I found a stack of scorecards my dad had completed and instantly I was taken back to that time and in my minds eye I could see my dad, who has now been gone for 8 years, scoring the game with a huge smile on his face. It felt so good that I could give back to my dad in that way and to have those scorecards as reminders is just dang cool for me.

One of my other items is a ball that was hit by Ken Reitz of the Cardinals in '72 or '73 that my mom actually caught. I remember begging my mom to let me take my glove to the game but she would not let me as she felt I would lose it and besides....there is no way a ball will even come close to us. I have never let her forget this!

And finally, I have a small amount of cards I had as a child that I wrote the new team name on when the player was traded. I came across these a few years ago as well and I instantly put them in top loaders and put them next to my best cards.

Great memories and a great thread!!!!

What great memories. I have a signed picture from Ernie Banks to me saying shine in 69 and a program my grandmother who worked for Paul Powell got when they were doing a drivers safety spot for the Secretery Of State for Illinois. Also have the original reel to real tape from these spots featuring, banks, Santo, Beckert and a few other Cubs. Have never listened to it as I do not have reel to reel capability to play it. Supposedly it has on it my Grandmother telling Santo he messed up his lines. I need to find a service to get the tape on a C/D so I can hear it. Go Cubs Go!

the 'stache · #4 07-18-2013, 09:49 PM

Some really amazing stories here, guys. I love the diversity of the pieces, too.

I hope more will share in the discussion.

JollyElm · #5 07-19-2013, 04:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whitehse

I have a couple of items that are considered cherished.

My mom and dad would always try to take us to a few baseball games every year at Wrigley Field. I knew they didnt have much money and my dad would always say he got the tickets from "some guy" but I knew dang well my dad had to work some OT to get them for us. My dad always had a habit of buying a scorecard at every game he went and he would keep score like an offical scorer. Fast forward to the '80's when I was working for the Cubs. My dad still loved the game and I would take him to work with me every weekend and make sure he had great seats and a scorecard. I would pop in to check on him once in awhile and bring him something to drink but he always kept score at these games. A year or so ago I was cleaning out some of the "stuff" we had packed away and I found a stack of scorecards my dad had completed and instantly I was taken back to that time and in my minds eye I could see my dad, who has now been gone for 8 years, scoring the game with a huge smile on his face. It felt so good that I could give back to my dad in that way and to have those scorecards as reminders is just dang cool for me.

One of my other items is a ball that was hit by Ken Reitz of the Cardinals in '72 or '73 that my mom actually caught. I remember begging my mom to let me take my glove to the game but she would not let me as she felt I would lose it and besides....there is no way a ball will even come close to us. I have never let her forget this!

And finally, I have a small amount of cards I had as a child that I wrote the new team name on when the player was traded. I came across these a few years ago as well and I instantly put them in top loaders and put them next to my best cards.

Great memories and a great thread!!!!

This made me feel really good. Awesome!!

deadballfreaK · #6 07-19-2013, 04:27 AM

Geez. This is a head scratcher. I just can't pick a favorite. Seems pretty obvious that one card would jump out, but it doesn't for me.

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