Ticket collectors, show us your tickets !

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

I really like that Tom Cheyney 21 strikeout game ticket! I hope another pops up someday LOL

For those of you that didn't get Randall's inside joke:
I own the Cheney 21 K ticket because of an unselfish trade that the two of us made several years ago that cemented what has become a great friendship. Thanks again, Randall for filling this hole in my collection.

[bigfanNY]

Last Night I pulled out some stuff out of storage and saw a box that had some scrapbooks from the late 30's early 40's. They were from a Red Sox fan living in NYC. I know this because all the ticket stubs are from Yankee game and almost all the box scores are Red Sox. Taking a suggestion from a board member I am trying to get some stubs from Home run games from 500 HR club members to go on my display. So I start reading and find an early Williams and a nice Foxx stub. Then I get to this page....Joe Dimaggio ties Willie Keeler for consecutive hit streak. Field box stub so has date!! Streak stubs are rare and I have never seen this one before my new favorite stub... and my old favorite an 1885 Providence stub from their last year in the National League.

[Exhibitman]

These are just back from PSA:

[Bumpus Jones]

Great tickets everybody. Here's one of my faves.

[mcgwirecom]

Just snagged this one. Greatest game ever pitched. Kerry Woods 5th start and he gets a complete game, 20 strikeout, 1 hit shutout. And does it against the Astros who would win 102 games! According to Bill James' pitching "Game Score" system it rates a 105 with none higher. The only hit he gave up was an infield hit. the highest possible game score would be a 114. That would be a 27strikeout complete Perfect Game.

Game Score is a metric devised by Bill James to determine the strength of a pitcher in any particular baseball game. To determine a starting pitcher's game score:

Start with 50 points.
Add one point for each out recorded, so three points for every complete inning pitched.
Add two points for each inning completed after the fourth.
Add one point for each strikeout.
Subtract two points for each hit allowed.
Subtract four points for each earned run allowed.
Subtract two points for each unearned run allowed.
Subtract one point for each walk.

[gnaz01]

If I posted this before.... my 1912 World Series Ticket stub

[RTK]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

Just snagged this one. Greatest game ever pitched. Kerry Woods 5th start and he gets a complete game, 20 strikeout, 1 hit shutout. And does it against the Astros who would win 102 games! According to Bill James' pitching "Game Score" system it rates a 105 with none higher. The only hit he gave up was an infield hit. the highest possible game score would be a 114. That would be a 27strikeout complete Perfect Game.

Game Score is a metric devised by Bill James to determine the strength of a pitcher in any particular baseball game. To determine a starting pitcher's game score:

Start with 50 points.
Add one point for each out recorded, so three points for every complete inning pitched.
Add two points for each inning completed after the fourth.
Add one point for each strikeout.
Subtract two points for each hit allowed.
Subtract four points for each earned run allowed.
Subtract two points for each unearned run allowed.
Subtract one point for each walk.

I was at his next start, (a day late and a dollar short), he struck out 13.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

For those of you that didn't get Randall's inside joke:
I own the Cheney 21 K ticket because of an unselfish trade that the two of us made several years ago that cemented what has become a great friendship. Thanks again, Randall for filling this hole in my collection.

Randy is one of the hobby's good guys.

[Collectorsince62]

Here is one of my favorites - Babe Ruth's three home runs in Game 4 of the 1928 Series. As a Cardinal collector, it's ironic to have a favorite item depicting a Yankee sweep, but I have plenty of tickets with better outcomes for the Redbirds. I collected cards as a kid but I caught the ticket collecting bug when I worked as a ticket taker at Busch Stadium in the 70's. One day I was working next to one of the old timers and things were a little slow - the Cardinals did not draw nearly as well then as they do now - and I mentioned collecting tickets. Astonishingly, the guy reaches into his wallet and gives me a stub from the '46 World Series. He said he always carried it around but thought I would appreciate it more. I still can't believe it.

I have at least one ticket from each Cardinal World Series and a stub from each St. Louis All Star game, but a full ticket from Stan the Man's final game is my personal favorite. Would love to find a stub from his first game.

[mcgwirecom]

Beautiful Ruth 3 HR World Series ticket! It's really odd that in Ruths career he hit 3 HRs in a game 4 times total. Twice it happened in the World Series and the last time was when he hit his last 3 HRs of his career.

RTK- if you have your stub from the game it is actually a record. Most strikeouts over two consecutive starts 33.

Richard-Thanks for the kind words .

[Michael B]

I do not really collect tickets, but I do pick up a few that I find interesting and at what I consider a good price.

Bob Hayes wins the 100m dash at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. Still the only man to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl. (Michael Carter of the 49ers won a silver in shotput in 1984 and Super Bowl ring 5 month later)

The United States wins the gold medal in basketball at the 1968 Olympics. The team features 2015 Basketball Hall of Famers Spencer Haywood and Jo Jo White along with future star Charlie Scott.

Relative unknown Lindy Remigino of Hartford CT and Manhattan College wins the 100m dash at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. He barely made the U.S. team (by photofinish at the trials). He wins the finals in a photofinish in the closest 100m final in Olympic history. He wins by one inch. The final was so close that the 4th place finisher was only 14 inches behind.

Joan Benoit wins the inaugural women's Olympic marathon. A challenging ticket to find as it is the only athletics final that started that early. All others were in the afternoon.

Ticket to the memorial ceremony for the slain Israeli athletes and coaches at the 1972 Olympics. All athletic (track and field) events were cancelled that day. The 10 am admission ticket which would have been for preliminaries and heats was instead the admission ticket for the ceremony which was held in the Olympic Stadium.

[RTK]

Originally Posted by mcgwirecom

Beautiful Ruth 3 HR World Series ticket! It's really odd that in Ruths career he hit 3 HRs in a game 4 times total. Twice it happened in the World Series and the last time was when he hit his last 3 HRs of his career.

RTK- if you have your stub from the game it is actually a record. Most strikeouts over two consecutive starts 33.
Richard-Thanks for the kind words .

Yes, I have it, I've managed to save the vast majority of my ticket stubs, except those of the earliest games I attended ( unfortunately).