June Pickups

[Forever Young]

Originally Posted by Scott Garner

June is starting out to be a great month for pickups, as I was able to scratch a great ticket off my want list.

On Sept. 11th, 1946 starting pitcher Johnny Vander Meer, of Double No-Hit fame, ended up pitching in one of the great epic pitching battles of all-time against Dodgers starter Hal Gregg & Co.
Vandy pitched the first 15 innings of what ended up being a 0-0 tie against the Bums at Ebbets Field, ending after 19 innings due to darkness. Vandy's Reds reliever teammate & close friend Harry Gumbert pitched the final 4 innings. For the record, the Bums used a total of 4 pitchers in this pitching marathon.

After 71 years, this still stands as being a ML record for the longest game resulting in a 0-0 tie.

This would prove to be one of Vandy's greatest games as he set career highs in innings pitched (15 innings), strikeouts (14) and a miniscule 2 walks.

I was able to pair an exceedingly rare full ticket to this game to a press photo taken of Reds hurlers Vandy and Gumbert immediately after the game.

Said it before and I'll say it sgain; one of my favorite collections. Great pickup!

[ooo-ribay]

Great ticket, Scott! Did they not resume the game because it was late in the season and both teams were "out of it"?

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

Great ticket, Scott! Did they not resume the game because it was late in the season and both teams were "out of it"?

Rob,
Thank you.
Interesting question. As stated in my previous post, it was a day game and was called due to darkness.
It's amazing that the 19 inning game only lasted about 4 1/2 hours, which by today's standard was crazy fast.
9 inning games today can easily take 4+ hours. Times have certainly changed...

Since lights were available at Brooklyn since 1938 and the game was played in 1946, I actually puzzled over why they just didn't turn on the lights to let the game play out. I came to the conclusion that at this point in time, night games perhaps were still being billed as special events. In 1946 it appears that only 29/78 games in the home schedule being played under the lights. The other thing to possibly consider is that likely turning on the lights required special set up and preparation since they were not an everyday occurrence.
Perhaps the logistics prevented it? I'm not really sure...

[Scott Garner]

Originally Posted by Forever Young

Said it before and I'll say it sgain; one of my favorite collections. Great pickup!

Thanks Ben & Paul!

[yankeesjetsfan]

Nice pick ups everyone!

Mike

[brookdodger55]

Brooklyn Dodgers Pickups

[irv]

Originally Posted by brookdodger55

Brooklyn Dodgers Pickups

Very nice!

[yankeesjetsfan]

Awesome Brooklyn Dodgers pickups.

Mike

[brookdodger55]

Thanks to above collectors

[Dewey]

First card to match photo. Not quite Ben's level.

[EYECOLLECTVINTAGE]

Originally Posted by brookdodger55

Brooklyn Dodgers Pickups

That ebbetts field sign is killer. Beautiful dodger pick ups!!!