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Jimmy,
Very cool -- didn't realize you collect bats too! Here's a Williams gamer from the late 40s and the lathe bat used to make store models. Greg |
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Were you able to snap a picture of Ted while you were there?
The piece was gotten for me as a birthday present request by a person who knew Ted very well--then Sports columnist & reporter for the Providence Journal Bill Parrillo (RIP Bill), who went south & covered the Red Sox every yr at spring training.
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Russ/Wallace Berrie figurines that were popular in the 1960s and 1970s. I assume this one, dated 1970, that I just picked up at a thrift store is intended to represent "Teddy Ballgame" - note the "B" on the hat and the "9" on the back of the shirt.
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Since Mark (perezfan) posted his beautiful Ted Williams, Cereal Premium Ring in my "Premiums" thread, I'll post mine here...
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At the plate. Muni 1948;
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Here's something different -- foul ball hit by Teddy Ballgame in 1959. This comes from a large collection of fouls balls snagged by a Cleveland man who had season tickets in the front row down the third base line at Municipal Stadium. Williams and Mantle are the only stars -- most are from guys like Jerry Lumpe, Earl Battey and Willie Kirkland. They are all dated between 1959 and 1963.
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Signed at the 500 HR show in AC
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Ain't the batter in the photo batting right handed but Ted batted lefty. |
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If you went by the captions a couple of them were a little tricky--like Pesky was the reg SS & only played a few games at 3rd, while Boudreau played some at all 3 --SS, 3rd & 2nd--and Vern Stephens was the reg 3rd baseman.!
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Quote:
Warming up at Fenway c1949.
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