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Thompson's 1951 HR ball
Posted By: jay behrens
I would have posted this on the GU board, but I Josh evans reads this board. This is a current thread running on SABR-l: |
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Thompson's 1951 HR ball
Posted By: J Levine
You might want to contact Glenn Codere, a collector in Scotland, and one of the people who is most knowledgeable about Bobby Thompson that I have ever known. In fact, I think he is co-authoring or helping research a book about Thompson's early career with the same WSJ writer you talked to. Drop me a note and I will send you his e-mail. |
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Thompson's 1951 HR ball
Posted By: identify7
The statement "I think anyone who was a kid in the 1950s or '60s would speculate that the Thomson ball was subsequently used in street games until it was lost, stolen, or destroyed from overuse" is not a statement which I agree with, and I was a kid during that period (and to a large extent, still am). |
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Thompson's 1951 HR ball
Posted By: Kieran
So then what would the kid have done with it if he didnt play with it? Do you think he ran home put it ina boxat the bottom of his closet hoping to cash in decades later? |
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Thompson's 1951 HR ball
Posted By: Paul
I don't understand how the kid picked up the ball after it rattled around for awhile, but also caught the ball on the fly. |
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Thompson's 1951 HR ball
Posted By: Chris Counts
During the middle ages, the selling of biblical relics reached absurb proportions. Every church in Italy owned a sliver of the true cross, just like every kid today now can own a sliver of his favorite player's game used bat embedded in limited edition card. It seems as though the selling of baseball memorabilia has also reached absurd proportions. From Joe Dimaggio's "streak bat" to Bobby Thomson's "home run ball," the marketplace is filled with charlatans misrepresenting baseball memorabilia. And it's not limited to bats and balls. Type "1933 Goudey Babe Ruth" into eBay and see how many obvious fakes, reprints and potentially shady sellers (no feedback, etc.) pop up. Buyer beware! |
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