Friday, January 3, 2025

Monday, December 30, 2024

Pres. Wm. Howard Taft - First Pitch

1985-Mar-29 Washington DC - Minisink Cover

75th anniversary of President William Howard Taft throwing out the first pitch of the Washington Senator's first game of the season
2021 Topps Now - Wm Howard Taft

 

Saturday, December 21, 2024

Paul Owens - Philadelphia Phillies

1984-Jul-18 Philadelphia Pa - Minisink Cover
1st anniversary of Paul Owens being named manger of the Phillies

Paul 'The Pope” Owens (1924 – 2003) - American Major League Baseball front office executive, manager, and scout. Earlier, during his playing career, Owens was a first baseman and catcher, and then a manager, in minor league baseball

Owens' entire Major League career was spent with the Philadelphia Phillies. He was the general manager and principal architect of the 1980 Phillies, who won the third National League (NL) pennant and became the first World Series champion in franchise history — breaking a 97-year streak of futility dating to the team's founding in 1883. Owens was general manager of the Phillies from June 3, 1972, through the end of 1984, and twice (1972; 1983–1984) added the title of field manager to his job description

In 1983, he took the managerial reins of the Phillies in mid-season and led them to their fourth pennant, but lost to the Baltimore Orioles in the 1983 World Series. After his tenure as manager ended the following year, he remained with the team as an advisor and scout for the rest of his life

Monday, December 16, 2024

Show Postmark : Glenpex Sta - Melrose, Il - 1989

150th Anniversary of Baseball
1839-1989
Glen Ellyn Philatelic Club
Glenpex 89 Sta - Melrose Park, Il
Feb 24, 1989

 

Saturday, December 14, 2024

San Francisco Giants: 1989 Strike Out ALS


1989-June-15 Candlestick Park - San Francisco Ca
Strike Out ALS

Cincinnati Reds 5-4 San Francisco Giants
CIN RBI: Paul O'Neill 2 (HR); Eric Davis 2 (HR); Rolando Roomes
SFG RBI: Robby Thompson 2 (HR); Will Clark; Kevin Mitchell
Pitching: CIN - Norm Charlton (W 1-inning) SFG - Rich Gossage (L 0.2-innings)

 

Thursday, December 12, 2024

Ben Kraft - cachet artist

Washington Nationals - 1965 Liberty Bell non-profit FDC

Willie Keeler - 1971 Liberty Bell non-profit FDC

Frank "Home Run" Baker - 1973 Liberty Bell FDC

Clark Griffith - 1974 Liberty Bell FDC

Ben Kraft hand-drawn cachet

 

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Ball Ground, Ga - poster stamp

Ball Ground, Ga - 1939 - John Coulthard poster stamp on cover

Ball Ground is a city in Cherokee County, Georgia, United States. The city was originally Cherokee territory before they were removed from the land and it was given to white settlers. A railroad was built in 1882 and a town was formed around the resulting railroad stop. The town was incorporated on January 1, 1883, and became an industrial-based economy largely centered around its marble industry until around the mid-20th century

 John Coulthard was a producer and artist on cachets for first day cover, naval covers and a set of poster stamps on envelopes with strange town names: Ball Ground, Ga - Gasoline, Tx - Bald Knob, WVa - Hell's half Acre, Wy - among the list


John Coulthard Naval Cover Museum

Monday, December 9, 2024

All-Star Game - 1998 Denver

 

1998-Jul-07 Denver Co - Coors Field

American League 13-8 National League
MVP: Roberto Alomar (BAL)



Friday, December 6, 2024

Field of Dreams - Dyersville Ia : 2021

2021-Aug-12 Dyersville Ia - Field of Dreams
New York Yankees 8-9 Chicago White Sox
NYY RBI: Aaron Judge 5 (2HR); Giancarlo Stanton 2 (HR); Brett Gardner (HR).
CHW RBI: Tim Anderson 3 (HR); Eloy Jiménez 3 (HR); Seby Zavala 2 (HR); José Abreu (HR)
Pitching: NYY – Zach Britton (L 0.1-innings) CHW – Liam Hendricks (W 1-inning 3k)


Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Home Run Record - Back-toBack

Aug 6, 1992 San Diego - Jack Murphy Stadium
Houston Astros 5-7 SD Padres
HOU RBI: Brian Williams; Juan Guerrero; Jeff Bagwell (HR); Casey Candaele; Ernie Riles
SDP RBI: Gary Sheffield 5 (2HR); Fred McGriff 2 (2HR)

Gary Sheffield and Fred McGriff hit back-to-back home runs in the first two innings of the 7-5 victory

Monday, December 2, 2024

Baseball Card Show : Boston

1986-Nov-01 Burlington - Greater Boston Sports Collector's Club Memorabilia Convention

 

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Boston Red Sox

 

1987-Apr-20 Boston Ma
Since 1912, Fenway Park has been the ballpark of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934


2001-May-27 Boston - 100th Anniversary Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox - founded in 1901 as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the team's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since 1912

For seven seasons, the AL team wore dark blue stockings and had no official nickname. They were simply "Boston", "Bostonians" or "the Bostons"; or the "Americans" or "Boston Americans" as in "American Leaguers", Boston being a two-team city. Newspaper writers of the time used other nicknames for the club, including "Somersets" (for owner Charles Somers), "Plymouth Rocks", "Beaneaters", the "Collinsites" (for manager Jimmy Collins)", and "Pilgrims". The name Red Sox refers to the red hose in the team uniform beginning in 1908

2004-Oct-21 Bronx NY - Yankee Stadium
Boston Red Sox over New York Yankees (4-3)


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1946
1962

Friday, November 22, 2024

Andre Dawson

April 15, 1993 - 400th Home run

Andrew Dawson played for the Montreal Expos (1976-1986) Chicago Cubs (1987-1992) Boston Red Sox (1993-1994) Florida Marlins (1995-1996)
  • National League Rookie of the Year (1977)
  • National League Home Run Leader (1987)
  • National League RBI Leader (1987)
  • National League MVP (1987)
  • 8-time Gold Glove Award
  • 4-time Silver Slugger 
  • 8-time All-Star
  • Montreal Expos jersey #10 retired
  • Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame - 2004
  • Hall of Fame induction - 2010

Wednesday, November 13, 2024

MiLB AAA-afiliates All-Star Game : 1990

1990-Jul-11 Las Vegas Nv
Cashman Field (home of the Las Vegas Stars)
National League 8-5 American League

The American Association's award went to Oklahoma City 89ers outfielder Juan Gonzalez for his two run homer in the 3rd, he would finish the game going 2-5. Syracuse Chiefs second basemen Luis Sojo won the International League award going 4-5 with a triple and a run scored. Eddie Williams of the home town Las Vegas Stars won the award for the Pacific Coast League going 1-2 with a RBI, run scored and a stolen base

Monday, November 11, 2024

Stamp Show - Susqpex

1989-Oct-21 Harrisburg Pa - Susqpex

1991-Nov-02 Camp Hill Pa - Susqpex

Camp Hill/Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Valley Stamp and Postcard Club

 

Thursday, November 7, 2024