Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Hall of Fame - 2016 : Griffey, Piazza


2016-jul-24 Cooperstown NY Hall of Fame Inductions

Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 6, 2016; Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza were elected to the Hall of Fame.

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Hall of Fame - Cooperstown, NY

April 5, 1947 Cooperstown, NY

1979-Jun-12 Cooperstown NY 40th Anniversary
Postmaster General James Farley sells 1939 Baseball Stamp to Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis

1991 meter cancel




 

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Stamp Show : Professional Coin & Stamp Assoc of Long Island

1986-Nov-30 Deer Park NY
25th Anniversary New York Mets
1987-Mar-29 Deer Park NY
Ebbets Field - Home of the Brooklyn Dodgers
#11 Nick Tremark 1934-1936 Yonkers NY - Manhattan College

Monday, January 6, 2025

Pinch-hit : Toronto Blue Jays

1995-Jun-15 Kansas City Mo - Blue Jay first day of issue
Toronto Blue Jays cachet

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