Detroit Tigers

April 1989 Plymouth, Mi

West Suburban Stamp Club Exhibition

April 1994 Commemorative postmarks honoring the  10th anniversary of the Detroit Tigers winning the World Series

April 11, 2000 Detroit, Mi

Opening Day - Comerica Park

The Tigers opened Comerica Park with a 2-5 record to face the Seattle Mariners, with a 5-2 victory

Brian Moehler would earn the won and Freddy Garcia took the loss

Seattle would get 1 RBI from Carlos Guillen

Detroit would get RBIs from Bobby Higginson (2) Greg Jefferies (2)

April 3, 2001 - Opening Day

Tigers lose their home opener 3-2 to the Minnesota Twins

Brad Radke earned the win, Jeff Weaver took the loss

April 2007 commemorative postmark honoring the 2006 League Champions

38th Plymouth Show

West Suburban Stamp Club, Plymouth, Mich

April 6, 2015 Detroit, Mi - Opening Day

The Tigers defeat the Minnesota Twins 4-0 at Comerica Park

The Tigers had home runs from JD Martinez and Alex Avila, RBIs from Nicholas Castellans (1), Avila (2) and Martinez (1)

David Price earned the win for the Tigers, with Phil Hughes taking the loss for the Twins

April 8, 2016 Detroit, Mi - Opening Day

The Tigers defeat the New York Yankees 4-0

Jordan Zimmerman pitched 7 innings for the victory, Luis Severino takes the loss

Tiger RBIs: Miguel Cabrera (2 - 1 home run) Anthony Gose, Jose Iglesias

1970 schedule meter slogan

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Winston Salem Pond Giants

Winston Salem Pond Giants business envelopes found on internet searches

The Pond giants are one of the oldest semiprofessional baseball teams in the country, first organized in 1914. The team name came from an area along the Northwest Boulevard and North Cherry Street that flooded after a reservoir broke in 1904.

Before the team integrated in 1956, the Pond Giants were a negro team of men, who held full time jobs and played in their spare time. The players were not salaried, but paid from gate receipts. Many of their games were played at Southside Park, although the Pond Giants traveled throughout the South playing other teams in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

As semipro teams popularity declined the Giants continued through to the 1998.

2007 the Winston-Salem Warthogs honored the Pond Giants at Ernie Shore Field

2016 the Pond Giants were honored by the Winston-Salem Dash (Carolina League), when the team wore jersey in honor of the Giants

2007.08 Winston-Salem Warthogs
2016.06 Tim Clodfelter, Winston-Salem Journal

Inside the Park - Reading Fighting' Phils

 signed by Dave Wallace, manager of the visiting Akron Rubber Ducks (Cleveland Indians affiliate)

I brought the Sluggers first day cover featuring Hank Greenberg, since he was the general manager of the Wilkes Barre Indians when the move to Reading was made

 signed by Brodie Greene #8, Ben Lively #19, coach Mickey Morandini (Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays)

MLB passport cancel

Jul 14, 2015 Reading Fighting Phils, Reading, Pa

Rubber Ducks defeated the Phils 5-1 after 5 scoreless innings. Ryan Merritt earned the victory and Ben Lively took the loss

FirstEnergy Stadium, was built as Reading Municipal Memorial Stadium in 1947, with the first game being played April 15, 1951 home to the Reading Indians, until 1961. They changed affiliations to the Red Sox 1963-1964 and then to the Phillies 1967- present)

Softball

1948 Amateur Baseball World Series - Managua, Nicaragua

November 20 - December 12, 1948

 1962 - Japan

17th National Athletic Meet 

1972 - Italy

Women's Intercontinental Softball Tournament

1982 - Taiwan

5^th National World Women's Softball Championships

1987 - Peoples Republic of China

6^th National Games held in Guangdong Province from Nov 20-Dec 5, 1987

designer of the commemorative envelope is Chen Shubin (Fang Tang)

Stamp Company of Guangdong Province

Softball - Commemorative Postmarks

1982 - Air National Guard Softball Tournament - Jacksonville, Florida

1987 - Softball Championship - Rome, Italy

1988 - Triple Crown Fever - San Antonio, Texas

1991 - Softball Championship West Beach, South Australia

1994 - Național ASA Women's Major Modified Tournament - Worton, Missouri

1996 - Centennial Women's Fast-Pitch Softball - Columbus, Georgia

Softball - 1995 Recreational Sports

Softball - 1995 Recreational Sports

USPS Commemorative Panel

USPS Souvenir sheet

Art craft

Postal Commemorative Society

Postal Commemorative Society - Gold Replica

Bevil cachet #/125

CCC

House of Farnum

Artmaster

These stamps showcase five recreational sports played by millions from the serious competitor to the amateur. 

Softball was invented in 1887 in Chicago, credited to George Hancock, to be played as an indoor variation of baseball. The ball used was softer than a baseball. A tournament held at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association of America would be founded in the same year.

Softball today played with variation of Fast-pitch, slow-pitch and modified has gone beyond the realm of just being a recreational sport. Softball made it's Olympic debut in 1996 Atlanta.

Softball is played in over 100 countries around the world. The European Softball Federation was formed in 1976

Celebrate the Century - 1903 World Series

Feb 5, 19998 Louisville, Ky

commemorative postmark