Wednesday, April 25, 2018

NCAA - College World Series

1987 -- Stanford champions
1990 -- Georgia champions
1992 -- Pepperdine champions
1994 -- Oklahoma champions
1996 -- LSU champions
2010 - South Carolina champions postmark - Columbia, SC
2012 -- Arizona champions postmark - Tucson, Az

The inaugural College World Series was played in 1947 at Haymes Field, Kalamazoo, Mich. In 1949 the tournament  was moved to Wichita, Kansas. In 1950 the tournament again moved this time to Rosenblatt Stadium, Omaha, Nebraska and saw a total attendance of 17, 805 fans. In 2011 the game has been played at TD  Ameritrade Park in Omaha. 
The College World Series is the Division I Baseball Championship tournament

1987 NCAA World Series - ticket for session #1
Robin Venture in his second at-bat, he would extend his 58-game hitting streak in his next at-bat




Sunday, April 15, 2018

Babe Ruth Baseball





The Babe Ruth League is an international youth baseball and softball league. The league was founded with 10-teams in 1951 and has steadily increased it's membership to include 60,000+ teams.
The league consists five divisions: Cal Ripken Baseball (ages 4-12) Babe Ruth Baseball (13-18) Babe Ruth Softball (4-18) Bambino Buddy Ball )5-20) Xtreme Fastpitch (6-18)


Saturday, April 14, 2018

Inside the Park - Somerset Patriots


Jul 21, 2013 Somerset Patriots, Bridgewater, NJ
Smudge of dirt from behind home plate
signed by coach Fox Beyer, coach Shane Spencer (NY Yankees), Aharon Eggleston, Jim Hoey (Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins), Sparky Lyle (NY Yankees) Jonny Tucker, Darrell McCall, coach Charlie Leon..

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Robin Yount

Robin Yount spent his entire 20-year career playing shortstop and centerfield for the Milwaukee Brewers (1974-1993). Career batting average .285, hits 3,142 (the above cover commemorates his 3,000 hit on Sept 9, 1982), Home runs 251, RBI 1,406.

  • 3-time All-Star (1980, 1982, 1983)
  • 2-time AL MVP (1982, 1989)
  • Gold Glove Award (1982)
  • 3-time Silver Slugger Award (1980, 1982, 1989)
  • Baseball Hall of Fame (1999)

Milwaukee Brewers retired his jersey #19 on May 29, 1994
Robin Yount was included in the Granada baseball issue of 1989

Robin Yount was also included in a couple of baseball cards with embedded stamps
 2011 Topps Gypsy Queen
2012 Panini Signature Series

The Yount Collector