Stamp Show - Spring Stamp Show '90

ASDA - Spring Stamp Fair '90

June 8, 1990 New York, NY

Same postmark was used for June 9 & 10, with cachets for football and basketball also available

San Francisco Stamp Fair

Feb 14, 1981 San Francisco, Ca

San Francisco Stamp Fair

Buggs Bunny Baseball

July 27, 2020 Burbank, Ca

The US Postal Service issued a set of 10 stamps, each picturing Bugs Bunny in his various roles. One of his most most memorable appearances came in Baseball Bugs, 1946 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical animated cartoon directed by Frtiz Freleng. Release date Feb 2, 1946. In the short feature, Bugs takes on the Gas-House Gorillas, singlehandedly.

The stamp artwork was developed in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, featuring work from Warner Bros. Animation Artists. Peter Browngardt provided the illustrations, Greg Breeding was the designer and William J Gicker served as art director fo the Postal Service

Peter Browngardt

Stamp Show - Tri-Code Ben Franklin

April 29, 1989 Westfield, Pa

Tri-Code Benjamin Franklin Stamp Fair

Jun 10, 1989 Cooperstown, Lou Gehrig first day on a Tri-Code fair envelope

Chan Ho Park

Apr 8, 1994 Los Angeles, Ca

Dodger Stadium

Atlanta Braves  6-0  LA Dodgers

Braves RBI: Terry Pendelton (3-HR) Fred McGriff (HR), David Justice (HR), Javy Lopez

Pitching: Kent Mercker (Braves - Complete game W) Pedro Astacio (LAD-L)

Chan Ho Park pitched 1-inning in relief

First Korean to play in the Major Leagues, signed with the Dodgers when he was a sophomore at Hanyang University, Seoul

MLB: 124W - 98L; 4.36 ERA; Strikeouts: 1,715

Innings pitched: 1,993 Games: 476: WAR:19.9

NPB: 1W-5L; 4.29 ERA; Strikeouts: 21

KBO: 5W-10L; 5.06 ERA; Strikeouts: 68

LA Dodgers (1994-2001, 2008) Texas Rangers (2002-2005)

San Diego Padres (2005-2006) New York Mets (2007)

Philadelphia Phillies (2009) New York Yankees (2010)

Pittsburgh Pirates (2010)

Orix Buffaloes (NPB-2011) Hanwha Eagles (KBO-2012)

All-Star 2001

Korean National Team

Gold Medal - Asian Games  (1998)

World Baseball Classic (2006)

Silver Medal - Asian Baseball Championship (2007)

Jose Canseco

April 8, 1986 Oakland, Ca

Minnesota Twins 3-2 Oakland Athletics

Twins RBI: Gary Gaetti, Mark Salas, Kent Hrbek

Oakland RBI: Dwayne Murphy, Tony Philips

Pitching: Frank Viola (Twins-W) Chris Codiroli (A's-L)

Jose Canseco played 29 games for the 1985 Oakland Athletics, achieving 29 hits in 96 at-bats, with 5 home runs. In his 1986 rookie season debut he had1 hit in 3 at-bats and 1 walk

Sep 23, 1989 Milwaukee, Wi

First player to achieve the 40/40 club

April 11, 1994 Arlington, Tx

While Horse artist proof (Ebay find)

Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 Texas Rangers

In his first home game for the Texas Rangers went 0-3, with 1 walk and 1 RBI

The Rangers would take the loss

Jose Canseco played for the Oakland Athletics (1985-1992, 1997) Texas Rangers (1992-1994) Boston Red Sox (1995-1996) Toronto Blue Jays (1999-2000) New York Yankees (2000) Chicago White Sox (2001)

Career Batting ave: .266; RBI: 1,407; HR: 462

• 6-time All-Star
• 2-time World Series Champion - 1989, 2000
• American League MVP - 1988
• American League Rookie of the Year - 1986
• 4-time Silver Slugger Award - 1988, 1990, 1991, 19998
• 2-time MLB Home Run Leader - 1988, 1991
• MLB RBI Leader - 1988

Jose Canseco was part of the St Vincent's 1989 series

Raul Mondesi

April 5, 1994 Los Angeles, Ca

Florida Marlins 3-4 LA Dodgers

Dodger Stadium

Marlins RBI: Kurt Abbott (2-HR), Jeff Conine (HR)

LAD RBI: Mike Piazza, Brett Butler, Jeff Treadway, Eric Karros

Marlins pitching: Charlie Hough (Start-6 innings) Jeremy Hernandez (L)

LAD pitching: Orel Hershiser (start-6 innings) Jim Gott (W)

Raul Mondesi, right field 0-4, rookie season

Mondesi appeared in 42 games in 1993 for the Dodgers

Batting ave .291, OPS .811, RBI - 10

He did not meet rookie eligibility for the 1993 season

Mondesi played 13 seasons for the LA Dodgers (1993-1999) Toronto Blue Jays (2000-2002)

New York Yankees (2002-2003) Arizona Diamondbacks (2003) Pittsburgh Pirates (2004)

Anaheim angels (2004) Atlanta Braves (2004)

• National League Rookie of the Year - 1994
• All-Star - 1995
• 2-time Gold Glove Award - 1995, 1997
• 2-time 30-30 club

Gabriel Electronics

 

Tiger Stadium - Detroit Tigers

Apr 20, 1992 Detroit, Mi

Tiger Stadium Anniversary

The Tigers were away on the stadium's anniversary

Baltimore Orioles 12-4 Detroit Tigers

Attendance 45,013 Camden Yards

Previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium - tiger Stadium was located in the Corktown section of Detroit. It served as home field for the Detroit Tigers from 1912-1999. The NFL Detroit Lions played at the stadium from 1938-1974

Tigers owner Frank Navin built the stadium on the site of the Tigers previous field, Bennett Park. Opening day was April 20, 1912, the same day as Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened.

Coming home after a 4-3 road trip, the Tigers opened Navin Field against the Cleveland Naps with a 6-5 extra-inning victory. George Mullin took the victory pitching  a complete game, Vean Gregg took the complete game loss for the Naps. 

Cleveland RBIs: Terry Turner, Buddy Ryan - 2 earned runs

Tigers RBIs: Jim Delahanty (3), George Mullin, Ty Cobb - 5 earned runs

The final game at Tiger Stadium was played on September 27, 1999

Briggs Stadium postcard

Ricky Horton - St Louis Cardinals

 

December 3, 1984 Greenville, Il

Benefit for the American Cancer Society

Ebay find: looks like a photo-copied cachet for a benefit fund raiser for the American Cancer Society, featuring St Louis Cardinals' Ricky Horton

Horton was a pitcher with the St Louis Cardinals (1984-1987, 1989-1990) Chicago White Sox (1988) Los Angeles Dodgers (1988-1989). 1984 won a career high 9 games as a rookie. Appeared in the 1985 and 1987 World Series  with the Cardinals and the 1988 World Series with the Championship Dodgers

Achieved his first major league hit off Nolan Ryan on May 21, 1984

Win-Loss records: 32-27, ERA 3.76, Strikeouts 319

Cy Young Award - 1996

Nov 12, 1996 New York, NY

Cy Young Award

Pat Hentgen, Toronto Blue Jays - American League

20 wins - 10 losses, 3.22 ERA, 265.2 innings pitched, 177 strikeouts, 94 walks

John Smoltz - Atlanta Braves - National League

24 wins - 8 losses, 2.94 ERA, 253.2 innings pitched, 276 strikeouts, 55 walks

American League runner-ups:

Andy Pettite - New York Yankees

Mariano Rivera - New York Yankees

National League runner-ups:

Kevin Brown - Florida Marlins

Andy Benes - StLouis Cardinals

Ernie Banks - In Memoriam

January 23, 2015 Chicago, IL

Bevil cachet

Born: January 31, 1931 Dallas, Tx

Died: January 23, 2015 Chicago, Il

Kansas City Monarchs (1951, 1953)

Chicago Cubs (1953-1971)

.274 bating average

2,583 hits

1,636 RBI

512 home runs

14-time All-Star

2-time NL MVP (1958, 1959)

Gold Glove Award (1960)

2-time NL Home Run Leader (1958, 1960)

2-time NL RBI Leader (1958, 1959)

National Baseball Hall of Fame (1977)

Chicago Cubs #14 jersey retired (1982)

Stamp Show - APEX : Aurora, Co

 

Bret Saberhagen

Sep 30, 1985 Kansas City, Mo

California Angels 1-3 Kansas City Royals

Angels RBI: Doug DeCinces

Royals RBI: George Brett 2 (HR); Jim Sundberg (HR)

Pitching: John Candelaria - Angels L; Saberhagen - Royals W (20-6)

November 11, 1985 New York, NY

Cy Young Award

Bret Saberhagen - Kansas City Royals (20-6)

Aug 26, 1991 Kansas City, Mo

No-Hit Game (5 strikeouts, 2 walks)

Chicago White Sox 0-7 Kansas City Royals

Royals Stadium

KCR RBI: Todd Benzinger 3; George Brett; Bill Pecota; Jim eisenreich; Kirk Gibson

 Brett Saberhagen

Kansas City Royals (1984-1991) New York Mets (1992-1995)

Colorado Rockies (1995) Boston Red Sox (1997-1999, 2001)

• Win-Loss: 167-117
• ERA: 3.34
• Strikeouts: 1, 715
• 3-time All-Star
• World Series Champion: 1985
• 2-time AL Cy Young Award: (1985, 1989)
• World Series MVP: 1985
• Gold Glove Award: 1989
• MLB Wins leader: 1989
• Sporting News Comeback Player of the Year Award: 1998
• Tony Conigliaro Award: 1998
• Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame: 2005

1988 - Grenada

1990 - Comoro Islands

Bret Saberhagen and Kevin Mitchell souvenir sheet

Baseball Is My Life

Stamp Show - SEPEX

April 15, 1989 Columbia, SC

SEPEX '89 - signed by Enos Slaughter

Columbia Philatelic Society

Chicago Cubs - National League Playoffs

 

October 4, 1989 Chicago, Ill

Notarized postcard to indicate that dirt from Wrigley field was applied to the postcard obtained during the 1989 National League Playoffs. 

This was part of a large auction lot of Cubs memorabilia

front of the Designer Prints postcard

Chicago Cubs - First Night Game

Aug 8, 1988 pictorial postmark commemorating the Cubs first night game

Aug 9, 1988 Chicago, Ill postmark

The first Chicago Cubs night game was scheduled to be played on Aug 8, 1988 abasing the Philadelphia Phillies. The Cubs were the last team to install lights at their field. Owner Philip Wrigley had planned to install lights in 1942, but plans were put on hold due to World War II. It would take the Cubs 46 years to play that initial night game

The game started and both teams played until a summer downpour ended the game. The Cubs were leading 3-1. The game was called and the first night game would take place the following night, Aug 9 with the New York Mets coming to town. The Cubs would defeat the Mets 6-4 before 36, 399 fans

The game scheduled for Aug 8, would be made up on Sept 5, as part of a double-header. The Phillies defeated the Cubs 4-3

Chicago Cubs - 1939 Baseball Centennial

June 12, 1939 Cooperstown, NY

unofficial first day cancel, signed by 14 members of the 1939 Chicago Cubs, The starting 9 on the front, with an additional 5 on the back

Found at Lofty auction site

Lofty

 

Providence Grays

1987-September-19/20 Warwick, RI - RIPEX

 The Providence Grays were a National League team, playing in Providence, Rhode Island from 1878 - 1885. The team played at Messer Street Grounds, winning the National league title in 1879 and 1884.

Following the 1884 season they won the first World Series over the New York Metropolitans of the American Association

9th South Pacific Games : 1991

June 26, 1991

9th South Pacific Games

designer David Delany-Savi Associates/T.J. Sipa

The South Pacific Games are a regional sporting event contested by members of the island countries in the South Pacific every 4 years. The inaugural games were played in 1963. 

18 sporting events were contested: Softball, Soccer, Boxing, Basketball, Golf Athletics, Swimming, Netball, Table Tennis, Weight-lifting, Board Sailing, Bowling, Tennis, Volleyball, Rugby-Union, Cricket, Squash and Hobie-Cat

Stamps: Softball, Cricket, Athletics, Rugby

 

Konni Mac - Roy Campanella

2021 - Konni Mackenzie

sketch by S. Preston

I have the fortune to attend NY Comic Con. This year I came across the booth of S. Preston, a fantastic artist who creates minimalist stadium art and ballpark princesses. He was kind enough to draw his new original character that he hopes will help promote baseball to the girls who go to the game with their dads.

I am sure she will be affectionally called Konni Mac!

Check out his work

S. Preston