Sports Stars : Pinch-Hit

2020-Feb-03 Kansas City MO - 10c Presort Star

Panda Cachet

 

Joe Mauer - Minnesota Stamp Expo

2024-Jul-21 Minnesota Stamp Expo Crystal MN

Two cachets celebrate Joe Mauer's induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown NY. The St. Paul native spent his entire career with the Minnesota Twins, and was elected to the Hall of Fame on his first ballot. The covers are franked with the 1969 Professional Baseball Centennial commemorative (Scott # 1381)

MN Stamp Expo

1942 World Series - 55th Anniversary

1997-Oct-05 Bronx NY

Yankee Stadium  (Bronx NY) - St Louis Cardinals (Sportsman's Park)

St Louis Cardinals 4 - 1 New York Yankees

The 1942 World Serie featured the defending champion Yankees against the Cardinals, with the Cardinals winning in five games for their first championship since 1934 and their fourth overall

European Baseball Championships - 1956

1956-Jul-10 Rome

1956 European Baseball Championship was held in Rome, Italy July 10:15, at the Motovelodromo Appio

The winner of the tournament was the Netherlands with Belgium as the runne-up

Other participants: italy, Spain, West Germany

Second European Youth Baseball Championship - 1993

1993-Jul-18

Second European Youth Baseball Championship was held in Liverno, Italy - 1993-Jul-18:25

Baseball Strike - 1985

1985-Aug-07 New York NY

The 1985 Major League Baseball strike was the fifth work stoppage in Major League Baseball since the 1972 Major League Baseball strike. The strike lasted only two days, August 6 and 7