Monday, February 23, 2026

Inside the Park - Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Railriders

Yankee Stadium FDC Jun 27, 2001
signed by Jonathan Holder, with MLB passport stamp from PNC Field Moosic, Pa
Railriders v Louisville Bats

2008  business envelope

Monday, February 16, 2026

Chicago Cubs : 1951


1951 Chicago Cubs - September Home Games schedule advertising post card courtesy o Local Loan Co

Friday, February 13, 2026

Central America and Caribbean Games : 1982 Cuba

1982-Aug-13 Santo Domingo
XIV Central American and Caribbean Games

The 14th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 7 to August 18, 1982, and included 2,420 athletes from nineteen nations competing in 25 different sports. Some events were held in Santiago de Cuba, Cienfuegos, and the eastern end of the island.
The mascot for the Games was Cuco, the Crocodile

Medalists
Dominican Republic : Gold
Cuba : Silver
Netherlands Antilles : Bronze
Panama
Venezuela
Nicaragua
Puerto Rico

Notable players:
Dominican Republic: Félix Fermín, Ramón Peña
Cuba: Lourdes Gourriel, father of Yuli Gurriel and Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

 

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Baseball to Los Angeles 84 : 1983 Florence Italy

1983-Jul-30 Florence Italy
Italian Baseball - Softball Federation
Philatelic Exhibition
Baseball to Los Angeles 84
Florence July 30-31 1983

Saturday, February 7, 2026

Japanese Baseball League : 1999

50 Years of Central League and Pacific League Baseball
Pacific League Mascots: Harry Hawk (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) Leo (Seibu Lions) Mar-Kun (Shiba Lotte Marines) Fighty (Nippon Ham Fighters) Neppy (Orix Blue Wave) Baffalead (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
Central League Mascots: Shaoron (Chunichi Dragon) Giabbit (Yomiuri Giants) Tsubakorou (Yoakult Swallows) Slyly (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) Hossie (Yokohama Bay Stars) Tolucky (Hanshin Tigers)

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club"  in 1934. NPB consists of twelve teams divided equally in two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, founded in 1949

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Central America and Caribbean Games : 1978 Colombia

1978-Jul-21 Santo Domingo

The 13th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Medellín, Colombia from July 7 to July 28, 1978, and included 2,605 athletes from nineteen nations, competing in 21 sports.

Medals: 
Cuba – Gold 
Nicaragua - Silver
Puerto Rico – Bronze 
Dominican Republic
Venezuela
Colombia
Netherlands Antilles

Notable Players:
Nicaragua - Porfi Altamirano, David Green 

Sunday, February 1, 2026

World Baseball Championship : 1988 Italy

1988-Aug-23 Florence : Italy v Spain

The 1988 Baseball World Cup was the 30th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament took place, for the second time, in Italy, from August 23 to September 7, and was won by Cuba – its 19th overall victory

There were 12 participating countries.
1 Cuba - Gold
2 United States - Silver
3 Chinese Taipei – Bronze
4 Japan
5 Canada
6 Puerto Rico
7 Nicaragua
8 South Korea
9 Italy
10 Netherlands
11 Netherlands Antilles
12 Spain

1988-Aug-24 Grosseto : Italy v Cuba
1988-Aug-26 Rimini : Italy v Korea
1988-Aug-30  Verona : Italy v Puerto Rico
1988-Sep-01 Torino : Italy v Taipei
1988-Sep-02 Novara : Italy v Canada
1988-Sep-03 Milan : Italy v United States