World Series - 1988 : Oakland Athletics v Los Angeles Dodgers

1988 National League Playoffs

Oct 4, 1988 Los Angeles - Game 1

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Mets 4 games to 3

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1988 American League Playoffs

The Oakland Athletics defeat the Boston Red Sox 4 games to none

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1988 World Series - Los Angeles Dodgers v Oakland Athletics

Oct 15-20, 1988

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles) - Oakland-Alameda County Stadium (Oakland)

Dodgers defeat the A, 4 games to 1

MVP - Orel Hershiser (Dodgers)

AJS cachet

Gateway cachet

Philadelphia Phillies - 2000

April 10, 2000 Philadelphia, Pa - Veteran's Stadium

Phillies 9-7 New York Mets

Phillies start the season on the road, and come home with a 3-4 record

Phillies RBI: Mike Lieberthal 3 (HR), Ron Gant 2, Alex Arias, Rico Brogna, Doug Glanville

Meets RBI: Mike Piazza 2, Edgardo Alfonzo, Todd Zeile, Jon Nunnally

Phillies pitching: Paul Byrd (Starting - 4.1 innings) Amaury Telemaco (W)

Mets pitching: Bobby Jones (Starting - 4 innings) Rich Rodriguez (L)

US President Jimmy Carter - Softball

Softball was President Carter's passion. during his vacations in Plains, Georgia, he would often organize softball games with his Secret Service security detail

1934 - Xth Far Eastern Championship Games

 

May 16-20, 1934 Manila, Philippines

Rizal Memorial Field

Baseball was included as one of the 3 stamps issued for the 1934 games

Rizal baseball stadium postcard

Rizal Memorial tennis stadium

1934  - X-th Far Eastern Championship Games, athletic competition between China, Japan, Dutch East Indies and the Philippines. The event proceeded the current Asian Games

Eight sports were contested during the four-day event: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Diving, Soccer(Football), Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball

Baseball Card Show : Pennsylvania

Sep 21, 1985 Lake Harmony, Pa

Stamp Show - APS 2006 : Des Plaines, Il

APS Stamp Show

Aug 24-27, 2006 Des Plains, Il

Baseball Sluggers cachet art by Chris Calle

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

2020-Jul-27 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

FDC Online

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

1984-Apr-08 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

1986-Apr-08 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

1989-Sep-23 Milwaukee, Wi

First player to achieve the 40/40 club

1994-Apr-11 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

Los Angeles Dodgers - 1994 Opening Day

1994-April-05 Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles, Ca

Florida Marlins 3-4 LA Dodgers

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

1996-Nov-12 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

2015-Jan-23 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