Ken Griffey Jr : 2008

2008-Jul-16 Washington DC

Despite being ranked second in the National League All-Star voting for outfielders for most of the first half of the season, Griffey finished fourth with 2,907,746 ballots, 87,000 votes behind Kosuke Fukudome. He was not selected to the All-Star Game as a reserve. At the All-Star Break, Griffey was batting .239 with 12 home runs and 42 runs batted in. "I always have a backup plan... If you can't hit a tough lefty, bunt. If you can't hit a tough righty, bunt. If you can't go to the All-Star Game, go to the Bahamas," Griffey said.

2008-Jul-15 Bronx New York – Yankee Stadium - 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 79th midseason exhibition between the all-stars of the American League and the National League, the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. 

 

Hall of Fame - 2006: Sutter

2006-July-30 Hall of Fame Induction, Cooperstown, NY

Bruce Sutter - 1976-1988

Chicago Cubs;  St Louis Cardinals; Atlanta Braves

The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, voting Bruce Sutter into the Hall.

Sol White Induction

2005-Jul-26 the Hall announced that its board of directors had approved a special election to be held in 2006, by the Committee on African-American Baseball, of Negro leagues and pre-Negro leagues candidates. The Committee selected 17 players and executives for induction: Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, José Méndez, Alex Pompez, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristóbal Torriente, Sol White, Jud Wilson, Effa Manley, owner of the Newark Eagles from 1935 to 1948; Cum Posey, owner of the Homestead Grays from 1920 to 1946; J. L. Wilkinson, owner of the All Nations and Kansas City Monarchs teams from 1912 to 1948.

Hall of Fame - 1981 : Gibson, Mize, Foster

National Baseball Hall of Fame

1981-Aug-02 Cooperstown NY

Bob Gibson 1959-1975 - St Louis Cardinals

St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

Johnny Mize - 1936-1953

St Louis Cardinals; New York Giants; New York Yankees

St Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

Rube Foster - 1902-1914

Chicago Union Giants; Cuban X-Giants; Philadelphia Giants; Leland Giants; Chicago American Giants;  Louisville White Sox

Manager: Leland Giants; Chicago American Giants; Louisville White Sox

Negro Leagues President, founder

198-Aug-02 Cooperstown NY

Ernie Harwell - Sportscaster - Ford C Frick Award

 

Lou Brock Day : St Louis Cardinals

1979-Sep-09 St Louis - Busch Stadium

Lou Brock Day - Jersey Retirement #20

Montreal Expos 4 - 1 St Louis Cardinals

Lou Brock 0-2 (2BB)

MON RBI: Rodney Scott, Larry Parrish, Gary Carter (HR), Ellis Valentine

STL RBI: Ted Simmons (HR)

Pitching – MON: Rudy May (W 5.22-innings) STL Pete Vuckovich (L 7-innings)

At the end of the 1979 season, Brock was named the National League Comeback Player of the Year — the first player to be so named in his final Major League season 

World Series - 2014 : SF Giants v KC Royals

2014-Oct-21:29

Kauffman Stadium (Royals) – AT&T Park (Giants)

MVP: Madison Baumgarner (SFG) Bumgarner pitched 21 innings in the 2014 World Series and allowed just one run, giving him a series ERA of just 0.43

The Giants defeated the Royals four games to three.This was the second World Series in history in which two wild card teams faced each other

Arizona-Mexico League

The Arizona-Mexico League was a Minor League Baseball league active fro 1955-1958. The envelope depicts a blue drawing of a baseball player with people in stands behind him. Above that is "Arizona-Mexico League Professional Baseball". The address is east Broadway, Tucson, Arizona. the envelope is postmarked May 26, 10PM, 1957 Tucson Arizona

Arizona Memory Project

Roberto Alomar

1998-Jul-07 Coors Field Denver Co

2011-Jul-24 Cooperstown NY - Hall of Fame Induction

PMW8-24B #/20 cachet

Roberto Alomar Velázquez - Puerto Rican second baseman who played in Major League Baseball for seventeen seasons (1988-2004) San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets, Chicago White Sox,Arizona Diamondbacks. 12-time All-Star, 1998 MVP. 

10 Gold Glove Awards - 4 Silver Slugger Awards. Inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame 2011

 

World Series - 2008 : Philadelphia Phillies v Tampa Bay Rays

2008-Oct-22:29

Tropicana Field (TBR) - Citizens Bank Park (PHI)

MVP: Cole Hamels (PHI)

2008 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2008 season. The 104th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Philadelphia Phillies and the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays; the Phillies won the series, four games to one.  

Tommy John : New York Yankees

1987-Jun-15 Yankee Stadium - New York

271st career victory

BAL RBI: Fred Lynn

NYY RBI: Mike Pagliarulo, Mike Easler, Gary Ward, Willie Randolph, Rick Cerone, Dave Winfield

Pitching: BAL Eric Bell (L 3.2-innings) NYY Tommy John (W 5.1-innings)

Hall of Fame - 2011 : Alomar, Blyleven, Gillick

2011-Jul-24 Induction Day - Cooperstown NY

Roberto Alomar 1988-2004

San Diego Padres, Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, New York Mets,

Chicago White Sox, Arizona Diamondbacks

Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame

Bert Blyleven 1970-1992

Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, California Angels

Minnesota Twins Hall of fame

Baltimore Orioles : 1993

1993-Apr-05 Oriole Park at Camden Yards - Baltimore

Texas Rangers 7 – 4 Baltimore Orioles

TEX RBI: Dean Palmer (HR) , Juan Gonzalez (HR), Rafael Palmeiro

BAL RBI: Cal Ripken JR 2, Mike Devereaux 2

Pitching: TEX – Craig Lefferts (W 6-innings) BAL – Rick Sutcliffe (L 6-innings) 

San Francisco Giants

April 11, 2000 San Francisco, Ca - Pacific Bell Park

The Giants faced the Los Angeles Dodgers at home with a 6-5 loss, after starting on the road with a 3-5 record

Chan Ho Park earn his 2nd win of the season, Kirk Rueter picked up the loss

Dodger RBI: Kevin Elster (4) Geronimo Berroa, Shawn Green - Elster hit 3 home runs

Giants RBI: Barry Bonds (2-Home run) Doug Mirabelli (Home run), JT Snow (Home run)

 1948

1970

1982 - 25th Anniversary

All-Star Game - 2005 Detroit

2005-Jul-12 Comerica Park - Detroit

National League 5- 7 American League

MVP: Miguel Tejada (BAL)

Ceremonial first pitch: Al Kaline, Willie Horton

Baseball Centennial - 1939

listed on e-bay as an add-on cachet (computer printed?)

Vince Coleman : St Louis Cardinals

1985-Aug-01 Chicago Ill - Rookie Stolen Base Record

1985-Nov-27 New York NY - Rookie of the Year

Vince Coleman 1985-1997

(St Louis Cardinals, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, 

Detroit Tigers)

NL Rookie of the Year (1985)

6× NL stolen base leader (1985–1990)

St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

World Series - 2006 : St Louis Cardinals v Detroit Tigers

2006-Oct-21:27

Busch Stadium (STL) Comerica Park (DET)

St Louis Cardinals 4 – 1 Detroit Tigers

MVP: David Eckstein (STL)

Babe Ruth Centennial

1995-Feb-06 Baltimore Md - Fleetwood cachet

Babe Ruth birth centennial

Liberia Babe Ruth commemorative dollar minted 1995

Hall of Fame - Cooperstown

Mickey Mantle - NY Yankees 1951-1968)

Hall of Fame Induction 1974

Sta Musial - StLouis Cardinals (1941-1944, 1946-1963)

Hall of Fame Induction 1969

Frank Thomas - Chicago White Sox (1990-2005) Oakland Athletics (2006, 2008) 

Toronto Blue Jays (2007-2008)

Hall of Fame Induction 2014

1994-Jul-31 Cooperstown NY

Hall of Fame Induction postmarks Steve Carlton, Phil Rizzuto, Leo Durocher

Phil Rizzuto - In Memoriam

2007-Aug-14 Bronx NY

Phil Rizzuto (Sep25, 1917 - Aug 13, 2007)

New York Yankees (1941-1942, 1946-1956)

Hall of Fame Induction 1994

Lou Gehrig - 1989

1989-Jun-10 Cooperstown NY

art by Wanda Chirnside

Lou Gehrig covers were hand cancelled by the artist in Cooperstown, New York on the day of the stamp issue, June 10, 1989. The black and white versions are also available with a special Hall of Fame cancel. Hand colored cachets were also prepared.

Original hand painted version created with water color pencil. Each one is an individual work of art.

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