2005 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats

April 3, 2005

Hooksett, New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, are based in Manchester, New Hampshire. The team plays in the Eastern League, Double-A baseball..

The team originated as the New Haven Ravens, and were sold in 2003 to Drew Weber owner of the Lowell Spiners. The team was moved to New Hampshire in 2004, playing in Gill Stadium. In 2005 the team moved to the  Fisher Cats Ballpark (later named Merchantsauto.com Stadium and then Northeast Delta Dental Stadium).

2002 - Joseph Bruno Stadium

Joseph Bruno Stadium is located on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, New York. The stadium is home to the Tr-City Valley Cats of the New York-Penn League

The park was named in honor of New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno. The park opened on April 6, 2002

Milwaukee Brewers

April 7, 1970 Milwaukee, Wi

The Brewers played their inaugural game at County Stadium against the California Angels

The Angels would win the game 12-0, behind the pitching of Andy Messersmith, who pitched a complete game, giving up only 4-hits. Lew Krausse took the loss.

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Milwaukee Brewers, originally founded as the Seattle Pilots in 1969. The team moved after one season to Milwaukee and were renamed the Brewers. Starting the 1970 season in the American League, the Brewers would move to the National League in 1998.

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Seattle Pilots

April 11, 1969 Sick's Stadium, Seattle, Wa

Inaugural home game

Seattle Pliots  7 - 0  Chicago White Sox

Opening day victory, after a 2-1 road trip to face the California Angels

Pilots RBIs: Gary Bell 2; Don Mincher 2 (HR); Jerry McNertney; Tommy Harper; Rich Rollins

Pitching: Gary Bell complete game shutout, 9 hits, 6 strikeouts, 4 walks

Joe Horlen (L-Chi) 3-innings; 3 runs, 4 hits

Seattle Pilots business envelope wth meter cancel promoting the team 

"Come see the Pilots Play - Sicks Stadium"

The Seattle Pilots were a 1969 American League expansion team, which lasted one season.  The franchise would move to Milwaukee. The team would finish the season 64-98.

Sicks Stadium was located in Rainier Valley and was home to the Seattle Rainers of the Pacific Coast League. The site was the previous location of Dugdale Field, a 1913 ballpark, home of the Seattle Indians

Willie McCovey

1978-June-30 500 Home runs

1984-July-30 - 25th anniversary of first game

1986-July-06 San Francisco, Ca

Willie McCovey Day - Candlestick Park

Willie McCovey was called "the scariest hitter in baseball" by pitcher Bob Gibson. McCovey played for the San Francisco Giants from 1959-1973 and 1977-1980. He also played for the San Diego Padres from 1974-1976 and the Oakland Athletics in 1976.

McCovey hit a total of 521 home runs. 231 were hit in Candlestick Park, home of the San Francisco Giants from 1960-1999. On September 16, 1966 McCovey hit a home that was considered the longest home run ever hit at the Stick.

In his Major League debut on July 30, 1959, McCovey went 4-for-4 against Robin Roberts and the Philadelphia Phillies, hitting two triples and two singles. He would be awarded NL Player of the Month for August and NL Rookie of the Year.

McCovey was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1986
Listed as one of Baseball's 100 Greatest Players by The Sporting News
SF Giants wrecked a statue of McCovey across from McCovey Cove
SF Giants retired his number 44 on September 21, 1980

1913 Tour - Chicago white Sox v New York Giants

1918, White Sox owner Charles Comiskey launched a world wide tour to promote baseball. The tour began on Oct 18, 1913 taking the New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox through the Midwest, the West Coast, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Sydney, Caro, Rome, Paris and London.

An advertisement was place in the Blue Rapids Times, with a guarantee of $1,000.00 to bring the game to town. And the town turned out. A special sail service was commissioned with 11 passenger trains for the teams and fans to arrive to the small town of Blue Rapids. The crowd was near 3,000, with estimates over closer to 5,000. Blue Rapids was a town of 1,800...

Fans paid $1.00 in advance and $1.50 general admission at the door.

The game started at 2:30pm, Joe Benz of the White Sox facing Hooks Wiltse of the Giants.
Wilts would give up 4 home runs in the game, as the White Sox won 8-5.
Buck Weaver led the Sox, going 3 for 4, with every member of the White Sox getting at least one hit.

Larry Doyle, who helped the Giants to the NL pennant, went 4 for 4. Jim Thorpe got 2 hits in the Giants lead-off position
The great Christy Mathewson, made an appearance as first base coach for the Giants.

Posted September 28, 2013

By Kevin Haskin

Topeka Capital Journal

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Tom Seaver

April 18, 1981 Cincinnati, Oh

Gateway silk cachet

Strikes out Keith Hernandez for his 3,000 career strikeout

April 5, 1983 Shea Stadium, Flushing, NY

Renata Galasso Silk cachet

Commemorating Tom Seaver's return to the New York mets for the 1983 season. Seaver pitched in the opening day game defeating the Philadelphia Phillies 2-0.

Seaver pitched 6 innings, but Doug Sisk picked up the win. The Mets received runs from Mike Howard and Brian Giles, both in the bottom of the 7th inning

Robinson Stamps linoprint cachet - Bronx Stadium Sta postmark

Zaso silk cachet

Gateway silk cachet

Aug 4, 1985 Bronx, NY Stadium Sta

Tom Seaver won his 300th game on Phil Rizzuto Day at Yankee, as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Yankees 4-1

July 24, 1988 Flushing, NY

The New York Mets retired Tom Seaver's #41 during a pre-game ceremony at Shea Stadium. Seaver played for the Mets from 1967-1977, as well as for the Cincinnati Reds, Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox.

Aug 11, 1992 Flushing, NY

Tom Seaver Day

The New York Mets honored Tom Seaver's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame with a celebration and presentation of his Hall of Fame ring.

Seaver who has 311 career wins, won 198 games while with the Mets. Seaver has won the Cy Young Award three times, while with the Mets.

Heavy rains kept most of the 40,000 ticket holders away from the ceremony. The Mets decided to honor Seaver a second time on September 1 to allow those fanes unable to attend (real fans endured the rain) to join in the celebration. before the sparse crowd Seaver said "My best years were spent wearing the Mets uniform."

Seaver is the first "homegrown" Met to enter the Hall of Fame.

Tom Seaver

New York Mets (1967-1977)

Cincinnati Reds (1977-1982

New York Mets (1983)

Chicago White Sox (1984-1986)

Boston Red Sox (1986)

Rookie of the Year (1967)

3-time NL Cy Young Award (1969, 1973, 1975)

3-time NL wins Leader (1969, 1975, 1981)

5-time NL Strikeout Leader )1970, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1976)

No-Hit game June 16, 1978

Baseball Hall of Fame 1992

New York Mets Jersey #41 retired June 24, 1988

New York Mets Hall of Fame 1988

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame 2006

Pinch-hit : California

September 8, 2000 Sacramento, Ca

California Statehood first day of issue

Baseball related cachets honoring the California's baseball teams

Inside the Park - Camden Riversharks

Rob Bryson (25), Eric Smith (18), unknown, Evan Crawford (52), Carlos Guzman (3), Sean Gleason (30), TJ Chism (19), Eric Frain (11), Mike Click (8), Matt Gorgen (23), Dan Blewett (13) MLB passport cancel

Wes Torrez (20), Ryan Kulik (34), Evan Englebrook (29), Daniel Rockett (1), Steve Garrison (7), Paddy Matera (0), Zach McPhee (47), Padro Swann, Brandon Chaves (9), Zach Braddock (26), Bill Murphy (14), Michael Rockett (2)

August 20, 2015 Camden Rivershark, Campbell Field, Camden, NJ

The Riversharks, having a rough season at 49-71, came back from a 4-2 deficit to force extra innings only to lose to the Sugar Land Skeeters, 5-4 in the 10th inning.

The Camden Riversharks were members of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is an independent league, from 2001- 2015. The team relocated as the New Britain Bees, New Britain, Ct. for the 2016 season. Campbell Field is located at the base of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.

View from 1st base, Ben Franklin Bridge and Philadelphia behind 3rd base and left field

portion of a mural located in the parking lot across from the main entrance

Detroit Tigers : 2015

2015-Apr-06 Detroit, Mi - Opening Day Comerica Park

The Tigers defeat the Minnesota Twins 4-0 

The Tigers had home runs from JD Martinez and Alex Avila, RBIs from Nicholas Castellans (1), Avila (2) and Martinez (1)

David Price earned the win for the Tigers, with Phil Hughes taking the loss for the Twins

Detroit Tigers : 2001

2001-Ap-03 - Opening Day - Comerica Park Detroit

Tigers lose their home opener 3-2 to the Minnesota Twins

Brad Radke earned the win, Jeff Weaver took the loss

Winston Salem Pond Giants

Winston Salem Pond Giants business envelopes found on internet searches

The Pond giants are one of the oldest semiprofessional baseball teams in the country, first organized in 1914. The team name came from an area along the Northwest Boulevard and North Cherry Street that flooded after a reservoir broke in 1904.

Before the team integrated in 1956, the Pond Giants were a negro team of men, who held full time jobs and played in their spare time. The players were not salaried, but paid from gate receipts. Many of their games were played at Southside Park, although the Pond Giants traveled throughout the South playing other teams in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.

As semipro teams popularity declined the Giants continued through to the 1998.

2007 the Winston-Salem Warthogs honored the Pond Giants at Ernie Shore Field

2016 the Pond Giants were honored by the Winston-Salem Dash (Carolina League), when the team wore jersey in honor of the Giants

2007.08 Winston-Salem Warthogs
2016.06 Tim Clodfelter, Winston-Salem Journal

Detroit Tigers : 2000

2000-Apr-11 Detroit, Mi

Opening Day - Comerica Park

The Tigers opened Comerica Park with a 2-5 record to face the Seattle Mariners, with a 5-2 victory

Brian Moehler would earn the won and Freddy Garcia took the loss

Seattle would get 1 RBI from Carlos Guillen

Detroit would get RBIs from Bobby Higginson (2) Greg Jefferies (2)

Detroit Tigers

April 1989 Plymouth, Mi

West Suburban Stamp Club Exhibition

April 1994 Commemorative postmarks honoring the  10th anniversary of the Detroit Tigers winning the World Series

April 2007 commemorative postmark honoring the 2006 League Champions

38th Plymouth Show

West Suburban Stamp Club, Plymouth, Mich

1970 schedule meter slogan

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