Which Was Your First?........

[kylehess10]

What was your very first piece of game used memorabilia that you ever bought? Mine was my Glenn Hubbard game used bat which I bought on eBay when I was only 12 years old! I eventually got it signed and I still have it in my collection today. I'd love to hear about how other forum member's got their first piece too.

[bigtime59]

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1989 Craig Worthington Orioles orange alternate jersey, purchased at the 1999 FanFest...the beginning of a long, slow decline!

[TNTtoys]

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Her name was...

Ohhhh, we were talking about game worn equipment...

I believe it was a blue 1987 Mets "New York" in silver script batting practice jersey from former pitcher Rick Anderson. I kind of picked this up by accident. This was always my favorite style Mets jersey and I wanted to add one to my collection... the fact that it was worn by a Met from that year was a bonus.

I've since sold the jersey (possibly within the last two months or so) because I picked up 2 others from that year, and I thought 3 would be a bit much... too many others on the wish list to have 3 of the same style.

[sfgiants452]

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I am lucky enough to have a dad that had collected memorabilia and he handed it over to me. HIs auto'd baseballs and all the hockey sticks (24 total 2 gretzski's, messier, etc) from his dealing with all the players for hockey fights giving him the nickname from the nhl players "the godfather of fights". He was known nationally and in canada for it. Now being fifteen I only started collecting when I was 13 so I started off with my dads stuff and I believe the first thing I bought was a Veterans Stadium g/u set. Piece of turf,wall, and a bottle of the first base dirt for $50 at Citizen Bank the year after the Vet was demolished. On the same day I bought a game used Carlos Lee jersey g/u off of ebay.

Anthony

[cjmedina1]

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My first bat I bought was a 1999 Mcgwire gamer.I decided to collect sign gamers and sold the bat and bought a 2000 Mcgwire gamer sign.I own 4 sign gamers and looking to add 2 more in the next month.

[EurekaDave]

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The first game used items of note came from the late Dick Dobbins. I guess I saw an ad in a collectors' magazine and for $100 I got a Willie McGee game used bat AND hat. I had not even thought of it as a hobby until I opened the box and realized I was holding in my hands legitimate pieces of a great player and great game. I've been hooked ever since.

[pietraynor]

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My first game used item also came courtesy of Dick Dobbins..Back in 1986 he offered the S.F. Giants jerseys in an SCD ad, purchased the #35 Chris Brown Gray W/U & was hooked! I would later purchase 3 more Brown jerseys from him. After reaching the All-Star Game in the late-'80s, he fell out of favor w/SF front office, was traded to the Padres, then exited the game a few years later. Last I heard, Brown was working for Halliburton on oil wells in Iraq. Jay

[metsbats]

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Ray Knight Worth game used bat I picked up in 1992. Still have it till this day.

-David

[eGameUsed]

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Great Thread! Jim Pankovits gave me a cracked bat over the dugout in the Astrodome in 1987. I was 9 years old. 18 years later and still going strong! I do still have the bat and it is the last item I would ever sell!

[geoff]

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It was about the same time so im not sure.It was either a Capitals Kelly Miller game used hockey stick or a Jr Rider complete Timberwolves jersey and shorts.Also a great thread by the way.Geoff

[Kid4hof03]

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In 1989 Mickey Morandini gave me a bat he cracked while play for Scranton. In the same game I caught a foul ball off of Morandini's bat. I still have the bat around here somewhere.

Abe

[Kid4hof03]

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It might have been 1990, can't remember which summer.

[island_style]

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Game used baseball from the 1978 World Series (Dodgers-Yankees) at Dodger Stadium. It was given to me from a relative who worked one of the cameras (ABC at that time, I think). I still have the baseball. That was my first game used item.

Ron.
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[skipcareyisfat]

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In the late 80s I paid $10 for a g/u, unc. Ted Simmons bat at a Braves game. Later that year I was told they weren't being sold anymore because people were using them as weapons. And they say Braves fans aren't passionate.

[camarokids]

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My first gamer was given to me by Glenn Borgmann , Minnestoa Twins #14 catcher 1971-79, I still have that bat . The first bat I bought was in 1997 at The Pirates Clubhouse Store in Johnstown, Pa , a Kevin Young gamer .