November 2016 Pickups

[ironmanfan]

2016 Ryan Ripken Auburn Doubledays (Short Season Class A) game used road alternate jersey

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[ironmanfan]

The Orioles celebrated the 20th Anniversary of Cal Ripken Jr. playing in his record breaking 2131st game on 09/01/15 vs. Tampa (they were on the road on the 6th; which was the actual date) and prior to the game, they hung the 2131 banners on the warehouse and Cal threw out the ceremonial first pitch to teammate (and current Orioles exec.) Brady Anderson.

I was able to purchase the Orioles dugout lineup card from that game at FanFest last December (I had remembered the date) & had Cal sign & inscribe it for me the other day:

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[41Evans84]

Picked this up almost a year ago, but just got my 2009 Miguel Cabrera WBC bat back from PSA graded 10. Sorry for the odd sized pics....I always have trouble posting them.

[Jim65]

1984-85 Dave Lapham NJ Generals GU jersey, this is my 10th Generals jersey in my collection.

[GoCrazyFolks76]

David Freese 2013 World Series St. Louis Cardinals road jersey - Photo Matched:

[seanbaseball]

cool freese jersey!

[olegreg]

Picked this up this morning. Left my huse at 4:30am and drove an hour and a half to McComb Mississippi to an Estate/Consignment sale to be first in line to purchase this jersey. Anthony "Booger" McFarland game used 1996 LSU vs Vanderbilt gold jersey. LSU has worn Gold jersys in the 1940s, in 1996 vs Vanderbilt, 1997 vs ND in the Independence Bowl, 1998 vs Florida, and in 2016 against Mississippi state, with each jersey being different.

http://i.imgur.com/t1yMivIh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WOA8N5Kh.jpg

[Klattsy]

Brett Roneberg 2008 WBC jersey. Bought off player directly.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5jvtyokia9g78ds/Brett%20Ronenberg%202008%20WBC%20Jersey.jpg?dl=1

https://www.dropbox.com/s/4uc3hsz0ko9z5u1/Brett%20Ronenberg%202008%20WBC%20Jersey%201.jpg?dl =1

[TBM]

Raul Mondesi bat photo-matched to three at bats against Jose Fernandez on August 24, 2016. In his very first at bat against Jose he hit the first pitch he saw, a 94.8 MPH fastball, to CF Marcell Ozuna for a single. That would be his first and only hit off of Jose Fernandez and is his 16th career hit. #RIPJF16. Also posted in Royals thread (#346) with more pics and info.

[surebet0007]

Picked up this Adam Wainwright complete game shutout game used jersey MLB authenticated from the Cardinals 10th Anniversary celebration game of the 2006 World Series on 16 July 2016.

[gorilla777]

Joe Torre '71 MVP era Cardinals bat:

[gorilla777]

With my Dad's very recent passing here, the hobby has been a welcome, small distraction for me.

Here is another bat I added from the 70's, a '76 Tony Perez Bicentennial bat with nice pine tar and Reds 580 Gift Shop tape dating to being pulled on Sept. 18th, 1976.

[seanbaseball]

Picked up a nice 1983 Ozzie bat

[seanbaseball]

Ben
Sorry to hear about your dads passing. My wife has been extremely ill for the past 1.5 years and this hobby does sometimes create a needed distraction that keeps me going.

[joecoco]

Hi Ben. So sorry to hear about your dad. My mom passed last year and it was/is tough. You realize there are very few "agenda free" people out there who care deeply for you, making it so tough when they go, particularly with life's constant milestones. My wife is expecting any day now, and it is hard sharing it without mom. Oh well. Such is life. We grow through pain. It populates us, we reflect and hopefully grow in character.
Whoa!! This is more than I expected to write. Getting preachy....

[joecoco]

Whoops. Sorry. Forgot to add great bats....as usual.

[sox83cubs84]

Ben:

My condolences on your father's passing. May God give you strength and courage at this difficult time.

On a different subject, that is one sweet Perez bat.

Dave Miedema

[yankees506]

Never easy to deal with a parents passing, my condolences Ben. I Know when my father passed away I was happy to have shared my hobby with him and will always hold the memories near to my heart.

[seanbaseball]

Not really a new pickup but just got it photomatched to a cool World series game. 2011 Molina game 3. Molina went 3/4 with two doubles and 4 RBI's

[Shipp_96]

With my Dad's very recent passing here, the hobby has been a welcome, small distraction for me.

Here is another bat I added from the 70's, a '76 Tony Perez Bicentennial bat with nice pine tar and Reds 580 Gift Shop tape dating to being pulled on Sept. 18th, 1976.

Hi Ben, I understand your loss and offer my prayers. I lost my Dad earlier this year to cancer as well. It was sudden and unexpected. Once I found out how bad he was, I went back east to see him. A couple weeks later he was gone.

He is the reason I love baseball so much to this day. In fact one of our last conversations was about how he made it to another Spring Training. We even discussed a couple games on the phone and those conversations are priceless to me now. He passed away a week before this season began.

Like you, I have taken some small solace in my GU collection more this year than ever in my life. It helped distract me and also think of him and how he felt about that particular player.

[gorilla777]

Hi Ben, I understand your loss and offer my prayers. I lost my Dad earlier this year to cancer as well. It was sudden and unexpected. Once I found out how bad he was, I went back east to see him. A couple weeks later he was gone.

He is the reason I love baseball so much to this day. In fact one of our last conversations was about how he made it to another Spring Training. We even discussed a couple games on the phone and those conversations are priceless to me now. He passed away a week before this season began.

Like you, I have taken some small solace in my GU collection more this year than ever in my life. It helped distract me and also think of him and how he felt about that particular player.

Thank you, all of you guys, it is really appreciated. And thank you as well to those that reached out to me directly as well...
My Dad was fascinated by this hobby and he would always ask me the latest developments when we talked. He thought it was great to have something like this that you loved, that was a distraction from the typical day to day challenges of life and that you could do well on also.
He worked very, very hard at his job and yet, always found time after a long day to play catch, shoot baskets, or throw batting practice to me because he knew I loved playing sports so much and it was important to me. I told someone the other day, the last scene in Field of Dreams where Ray gets to finally throw catch with his Dad? Well, I was lucky enough to have that, all the time, thru my childhood...

[gorilla777]

Another Big Red Machine pickup, a 1975 specific Pete Rose GU 10 bat, was really surprised by the level of deep seam marks on both sides of the barrel, tried to capture in photos.


Ben

[TBM]

Got this Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals AAA team) Raul Mondesi jersey. I have it photomatched to his first AAA home game on July 14, 2016. This photo also contains a second photomatch in his bat. I have that bat and it was authenticated to a MLB game on August 3, 2016 and I have it photomatched to 3 other MLB games. I also have this posted in the Royals thread as post #348 with more pics and info.

[seanbaseball]

Picked up a really nice beat up 2005 Molina jersey

[seanbaseball]

And the match

[sherbal15]

And the match

Nice pickup! So hard to find those 41's

[seanbaseball]

Got some cool items:

2005 Yadier Molina game worn cap

2002 Game worn Molina mask(owned for a year but just got back from the museum)

David Freese 7' tall Glass etched photo from The Champions Club at Busch Stadium. Still need to install with some back lighting.

[mrjohnmalton]

http://i.imgur.com/hm6yQZZ.jpg

Not game used, but team issued, Michigan Wolverines Easton E700 hockey helmet. I've always wanted one of these, so I'm pretty excited to have it. Back in the day, the stripes were added by the team equipment manager with yellow tape. I would like to find one of those to add to my collection as well.

[dougiedshow]

MLB auth first base from Dee Gordon's lead off homer 9/26, following Jose Fernandez's death. My first game used base, actually.

Dougiedshow@aol.com

http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l607/dougiedshow/Mobile%20Uploads/A7F29148-3BDF-4CD3-BC66-C2F1F97AECD0_zpsahhafmjt.jpg

[Nickkaszer18]

Picked up a Pedro Alvarez 2015 game used jersey. It is MLB authenticated to two home runs and photo matched to three other games including two more homers. One of those home runs was Pedro's last home run in his last game as a Pittsburgh Pirate

[Nickkaszer18]

2014 Yadier Molina. MLB authenticated and photomatched.

[Birdbats]

Knocked two more bats off my 1964 Cardinals want list with the additions of infielder Jerry Buchek and pitcher Curt Simmons. My want list is now down to four position players -- Bob Uecker, Johnny Lewis, Doug Clemens and Ed Spiezio. Also looking for pitchers' bats, including Ray Sadecki, Roger Craig and Mike Cuellar.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/birdbats/Bats/IMG_2594_zpszlkd5cex.jpg

[sox83cubs84]

Knocked two more bats off my 1964 Cardinals want list with the additions of infielder Jerry Buchek and pitcher Curt Simmons. My want list is now down to four position players -- Bob Uecker, Johnny Lewis, Doug Clemens and Ed Spiezio. Also looking for pitchers' bats, including Ray Sadecki, Roger Craig and Mike Cuellar.

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w232/birdbats/Bats/IMG_2594_zpszlkd5cex.jpg

Great work, Jeff. The commons/bench player/pitchers are usually the real toughies.

Dave Miedema

[Birdbats]

The commons/bench player/pitchers are usually the real toughies.

Man, don't I know it! It's funny -- there's almost greater satisfaction in finding a Jerry Buchek than there is in finding a Lou Brock. If I ever found a '64-era Bob Uecker, I think I'd treasure it almost as much as my '64 Bob Gibson, just because it's been my white whale for so many years.

Hope Shirley's doing well.

[mfruehe]

Not a big item but still excited. As a lifelong Titans fan I finally got the opportunity to go to a game, and this gear was thrown to me over the tunnel. I photo matched the gloves to Kevin Byard, and I believe the sleeve is as well.

[TBM]

A few hats I recently picked up. Also posted in the Royals thread. All hats are from the Omaha Storm Chasers (Royals AAA team) 2016 season.

1. Raul Mondesi regular home.
2. Raul Mondesi regular away.
3. Raul Mondesi alternate away.
4. Alex Gordon Batting Practice.
5. Hunter Dozier alternate home.

These represent all 5 different regular styles the Storm Chasers used in 2016.

[InterstellarHenderson]

Picked this up this morning. Left my huse at 4:30am and drove an hour and a half to McComb Mississippi to an Estate/Consignment sale to be first in line to purchase this jersey. Anthony "Booger" McFarland game used 1996 LSU vs Vanderbilt gold jersey. LSU has worn Gold jersys in the 1940s, in 1996 vs Vanderbilt, 1997 vs ND in the Independence Bowl, 1998 vs Florida, and in 2016 against Mississippi state, with each jersey being different.

http://i.imgur.com/t1yMivIh.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/WOA8N5Kh.jpg

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Holy Moses that's gorgeous!!
Could you email me at markhenderson@ololcollege.edu
Thanks!

[InterstellarHenderson]

Found this the weekend following Thanksgiving. Odell Beckham Jr.'s Chick Fil A Bowl game track jacket from 2012. I even found a photo of him wearing it with a hoodie underneath it at the Chick Fil A Bowl week festivities.. Pretty nice jacket.