Any Rick Monday G/U items? 40th Anniv.

[Swoboda4]

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Let me stop after this as I've highjacked my own thread. The ticket to the very last Expos game for which I was present. Tom Glavine pitched. Mike Piazza played first base. Rookie David Wright hit his 14th HR ever. It was also Todd Zeile's last game in which he hit a home run(253 HR life time, to D.Wrights current 235 HR now). In the next at bat he was introduced, went to the plate,and then taken out of the game to applause never saw that before. Endy Chavez played on the Expos that game.

[Juicyfruit66]

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Omg!! You have the expos last game ever ticket! Haha I own their first home opener ticket from 1969. I found a Chavez Montreal expos bat last year and want to tell myself it was used in the expos's final out (he was the last out). Once again, lack of MLB stickers makes my dream a possibility until proven yay or nay

*i think matbe we've turned convo into game used again

[Juicyfruit66]

Re: Any Rick Monday G/U items? 40th Anniv.

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[Swoboda4]

Re: Any Rick Monday G/U items? 40th Anniv.

Not knowing for sure if the bat was used or not isn't that bad. In the words of Jim Williams (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil) as played by Kevin Spacey, as he answered John Cusack's character who asked 'How will you know what the painting is obscuring? (Williams had an important painting that was an "overpaint" Painted over probably another important painting that Williams refused to investigate further). Williams replied, "I rather enjoy not knowing." Kind of like paying a premium for an unopened pack of baseball cards from a year of great rookies.

[sox83cubs84]

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You never know who ends up being an Expo (Daniel Murphy included) I'm only realizing it with these photo enlargements, but Swoboda's hat on the card,was painted to be an Expos cap. Love to have that original photo negative from Topps. We're dangerously close to becoming a non game used topic:

In the 1971 Topps set's last 2 series, blatant airburshing was evident on numerous photos, the Swoboda being one of many. Even making this more obvious are the pinstriped jersey (the Expos didn't wear home pinstriped uniforms until 1992) and the Shea Stadium background.

Dave Miedema

[sox83cubs84]

Re: Any Rick Monday G/U items? 40th Anniv.

There's a GU, UC H&B 1977-79 label Monday bat (from Dodgers) on eBay until 11:57 AM on the 21st. Opening bid is $99.99, and so far, no bids.

Dave Miedema

[Swoboda4]

Re: Any Rick Monday G/U items? 40th Anniv.

I'll take a look. Thanks Dave.

[Swoboda4]

Re: Any Rick Monday G/U items? 40th Anniv.

That takes care of that. Thanks again Dave.