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Re: November Pick Ups
Hi Jim,
Wow, this is a blast from the past. I owned this cap and probably sold it 25 years ago. I cannot recall where I got it from or who it went to. I went back to my old records just now and noted that it was a New Era cap and there was no size tag left in this cap, and I also had noted it was 1978-1980, so I would guess I picked it up in 1980 or 1981. My guess is that it was probably given or issued to #15 Mike Ivie as a new cap, never worn, and then used by #47 Dennis Littlejohn. I also doubt a player would use a cap that had already been worn, but I suppose stranger things happen.
The reason I let the cap go is that I was able to obtain a Mike Ivie Giants cap from the Padres visiting clubhouse kid after the 1981 season that he had kept. It is also a New Era cap, and unfortunately, it is also missing the size tag. I still have this cap in my collection.
I sometimes have wondered where certain things went that I may have let go over the years. Probably the most unique item (but not the most valuable, that probably goes to a great Roberto Clemente game used batting helmet) is a Jim Rice cracked bat that was corked. My Dad was a physician, and one night after hours he had the technician X-ray the two bats I had that I thought might be corked. The Bill Buckner from the early 1970's turned out to have nothing. However, one of the two Rice bat X-rays clearly shows the "tube" through the barrel where the bat was corked. I sold the bat with the X-rays about the same time as the Littlejohn cap. I still see the name of the collector/dealer who bought it, but have never asked if he still has this item. What I thought was so unique about the Rice bat is that if he was using these in games, he never got caught. I recall seeing a loaded Dan Ford bat from the Angels before he was caught, and wish I had picked it up. A local collector had offered me the cracked bat.
Tom Duino
Hi Jim,
Wow, this is a blast from the past. I owned this cap and probably sold it 25 years ago. I cannot recall where I got it from or who it went to. I went back to my old records just now and noted that it was a New Era cap and there was no size tag left in this cap, and I also had noted it was 1978-1980, so I would guess I picked it up in 1980 or 1981. My guess is that it was probably given or issued to #15 Mike Ivie as a new cap, never worn, and then used by #47 Dennis Littlejohn. I also doubt a player would use a cap that had already been worn, but I suppose stranger things happen.
The reason I let the cap go is that I was able to obtain a Mike Ivie Giants cap from the Padres visiting clubhouse kid after the 1981 season that he had kept. It is also a New Era cap, and unfortunately, it is also missing the size tag. I still have this cap in my collection.
I sometimes have wondered where certain things went that I may have let go over the years. Probably the most unique item (but not the most valuable, that probably goes to a great Roberto Clemente game used batting helmet) is a Jim Rice cracked bat that was corked. My Dad was a physician, and one night after hours he had the technician X-ray the two bats I had that I thought might be corked. The Bill Buckner from the early 1970's turned out to have nothing. However, one of the two Rice bat X-rays clearly shows the "tube" through the barrel where the bat was corked. I sold the bat with the X-rays about the same time as the Littlejohn cap. I still see the name of the collector/dealer who bought it, but have never asked if he still has this item. What I thought was so unique about the Rice bat is that if he was using these in games, he never got caught. I recall seeing a loaded Dan Ford bat from the Angels before he was caught, and wish I had picked it up. A local collector had offered me the cracked bat.
Tom Duino
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