What is your White Whale?

[platinum1]

Re: What is your White Whale?

A good looking woman who cooks and cleans.

GOD! I would be happy if she just cooked and cleaned.

[jrd]

Re: What is your White Whale?

gotta be a Paul Coffey Penguins or Oilers game used jersey...home or away.

[CampWest]

Re: What is your White Whale?

A good looking woman who cooks and cleans.

Thats why I love watching FoodNetwork.

like...


or...



Come to think of it... Cleaning isn't necessary... I'll take care of the cleaning...

[ivo610]

Re: What is your White Whale?

A good looking woman who cooks and cleans.

[platinum1]

Re: What is your White Whale?

My White Whale would have to be the gray 2005 World Series Bobby Jenks jersey.
I'm sure I will never get a chance to buy it.

Re: What is your White Whale?

Joel -

I'll agree with that analogy... although both are items with undisclosed locations...

I would say a Holy Grail is an item you want, but have no idea of the location or where to begin - after all King Arthur and his Knights never located the Grail...

On the other hand, a White Whale - named for Moby Dick as stated earlier - should be an item you want and you have a general idea of where to begin searching and ultimately the item will surface (no Moby Dick pun intended) as Ahab eventually did find the Great White Beast...

My White Whale , I guess would be A Pair of Vernon Wells Game Used Cleats with MLB Hologram. I have only seen 1 pair for sale and that was in 2005 on a Jays/MLB online auction. They SOLD for $170 to MLB screen name Xristos M . So I have a General Idea of where they may be , but cant locate this guy. Maybe they have been sold or traded since then.

My Holy Grail so to speak would be 1 of Gregg Zauns game used Hockey Style Catcher Helmet/Mask. I Loved how he had his Customed Painted.

[thomecollector]

Re: What is your White Whale?

Mine would have to be one of Jim Thome's Rookie jersey's . I know where they both reside at the moment. If I could only pry one away
from the guy's who have them.

[topcityhockey]

Re: What is your White Whale?

Jim Craig game used olympic goalie stick, Bob Owen (1960 olympic team) stick and the puck which was the "own goal" that Ottawa scored on themselves giving Travis Moen the GWG in the 2007 Stanley Cup finals.

[bigtruck260]

Re: What is your White Whale?

I would never want to own anything quite that morbid...unless the possibility of torturing the Unit with it existed.

Do you think he'd sign it with the wrong pen, in a place the the sig would be hard to get to? Say, under the wing? I am imagining him looking at you (again) and saying..."where'd you GET that?"

Then you pull out an 8x10 and start photomatching it.

[cjclong]

Re: What is your White Whale?

In addition to what I listed earlier I would add Mariano Rivera's 2009 World Series glove I missed out on a couple of weeks ago.

[momen55]

Re: What is your White Whale?

roberto clemente cancelled check, which i don't have the money for right now and a 1976 H&B bicentennial knobless bat.

[vballGuy]

Re: What is your White Whale?

Being a die-hard Blue Jays fan I'd have to say:

1. the bat Alomar used to hit his homerun off of against Dennis Eckersley in the 1992 ALCS. I'd say this is the second biggest hit in Blue Jays history, next to, of course Carter's 1993 WS winner.

2. the jersey that Dave Steib wore on Sept. 20 1990 (no-hitter).

[ahuff]

Re: What is your White Whale?

Let me start off by saying that there are some awsome items in here. Great variety! Good job on the thread.

A White Whale for me would be a Bob Golic Gamer. Now, before you say 'who?' take a look at the pics. You'll most likely remember him from his acting career. Growing up on this show, a Golic Gamer would be a rare accomplishment.

TriplexXxSports is always looking for Chicago Bears Game Used

I'm not a football expert, but wondering if you saw this Golic on ebay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1989-1992-Bob-Golic-Game-Used-Jersey-Raiders_W0QQitemZ350306931875QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item518feb94a3

[allstarsplus]

Re: What is your White Whale?

Josh Hamilton's HR Derby bat from last year. Great story behind it.

I was there in Yankee Stadium to witness the Derby which was one of my favorites and I too, wanted that bat.

Rumor was it disappeared.

Mike "Nationals2K9" put me in touch with someone with the Rangers and I got the next best thing which was the same Louisville Slugger that Josh used in a game that season (2008) and it was cracked and MLB hologram'd.

Good luck in your search!

[Larry Pelliccioni]

Re: What is your White Whale?

I know I have posted it here in the past, but about 18 years ago the jerseys worn in the movie "Best of Times" by Robin Williams and Kurt Russell were auctioned off. I still regret not buying them. They are out there somewhere!

I have them in my personal collection of movie worn items although they may not be the same ones as 18 years ago, I acquired them closer to ten years ago and they nest with significant pieces from Any Given Sunday, the Replacements, Varsity Blues, the Program, The Longest Yard (A. Sandler version), Brian's Song (newer version), Friday Night Lights, Father Was a Fullback, the Express, Game Plan, Gridiron Gang, Mystery Alaska, and Blind Side.
Larry Pelliccioni