January pick-ups "2012"

[MUSEOVEN]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

• jesus Flores Game Used Cleats And Catcher Equip.-

[MUSEOVEN]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

• LUIS GONZALEZ CHAMPIONSHIP WATCH OF THE YAMURY GIANTS 2007.-

[LastingsMilledge85]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

MUSEOVEN,

How do you pick up equipment/gear from Japanese teams?

[MUSEOVEN]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

MUSEOVEN,

How do you pick up equipment/gear from Japanese teams?

HELLO I FOUND WITH THE BASEBALL PLAYER, IN THIS CASE, LUIS GONZALEZ, THANKS

[5toolplayer]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

MANNY BANUELOS

2011 Game Used Auto Cleats (Trenton Thunder) Onyx
2011 Game Used Spring Training Home & Away Jerseys (MLB Auth.)
2011 Spring Training Locker Nameplate (MLB Auth.)

[frikativ54]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

MANNY BANUELOS

2011 Game Used Auto Cleats (Trenton Thunder) Onyx
2011 Game Used Spring Training Home & Away Jerseys (MLB Auth.)
2011 Spring Training Locker Nameplate (MLB Auth.)

Nice prospect items!

[frikativ54]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

I agree though, that Smoak is pretty awesome to see in person, the amount of wear on it is amazing.

Yeah, it's pretty awesome. It was fun videomatching the Smoak to every game that he wore a road alternate in. Thanks again!

[MUSEOVEN]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

Some Bats.-

[godwulf]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

I rarely get around to posting my pick-ups, but this time I just have to. Not only will it likely be the last thing I buy in January (which is over in about 2 1/2 hours), but it's a Grail item for me - something I've been looking for for over 11 years.

Not something that takes page after page to show off...not even a Major League item, per se. Just something I've wanted for a long time. A little background:

Back in 2000, the independent Western Baseball League established a franchise here in Scottsdale, Arizona - the Valley Vipers. They played at Scottsdale Stadium, charged four bucks admission, and folded after a single season. Bob Welch (who would be the Diamondbacks' PC the following year) was the Manager, former Major Leaguer and local favorite Guy Sularz his bench coach. The only other names on the roster with which anyone would likely be familair were Steve Ontiveros and Lee Tinsley.

Once I learned the team had folded - under huge legal and financial clouds, it turned out - I started asking around about uniforms and equipment. I heard a lot of things, from various people - among them, that the team's assets, including gear, was being hidden from its creditors. Anyone I contacted who'd had any official connection with the team was very cagey, vague and uncommunicative.

I fantasized (as we frequently do) of stumbling across a huge cache of Vipers uniforms...or at least the one uniform I really coveted - the one wore by Bob Welch...#9.

So, last night, I'm just about to go to bed and I do one more eBay search of GU stuff, with a sub-search on "Arizona", and these pop up.



Both jerseys came with a pair of matching pants, but the waist sizes didn't jibe with the jersey sizes (or with each other), and one had a name written in it that I know wasn't the name of the man who wore the jerseys.



I'm very happy.

[Preston]

Re: January pick-ups "2012"

I rarely get around to posting my pick-ups, but this time I just have to. Not only will it likely be the last thing I buy in January (which is over in about 2 1/2 hours), but it's a Grail item for me - something I've been looking for for over 11 years.

Not something that takes page after page to show off...not even a Major League item, per se. Just something I've wanted for a long time. A little background:

Back in 2000, the independent Western Baseball League established a franchise here in Scottsdale, Arizona - the Valley Vipers. They played at Scottsdale Stadium, charged four bucks admission, and folded after a single season. Bob Welch (who would be the Diamondbacks' PC the following year) was the Manager, former Major Leaguer and local favorite Guy Sularz his bench coach. The only other names on the roster with which anyone would likely be familair were Steve Ontiveros and Lee Tinsley.

Once I learned the team had folded - under huge legal and financial clouds, it turned out - I started asking around about uniforms and equipment. I heard a lot of things, from various people - among them, that the team's assets, including gear, was being hidden from its creditors. Anyone I contacted who'd had any official connection with the team was very cagey, vague and uncommunicative.

I fantasized (as we frequently do) of stumbling across a huge cache of Vipers uniforms...or at least the one uniform I really coveted - the one wore by Bob Welch...#9.

So, last night, I'm just about to go to bed and I do one more eBay search of GU stuff, with a sub-search on "Arizona", and these pop up.


Both jerseys came with a pair of matching pants, but the waist sizes didn't jibe with the jersey sizes (or with each other), and one had a name written in it that I know wasn't the name of the man who wore the jerseys.


I'm very happy.

ALWAYS good to find something you've really wanted, especially one of a kind items like those! Some of the best things in my collection aren't "superstar" game worn items or autographs. Amazing how those jerseys "resurfaced" after about 10 years, and after holding onto that slim hope they'd resurface, you got 'em! Nice job man!