A few pictures of my baseball closet.....
milbroco
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I thought I would share a few pictures of my baseball room.......well more like a closet anyway. Two things to note, the picture on the wall is a 1909 world series newspaper photo supplement. The newspaper is an original paper from 1887 with a story of the players pictured....Cap Anson on top and Dan Brouthers on bottom. The autographed baseballs were obtained by me in person at shows in the late 1980's. Hope you enjoy. I know I know but I like the Hess trucks.........
ebay seller name milbroco
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Some nice stuff. I see a 1972 Pat Dobson.
Raw: Tony Gonzalez (low #'d cards, and especially 1/1's) and Steve Young.
Here is a BIG collection of them.
HESS Trucks
Looks like a fun corner of the house to be in- thanks for the pics!
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Yup.
I was great at it; when I was 8, I wanted to play 24/7.
We used to put very tiny split-shot on both sides of the ball.
You could hit the thing two-blocks. Not good on the lamps
and vases indoors.
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wiki.....
Wiffleball or whiffleball is a variation of the sport of baseball designed for indoor or outdoor play in confined areas. "Wiffle" is a registered trademark of The Wiffle Ball, Inc., which manufactures Wiffle balls from its location in Shelton, Connecticut. It is played using a perforated, light-weight, plastic ball plus a long, plastic (typically yellow) bat, generally on a triangular playing field.
The Wiffle ball was invented by David N. Mullany of Fairfield, Connecticut in 1953[1] when he designed a ball that curved easily for his 12-year old son. It was named when his son and his friends would refer to a strikeout as a "wiff" (actually whiff). A classic Wiffle ball is about the same size as a regulation baseball, but is hollow plastic no more than 1/8th inch thick. One hemisphere is perforated with eight 3/4" oblong holes, with a solid second hemisphere. This construction allows pitchers to throw a tremendous variety and size of curveballs, sinkers, risers and tailers. Wiffle balls are typically packaged with a hollow, hard plastic, yellow bat that measures 31 inches (790 mm) in length and about 1.25 inches in diameter.
The game of wiffleball, which sprung from the invention of the popular Wiffle ball, became immensely popular as a backyard, sandlot and picnic game in the 1960s and 1970s. Since 1980, the game has also exploded as an organized sport, with many successful sports leagues and tournaments now played across the United States and as far away as Spain. These competitions have been known to draw dozens of teams or more, typically consisting of two to five players per team, with widely varying rules and field dimensions. Since 1996, the Internet has facilitated the expansion of wiffleball throughout the world, bringing players and teams closer together through hundreds of Web sites.
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Unfortunately, the 87 basketball is an empty box. Even more unfortunate is the box next to it is an 1972 empty basketball box.
storm888 -
Boy I do miss wiffleball. My friend Walt an I played a 9 inning game that lasted several weeks. The reason it was so long was because we would not play unless there was a minimum of 2 inches of snow. We had all kinds of rules like if it hit a certain part of the house it was a double etc. He started off to a 17 to 1 lead by about the fourth inning and the game ended several weeks later when I roofed the ball for my 20th run in the 9th. He Walt remember that game..............
tjmac -
I am not really working on anythiing right now. I just was sorting cards that I had amassed over the past 20 years. Too bad I was buying all the new stuff like 83 Topps etc and not 57's or the like.
If anyone liked the Mantle sigs, tune in tonight for a real nice ato'd photo with a cool story.
Later,
Bob
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The packs are 4 packs of 1980-81 Topps Hockey, 3 packs of 1979 Topps Hockey and 1 pack of 1973 OPC Baseball. Not sure where that came from though.
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OK, so it took me 25 years to come up with those excuses. But we did have some great games in my back yard. What Bob didn't mention is that we were both in our 20s when these games took place. I still think we haven't grown up--nor do I want to.
I'm in training for a rematch in 2011 on my 50th birthday. Get ready, Bob.
Walt
Yes Walt, they were some great times...........we were also both single without kids at the time too.
Thanks for the advance notice on the rematch.........I will be the home team then.
Bob
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