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ripkenintheminors · July 10, 2009 5:03PM

Had the opportunity to pick this up over the last week. I am not a ticket collector but I have to admit that I am pretty excited about getting it. Hopefully I will have the opportunity to finish the set one of these days. I was told that the gentleman who initially owned this extra ticket left the game after the 22nd inning.

GoDodgersFan · July 10, 2009 9:58PM

Wow. Nice and a keeper for sure.

Tom

fandango · July 10, 2009 10:14PM

awesome!

its great to be a player collector isnt it?

Ironmanfan · July 10, 2009 11:07PM

very cool; unused tickets are very hard to find from this game!

Nice Pickup Chris!

slantycouch · July 11, 2009 1:48AM

VERY cool pickup!

BunchOBull · July 11, 2009 2:02AM

Certainly a treasure. Congrats.

ripkenintheminors · July 11, 2009 5:48AM

Thanks everyone for the feedback. I can't wait to pair it up with the ticket to the conclusion. If anyone ever sees a copy I would appreciate the tip. As I said I'm not a ticket guy but the seller said there's not many full tickets certified. Since I don't have the membership I'm not sure how accurate that is.

<< very cool; unused tickets are very hard to find from this game!

Nice Pickup Chris!

>>

Coming from you that really means a lot. I am trying to get the site updated and hope to build a better page about "The longest game", especially with the 30 year anniversary coming up before long. I may have told you that my provider has changed the image gallery format so it's kinda a mess right now. When you build a page over so long of a time and have it turned upside down overnight it takes awhile to clean things up.

FWIW I played phone tag with Cat Whitfield this week. I missed his call but he left a message with some possible dates and times to do the interview. I have been working on some questions and hope to have the question list finished in the next week. I will probably forward the questions to you to see if you have any other angles you think would be worth exploring. Needless to say I can't wait to talk to him. I have a hunch he is a great conversation.

MLRMLEO · July 11, 2009 6:39AM

Nice ticket! 3 have been graded 1 seven and 2 eights. The continuation game has only one 5 all tickets full.

ripkenintheminors · July 11, 2009 6:54AM

<< Nice ticket! 3 have been graded 1 seven and 2 eights. The continuation game has only one 5 all tickets full. >>

Interesting and thank you. Don't quote me here but I believe the seller had both tickets that had been graded an 8. His grandfather gave him the tickets. FWIW his grandfather also went to the conclusion.

I found an article written after the game commenting on collectors looking for memorabilia as word got out about the game. With that being said I am sure that a handful of full tickets were kept back as collectibles. I wonder which ticket would have more available copies available. At first I would think that folks bought extra tickets for the completion as instant collectibles. Then again with all of the media attention a lot of people probably attended the game rather than holding a full ticket. Probably no way to know.

ripkenintheminors · July 11, 2009 6:55AM

FWIW I found varied information in regards to what the tickets (full or stub) have sold for in the past.

ripkenintheminors · August 13, 2009 3:19PM

Is there anyone who can help with the population of full/used tickets from the conclusion slabbed by PSA?

Thanks in advance

jeffcbay · August 13, 2009 10:16PM

Three total graded, one in PSA 7, and two in PSA 8.

EDIT: Wait, I read that again and you were asking for the conclusion game. Only one 6/23 ticket has been graded, and it's a PSA 5. My bad...

ripkenintheminors · August 14, 2009 12:35AM

Thanks!

ripkenintheminors · August 31, 2009 4:45AM

Worked out a deal for the completion ticket! It is also a full ticket and is the PSA 5 mentioned above. No scan yet but it's very cool having a set of full tickets to the longest game in baseball history!

jeffcbay · August 31, 2009 5:04AM

Sweet! Nice pick up!

ripkenintheminors · August 31, 2009 1:07PM

Here's the ticket for the completion:

Stone193 · August 31, 2009 1:14PM

Congratulations Chris - that's a good looking tick!

I went to a Yankee game around 1975 that lasted something like 18 innings - we wound up sitting near the dugout from all the way in the upper deck!

Needless to say - we were one of the faithful few left.

Thanx for sharing.

TheHun · August 31, 2009 1:51PM

Chris,

I was just wondering if there were box scores for the April 12th and May 1st tickets that I scanned for you.

I know I was at the games - but I can't remember how Rip did on the day. I think one game had Wade Boggs too.

I think there was a guy on here (or another board) who had every home run for Gary Carter signed by the pitcher who surrendered it.

Glad to add to you awesome web site.

cheers

ripkenintheminors · September 1, 2009 6:19AM

<< Congratulations Chris - that's a good looking tick!

I went to a Yankee game around 1975 that lasted something like 18 innings - we wound up sitting near the dugout from all the way in the upper deck!

Needless to say - we were one of the faithful few left.

Thanx for sharing. >>

Thanks for the nice words. I do not think I have sat in a game that went longer than 12 or 13. Granted, I was announcing for the local high school when they hosted a softball tournament triple header. The final game, which was set for 7 innings, went deep in extra innings. I can't remember how many it went but my music guy thought it went at least 12 or 13. Adding that to the previous 14 innings it made for a long day. Hope all is well,

ripkenintheminors · September 1, 2009 6:21AM

<< Chris,

I was just wondering if there were box scores for the April 12th and May 1st tickets that I scanned for you.

I know I was at the games - but I can't remember how Rip did on the day. I think one game had Wade Boggs too.

I think there was a guy on here (or another board) who had every home run for Gary Carter signed by the pitcher who surrendered it.

Glad to add to you awesome web site.

cheers >>

Thanks for the feedback and the site support. I do not have the box scores but they would not be that impossible to find. I wonder if the Rochester newspaper has any online archives. Just thinking out loud.

Ironmanfan · September 1, 2009 7:45AM

Off the top of my head, I think Jr. went 2 for 13 in that game

jeffcbay · September 1, 2009 9:06AM

Yep, 2 for 13 Wiki

Ironmanfan · September 1, 2009 2:24PM

Thought you guys may like to see this item from my collection...It's a piece signed by each team in the summer of 1981 with a copy of the boxscore included on each...

ripkenintheminors · September 1, 2009 2:34PM

Absolutely amazing!

It's interesting to me how after all these years you can pretty much figure out the name with each sig. 3 years ago or so I was given a team signed picture from a local minor league affiliate and could not decipher more than 2 or 3 of the sigs.

Ironmanfan · September 1, 2009 2:53PM

<< Absolutely amazing!

It's interesting to me how after all these years you can pretty much figure out the name with each sig. 3 years ago or so I was given a team signed picture from a local minor league affiliate and could not decipher more than 2 or 3 of the sigs. >>

Chris:

I agree with you entirely....These team sheets were obtained in by a collector in Charleston, WV who got one from every International League team as they passed through town (was an Indians AAA team at the time).

ripkenintheminors · September 2, 2009 12:39PM

When I was trying to find some auction results related to the game I found a Pawtucket signed program. I can't remember the final price but I know it was at least $400. It made me feel a mittle more comfortable with what I gave for the tickets.

Do you remember me saying something about a Ripken police card selling recently? The guy who bought it sent it to BGS and it got a 5.5. He gave $2,650 for it.

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