The Best of Baseball and Sports Memorabilia!
My husband has a morning ritual over his cup of coffee - browse around eBay looking at baseball cards and memorabilia. He drools over the higher end items and occasionally scores a deal for a baseball card he wants for his collection.
This one is for my husband :) and for all of you that love the game of baseball - it's greatest players, memorabilia, collector cards and much, much more!
A Timeless Classic
Play while browsing ;)
"Take me out to the ball game,
Take me out with the crowd.
Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks,
I don't care if I never get back,
Let me root, root, root for the home team,
If they don't win it's a shame.
For it's one, two, three strikes, you're out,
At the old ball game."
Written in 1908 by Jack Norworth
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
A Picturesque Play-by-Play
Take Me Out to the Ball Game: The Story of the Sensational Baseball Song
Amazon Price: $18.96 (as of 01/05/2010)
McGuiggan has painstakingly researched the cultural and historical times from which the beloved song emerged and has given baseball fans her own picturesque play-by-play of the making of the hit song. If the song vividly captures the experience of going to the ball game, so too does this book capture the spirit of the times. A home run! - Ernie Harwell, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Radio Hall of Fame sportscaster, songwriter, and longtime voice of the Detroit Tigers
Baseball's Top Ten Greatest Players
From The Sporting News List of 100!
The Sultan of Swat
One of the first five players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
Ruth has since become regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture. He has been named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, and his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". Off the field he was famous for his charity, but also was noted for his often reckless lifestyle. Ruth is credited with changing baseball itself. The popularity of the game exploded in the 1920s, largely due to him. Ruth ushered in the "live-ball era," as his big swing led to escalating home run totals that not only excited fans, but helped baseball evolve from a low-scoring, speed-dominated game to a high-scoring power game.
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The Say Hey Kid
Considered to be the greatest all-around player of all time
Mays' first Major League manager, Leo Durocher, said of Mays: "He could do the five things you have to do to be a superstar: hit, hit with power, run, throw, and field. And he had that other ingredient that turns a superstar into a super superstar. He lit up the room when he came in. He was a joy to be around."
Upon his Hall of Fame induction, Mays was asked to name the best player that he had seen during his career. Mays replied, "I don't mean to be bashful, but I was.
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The Georgia Peach
Described by the Detroit Free Press as "daring to the point of dementia."
On August 8, 1905, Ty's mother fatally shot his father. William Cobb suspected his wife of infidelity, and was sneaking past his own bedroom window to catch her in the act; she saw the silhouette of what she presumed to be an intruder, and, acting in self-defense, shot and killed her husband. Mrs. Cobb was charged with murder and then released on a $7,000 recognizance bond. She was acquitted on March 31, 1906. Cobb later attributed his ferocious play to the death of his father, saying, "I did it for my father. He never got to see me play ... but I knew he was watching me, and I never let him down."
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The Big Train
The overpowering fastball was the primary reason for Johnson's exceptional statistics
Johnson's gentle nature was legendary, and to this day he is held up as an example of good sportsmanship while his name has become synonymous with friendly competition. This attribute worked to Johnson's disadvantage in the case of fellow Hall of Famer Ty Cobb. Virtually all batters were concerned about being hit by Johnson's fastball, and many would not "dig in" at the plate because of that concern. Cobb realized that the good-hearted Johnson was privately nervous about the possibility of seriously injuring a batsman. Almost alone among his peers, Cobb would actually stand closer to the plate than usual when facing Johnson.
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Hammerin' Hank
Set the record for most home runs in a career (755)
To honor Aaron's contributions to baseball, MLB created the Hank Aaron Award, an annual award given to the hitters voted the most effective in each respective league. He is the last Negro league baseball player to have played in the major leagues. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, his first year of eligibility. That same year, baseball fans named Aaron to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante listed Hank Aaron on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans.
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The Sporting News Selects Baseball's Greatest Players: A Celebration of the 20th Century's Best (Sporting News Series)
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Start sharpening your debating chops. Any list that tries to rank the best who ever played the game in numerical order is just begging for a fight, and this coffee-table-sized offering virtually dares you to take a whack at its chin. The fun part about it is that it's intriguing enough, surprising enough, and persuasive enough to hold its own.Amazon.com Review
The Iron Horse
Remembered for his prowess as a hitter
Gehrig first garnered national attention for his baseball ability while playing in a game at Cubs Park (now Wrigley Field) on June 26, 1920. Gehrig's New York School of Commerce team was playing a team from Chicago's Lane Tech High School, in front of a crowd of more than 10,000 spectators. With his team winning 8-6 in the top of the ninth inning, Gehrig hit a grand slam completely out of the Major League ballpark, an unheard-of feat for a 17-year old high school boy.
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Big Six
373 career wins (3rd all-time)
Mathewson's Giants won the 1905 World Series over the Philadelphia Athletics. Mathewson was the starting pitcher in Game 1, and pitched a 4-hit shutout for the victory. Three days later, with the series tied 1-1, he pitched another 4-hit shutout. Then, two days later in Game 5, he threw a 6-hit shutout to clinch the series for the Giants. In a span of only six days, Mathewson had pitched three complete games without allowing a run.
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The Thumper
Home runs: 521
Williams was an obsessive student of hitting. He famously used a lighter bat than most sluggers, because it generated a faster swing. David Halberstam's Summer of '49 recalls him warning teammates not to leave their bats on the ground as they would absorb moisture and become heavier. His devotion allowed him to hit for power and average while maintaining extraordinary plate discipline. In 1970 he wrote a book on the subject, The Science of Hitting, which is still read by many baseball players. Williams was known to discuss hitting with active players enthusiastically until very late in his life; a conversation with Tony Gwynn was filmed for television.
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April 27, 1896 - January 5, 1963
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The Rajah
World Series champion (1926)
Hornsby was also renowned for his speed. In a January 8, 1963 article in the Chicago American, Hall of Fame player and manager, Al Lopez, said of Hornsby that, "he was one of the speediest men we ever had in baseball." His speed was often later compared to that of the young Mickey Mantle. Hall of Famer Pie Traynor, who saw both Hornsby and Mickey Mantle play, insisted that Hornsby would have beaten Mantle to first base from the right hand batter's box. Christy Mathewson once stated that he believed that Hornsby was faster than Maurice Archdeacon, a player who in the 1920s was believed to have been the fastest player to have played major league baseball.
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Stan the Man
1957 SI Sportsman of the Year
Following his retirement Musial has been a successful businessman and restaurateur, and remains a popular figure in the St. Louis area. When asked why he always seemed so happy, he remarked, "If you had a .331 lifetime batting average, you'd be happy all the time, too!" In 1985, he opened and operated Inn at Grand Glaize at the Lake of the Ozarks, Mo. In 1989, he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
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- Upon-Request Upon-Request Oct 26, 2009 @ 11:39 am
- Great sports lens. I'm not an avid baseball fan, but happy that I recognized at least 7 of your list! :)
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- lakern26 lakern26 Oct 15, 2009 @ 6:44 pm
- Great lens! Well done - loved the pics and I must say that song brought back a lot of memories. It's always been one of my favorites. Nice touch! Oh and congrats on graduating RM . . . again ;)
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- WindyWinters WindyWinters Oct 10, 2009 @ 12:32 pm
- Great List for Baseball Fans! I will tuck this list away for my baseball fans! Thanks!
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- kimmanleyort kimmanleyort Oct 8, 2009 @ 12:08 pm
- You are a superb lensmaster!
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- sandyspider sandyspider Oct 8, 2009 @ 10:42 am
- Great choice of baseball players!
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