~~~~~~~~Hump Day Morning Thread~~~~~~~~

[Hawk8]

Good Morning Everyone

 

[Hawk8]

Some Recent Pickups

1983 Fleer Stickers Blue Paper Proof

1995 Stadium Club Ring Leaders Oversized, Silver Border, Blank Back Proof

1984 Drakes Negative

2005 SP Legendary Cuts Classic Careers #073 /399

2004 Sweet Spot Classic Patch Cubs #277 /300

2005 SP Legendary Cuts Legendary Lineage #027 /399

2004 Sweet Spot Classic Patch 82 AS #101 /200

2005 Finest X-Fractors #215 /250

2005 Sweet Spot Signatures Red Stitch Black Ink #123 /175

 

[dano7]

Good morning. Thought this was going to be the AT (Afternoon Thread) for a while.
DANNY

 

[Hawk8]

Good morning. Thought this was going to be the AT (Afternoon Thread) for a while.
DANNY

LOL, I don't usually start the morning thread but I was getting impatient of waiting for someone else to start it so I could share some of my pickups before I headed off to work.

 

[cbrandtw]

Good morning everyone. Been away for a couple of days. My mother lost her long fight against cancer late Monday night. No more pain, no more chemo, and she's at peace.

 

[Ashburn Alley]

Good morning everyone. Been away for a couple of days. My mother lost her long fight against cancer late Monday night. No more pain, no more chemo, and she's at peace.

Sorry to hear.

 

[Hawk8]

Good morning everyone. Been away for a couple of days. My mother lost her long fight against cancer late Monday night. No more pain, no more chemo, and she's at peace.

Sorry for your loss, thoughts and prayers for you and your family

 

[Ashburn Alley]

Good morning all.

 

[MojoDan]

Morning.

cbrandtw - thoughts and prayers for you and your family.

 

[MrMet]

Morning guys, couldn't sleep well last night so I finally got up around 4am, and picked up Roy Campanella's book 'It's Good to be Alive' and just read it straight through til now. First time I ever read it, and it was an excellent read. I didn't know much about him, but wow. Branch Rickey talked to him a week before he talked to Jackie, but Roy assumed he wanted to sign him for a new ***** League team, the Black Dodgers, and Campy was already making good money on the teams he was on, so he turned him down. Never thought to ask what team Rickey wanted him for, until he was playing cards and talking to Jackie, and Jackie told him (the night before the original press conference, and sworn to secrecy) he signed with the Dodgers and was going to Montreal.
Campy also saw an 18yr old playing for the Birmingham Barons, while barnstorming after the '49 World Series, and then saw him a few more times after that and was really impressed. So he called the Dodgers (collect) and told them to get a scout down there and sign this kid. Well, the scout came, but decided the kid couldn't hit the curveball, and that's how the Dodgers missed out on signing Willie Mays.
Hope you all enjoyed those anecdotes as much as I did, and I would recommend the book to anyone who is into baseball history, or even baseball itself.

 

[Hawk8]

Morning guys, couldn't sleep well last night so I finally got up around 4am, and picked up Roy Campanella's book 'It's Good to be Alive' and just read it straight through til now. First time I ever read it, and it was an excellent read. I didn't know much about him, but wow. Branch Rickey talked to him a week before he talked to Jackie, but Roy assumed he wanted to sign him for a new ***** League team, the Black Dodgers, and Campy was already making good money on the teams he was on, so he turned him down. Never thought to ask what team Rickey wanted him for, until he was playing cards and talking to Jackie, and Jackie told him (the night before the original press conference, and sworn to secrecy) he signed with the Dodgers and was going to Montreal.
Campy also saw an 18yr old playing for the Birmingham Barons, while barnstorming after the '49 World Series, and then saw him a few more times after that and was really impressed. So he called the Dodgers (collect) and told them to get a scout down there and sign this kid. Well, the scout came, but decided the kid couldn't hit the curveball, and that's how the Dodgers missed out on signing Willie Mays.
Hope you all enjoyed those anecdotes as much as I did, and I would recommend the book to anyone who is into baseball history, or even baseball itself.

Pretty cool stories

 

[dano7]

Good morning everyone. Been away for a couple of days. My mother lost her long fight against cancer late Monday night. No more pain, no more chemo, and she's at peace.

Very sorry for your loss. Prayers going your way.
DANNY

 

[A_Pharis]

Good morning everyone. Been away for a couple of days. My mother lost her long fight against cancer late Monday night. No more pain, no more chemo, and she's at peace.

Sorry for your loss.


Good morning, everyone.

 

[Hendersonfan]

Morning clowns

 

[U L Washington Rookie]

Good morning.

 

[dbacksfan4life]

Morning!

 

[Pine Tar]

Good morning boys.

Sorry for your lose cbrandtw

 

[hoopster3977]

Good morning everyone. Been away for a couple of days. My mother lost her long fight against cancer late Monday night. No more pain, no more chemo, and she's at peace.

Thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family. :grouphug:

Good morning all.

 

[clarkzac]

Good morning guys. Allergic reaction is really getting to me, but I have to tough it out until Friday. I would love to get in before Friday, but I can't miss any class. Well I could, but it would be tough since the semester is starting to wind down and I have important things going on in all of my classes right now. The weather has been really weird the last few days. Its been snowing, windy, and cold in the mornings, and then around 4-5 in the afternoon the sun comes out. The sun always gets me excited, but then I wake up to more snow

cbrandtw thoughts and prayers are with you and your family

 

[Pinbreaker]

Morning guys, couldn't sleep well last night so I finally got up around 4am, and picked up Roy Campanella's book 'It's Good to be Alive' and just read it straight through til now. First time I ever read it, and it was an excellent read. I didn't know much about him, but wow. Branch Rickey talked to him a week before he talked to Jackie, but Roy assumed he wanted to sign him for a new ***** League team, the Black Dodgers, and Campy was already making good money on the teams he was on, so he turned him down. Never thought to ask what team Rickey wanted him for, until he was playing cards and talking to Jackie, and Jackie told him (the night before the original press conference, and sworn to secrecy) he signed with the Dodgers and was going to Montreal.
Campy also saw an 18yr old playing for the Birmingham Barons, while barnstorming after the '49 World Series, and then saw him a few more times after that and was really impressed. So he called the Dodgers (collect) and told them to get a scout down there and sign this kid. Well, the scout came, but decided the kid couldn't hit the curveball, and that's how the Dodgers missed out on signing Willie Mays.
Hope you all enjoyed those anecdotes as much as I did, and I would recommend the book to anyone who is into baseball history, or even baseball itself.

When I was in Junior High, I had to pick a book to write a report on and I picked this one... So that's why I started to collect Campy..