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January 8th, 2012 — Baseball Memorabilia, Baseball Pennants, Sports, Vintage Sports Memorabilia, world series
Collecting baseball pennants can be a fun hobby for a sports memorabilia fan, or a fan of a particular baseball team. A collector can choose to collect pennants that were made during a certain year, a certain era, or pennants spanning the entire history of one team. The variety in pennants in colors, materials and designs is so that any collection is bright and varied, and livens up any room in which it’s displayed.
Baseball cards stand as the leader among baseball collectibles, which causes many people to overlook things like baseball pennants, which are just as collectible and can be quite valuable. In fact, as far as an investment goes, pennants hold their value steady more than cards, which fluctuate based on a number of factors. While it’s unlikely that you’ll find baseball pennants that are worth as much as the top value baseball cards, you’ll have a more steady investment and a great-looking item to enjoy.
Baseball pennants are larger than baseball cards, and more easy and satisfying to display because of that, especially for fans of one team. While they take up more room, the space they occupy is typically on the wall, rather than in albums or boxes like cards, so they’re great for people with limited storage space. They serve as decoration as much as simply a collectible display, and are easy to theme a baseball room around, or feature prominently in a room filled with memorabilia from other sports besides baseball.
Thrift stores, yard sales and flea markets are a good place to browse for baseball pennants. Many people acquire them and never realize that they might have value beyond that of a souvenir, so it’s not unusual to find a true vintage pennant in one of these relatively cheap ways! Some older pennants can even be purchased through Major League Baseball and its affiliates, so it pays to check the official sources. And of course you can purchase new ones there, too.
Online auctions like eBay are a great way to find baseball pennants. While you might not be able to find the exact year a pennant was made when you’re purchasing through yard sales and auctions, this shouldn’t deter you from getting a pennant that you love. You can always research it later to try to find the year, if you’re interested in the history of the pennant.
When looking at baseball pennants, especially online, make sure you ask what material the pennant is made from, as this should affect the price and the value. (Also look into purchasing inexpensive pennant protectors so you can display your treasures without worry.) Felt pennants are the least expensive, and the more easily damaged ones, while wool pennants command higher prices and make a better investment. The earliest pennants from the 1940s will probably cost you more than those made later, but you may be able to find a great vintage pennant for much less than you think, especially if the current owner doesn’t realize its potential value.
Originally posted 2008-11-13 14:00:04. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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January 4th, 2012 — Baseball Cards, Baseball Jerseys, Baseball Memorabilia, Baseball Pennants, mickey mantle, Sports, world series
When asked to list some of baseball’s greatest players, many people would list Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and Ty Cobb, but no list would be complete without Mickey Mantle. The Oklahoma native was born to a father who was already a huge baseball fan and actually named his son after Mickey Cochrane, a Hall of Fame catcher in the sport.
Mickey Mantle was an athlete through high school and college, and because of his college football career he developed osteomyelitis, a potentially fatal condition that had only recently been researched enough to find that penicillin could stop its progress. The disease was a crippling disease that could have cost him his leg, if not for proper, quick treatment. Because of this condition he couldn’t serve in the military and some baseball fans looked down on him for not serving in the Korean War instead of playing baseball professionally, as he did.
He was spotted by a Yankees scout when he was just in high school. The scout came back on the day Mantle graduated high school and signed him to the minor league team. He played for the Yankees in 1951 in his first World Series game, then replaced Jo DiMaggio in 1952 after his retirement. Mickey Mantle held the record for the most runs scored and the most runs batted in during the World Series, as well as the most World Series home runs.
Mickey Mantle also was known for hitting the longest home runs, with some estimated at having traveled between 550 and 650 feet. Though Ruth, DiMaggio and two other ball players had been paid more during their careers, in 1961 Mantle became the highest paid active player, with a contract for $75,000.
Mickey Mantle often battled injury during his career, with knee problems and frequent pain. He hit his last home run in 1968 and retired in 1969. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974, and the Yankees retired #7 in his honor. Mantle admitted alcoholism late in life and underwent treatment at the Betty Ford Clinic in 1994. In 1995 after the bombing of the Oklahoma City Federal building he worked to raise money for the victims and their families. Soon after, he received a liver transplant to replace the one ravaged by alcoholism and hepatitis. This caused controversy because of how quickly and easily he received an organ when others had been on a waiting list for months and years.
He also created the Mickey Mantle foundation to raise awareness about the need for organ donation and to help families struggling while waiting for an organ for a loved one. Despite the transplant, he died about two months later because the liver cancer had spread before the transplant.
Mickey Mantle memorabilia can be found in shops dedicated to sports memorabilia or in online auctions, where a huge variety is available. There is usually a lot of competition for these items, so be sure to research what’s most valuable at the time before placing your maximum bid.
Soon you can expect to see old fashioned bats considered collectibles, once only BBCOR certified baseball bats are available.
Originally posted 2008-12-13 05:00:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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January 3rd, 2012 — Baseball Memorabilia, world series
Even someone who knows very little about sports most likely knows what the World Series is all about, because it’s heavily advertised and almost impossible to avoid during the fall. The World Series is Major League Baseball’s championship series, played every autumn to determine the winning team, considered the champion of the entire baseball season. Years ago, this championship was often called the Fall Classic, the October Classic, or The Series.
Major League Baseball is made up of 29 clubs, split between the American League and the National League, which includes a Canadian team. Each League has its own championship series preceding the World Series to determine which team is their League champ and will go on to play against the other League’s winner in the World Series.
The World Series has been an annual event since 1903, though baseball has included some sort of championship playoff or formula since about 1860. The ‘World Series’ only refers to those championships played since 1903, however, which are known as the modern playoffs. The series is played in 7 games, with one team winning the best of 7 and taking the championship. This has been the standard formula, except in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1921 when the series was actually played according to the best of 9 games. Winners get the famous World Series Trophy and each player on the team gets a World Series ring. The winning team also gets a larger percentage of ticket profits than the losing team.
For World Series memorabilia collectors, there’s no shortage of items in collector sporting goods stores and online auctions like eBay. Some collector favorites include New York Yankees memorabilia. The Yankees, an American League team, have the distinction of having won more World Series championships than any other team. They’ve played in 39 of the 104 series, and won 26 of them. The Dodgers of the National League rank 2nd in total World Series, with 18 appearances, though they’ve only won 6 of those times. And the St. Louis Cardinals, a National League club, have appeared in the series 17 times and won 10 of those, the most wins of any National League team.
Another Major League Baseball team holds another sort of World Series record, but this time for having the longest World Series losing streak. The Chicago Cubs haven’t won a world series since 1908, making them unpopular with many fans, and giving them underdog status which makes them even more popular with others.
World Series memorabilia is a popular item on eBay. The items differ by the year of the series, with the teams meeting in the final seven games being depicted on T-shirts, programs, hats, sports equipment and other items, with the ultimate winner being commemorated on those items and many more. Ask the sellers if the items are official releases of Major League Baseball, and check tags for that mark once you receive them. Signed items should be carefully examined, with the signatures compared to known signatures of the player.
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Originally posted 2008-11-01 14:00:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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