England Memorabilia
[mage source="flickr"]{Chicago Bears}[/mage] England 1966 World Cup Memorabilia?
My Grandma and Grandad own a money box saying England World Cup 1966, it is in the shape of a football and brown. They say it is very rare. I cannot find it anywhere on the internet to see how much it is worth. Does anybody have any ideas? It is not the Willie money box as I presume that would be in the shape of the lion? If anybody could help or anybody has any links that would be great!
I think the only way you will get a true answer is by having it valued by an expert who deals in memorabilia.
I personally would take it to somewhere like Sotherbys for a valuation as they will give you a true answer..
The New York Mets, who had never finished higher than ninth place (next-to-last) nor won more than 73 games in a season since joining the National League in 1962, were not highly regarded before the 1969 season started. In fact, the best that could be said for them was that because the National League was being split into two divisions that year, the Mets were guaranteed to finish no lower than sixth place. The fact the Mets began the season by losing 1110 to the then-expansion Montreal Expos seemed to confirm this. With three weeks to go in the season, the underdog Mets stormed past the Chicago Cubs, who had led the Eastern Division for most of the season, winning 38 of their final 49 games for a total of 100 wins and capturing the first National League Eastern Division crown. Third-year pitcher Tom Seaver won a major-league-leading 25 games en route to his first Cy Young Award; the other two top Mets starting pitchers, Jerry Koosman and rookie Gary Gentry, combined to win 30 more games. Outfielder Cleon Jones hit a (then) club-record .340 and finished third in the National League batting race, while his lifelong friend and outfield mate Tommie Agee hit 26 home runs and drove in 76 runs to lead the club; they were the only players on the team who garnered more than 400 at bats. Manager Gil Hodges employed a skillful platoon system not unlike the Yankees of the Casey Stengel era, in which Ron Swoboda and Art Shamsky became a switch-hitting right fielder who hit 23 home runs and drove in 100 runs, and Ed Kranepool and Donn Clendenon added up to a switch-hitting first baseman who hit 23 more homers and knocked in another 95 runs. Everyone on the bench knew what their role was in the platoonobody felt that they'd ever lost their jobs. Almost to a man, the 1969 Mets were united in their praise of their manager's skill. In the first League Championship Series, the light-hitting Mets, once again considered underdogs (even though the Mets actually had a better record than the Braves), put on an uncharacteristic power display by scoring 27 runs in sweeping the favored Atlanta Braves in three games.
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles, by contrast, were practically flawless and featured stars at almost every position. They breezed through the 1969 season, winning 109 games (until 1998 the most games won since the advent of divisional play) and brushing aside the Minnesota Twins in three games in the ALCS to win their second pennant in four years. The Orioles were led by star sluggers Frank Robinson and Boog Powell, who each hit over 30 home runs and drove in over 100 runs; third baseman Brooks Robinson, perhaps the best-fielding hot-corner player in baseball history; and pitchers Mike Cuellar, Dave McNally and Jim Palmer, who combined for 63 victories. It was felt that in the face of such statistical comparisons, only the most reckless gambler would put any money on the Mets.
Summary
NL New York Mets (4) vs. AL Baltimore Orioles (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 11
New York Mets 1, Baltimore Orioles 4
Memorial Stadium
2:13
50,429
2
October 12
New York Mets 2, Baltimore Orioles 1
Memorial Stadium
2:20
50,850
3
October 14
Baltimore Orioles 0, New York Mets 5
Shea Stadium
2:23
56,335
4
October 15
Baltimore Orioles 1, New York Mets 2 (10 innings)
Shea Stadium
2:33
57,367
5
October 16
Baltimore Orioles 3, New York Mets 5
Shea Stadium
2:14
57,397
Matchups
Game 1
Saturday, October 11, 1969 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
6
1
Baltimore
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
X
4
6
0
WP: Mike Cuellar (10) LP: Tom Seaver (01)
HRs: BAL Don Buford (1)
With this win, the Orioles looked to be proving all the prognosticators right, as it was a dominant performance. Don Buford led off the game for the Orioles by homering off Tom Seaver. The O's then added three more runs in the fourth when, with two outs, Elrod Hendricks singled and Davey Johnson walked. Mark Belanger then singled in a run, followed by an RBI single by pitcher Mike Cuellar. Buford would cap the inning off by doubling in Belanger.
The Mets got their run in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by light-hitting Al Weis.
Game 2
Sunday, October 12, 1969 at Memorial Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
New York
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
6
0
Baltimore
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
2
0
WP: Jerry Koosman (10) LP: Dave McNally (01) SV: Ron Taylor (1)
HRs: NYM Donn Clendenon (1)
Mets pitcher Jerry Koosman pitched six innings of no-hit ball, trying to match Don Larsen's World Series no-hit feat. Donn Clendenon provided him a slim lead with a home run in the fourth.
However, Koosman would lose both the no-hitter and the lead in the seventh as Paul Blair singled, stole second, and scored on a single by Brooks Robinson. But, that would be it for the Orioles' offense. The Mets pushed across a run in the top of the ninth on back-to-back-to-back singles by Ed Charles, Jerry Grote, and Al Weis, scoring Charles.
Koosman had trouble finishing the game, as he issued two-out walks in the bottom of the ninth to Frank Robinson and Boog Powell. Ron Taylor came on to retire Brooks Robinson for the final out and earn the save.
Game 3
Tuesday, October 14, 1969 at Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Baltimore
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
New York
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
X
5
6
0
WP: Gary Gentry (10) LP: Jim Palmer (01) SV: Nolan Ryan (1)
HRs: NYM Tommie Agee (1), Ed Kranepool (1)
Agee led off the game for the Mets with a home run off of Jim Palmer, then saved at least five runs with his defense. With two out in the fourth and Oriole runners on first and third, Agee raced to the 396-foot sign in left-center and made a backhanded running catch of a drive hit by Elrod Hendricks. In the seventh, the Orioles had loaded the bases with two out, but Agee made a headfirst diving grab of a line drive hit by Paul Blair in right-center.
Ed Kranepool added a home run and Jerry Grote an RBI double for the Mets, while Gary Gentry pitched six shutout innings and helped his own cause with a second-inning two-run double. Nolan Ryan, making what would be his only World Series appearance in his 27-year career, pitched the final 2+13 innings (benefitting from Agee's second catch) and earned a save.
mlb.com coverage of Game 3
Game 4
Wednesday, October 15, 1969 at Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
R
H
E
Baltimore
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
6
1
New York
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
10
1
WP: Tom Seaver (11) LP: Dick Hall (01)
HRs: NYM Donn Clendenon (2)
Tom Seaver atoned for his Game 1 ineffectiveness by shutting the Orioles out through eight innings. Once again, Donn Clendenon provided the lead with a solo homer in the second. In the third inning, after arguing ball-strike calls too strenuously with plate umpire Shag Crawford, Earl Weaver of the Orioles became the first manager since 1935 to be ejected from a World Series game.
In the top of the ninth, Seaver ran into trouble. Frank Robinson and Boog Powell hit back-to-back one-out singles to put runners on first and third. Brooks Robinson then hit a sinking line drive towards right that Mets right fielder Ron Swoboda dove for and caught just inches off the ground. Frank Robinson tagged and scored, but Swoboda's heroics kept the Orioles from possibly taking the lead. Elrod Hendricks then flew out to Swoboda to end the inning, but not before coming within inches of a home run that would have given the Orioles a two-run lead.
In the bottom of the tenth, Jerry Grote led off by blooping a double to left. Al Weis was intentionally walked, and Mets manager Gil Hodges sent J. C. Martin up to hit for Seaver. Martin laid down a sacrifice bunt, but Orioles reliever Pete Richert hit Martin in the wrist with his attempted throw to first. Rod Gaspar, running for Grote, came around to score the winning run.
Replays showed Martin was inside the first-base line, which hindered Richert from making a good throw. It was suggested that had the Orioles protested the call, claiming interference (which they never did), that the protest would have been disallowed since Martin did not intentionally interfere with the throw (as per Major League Baseball Official Rule 7.08[b]). As a result of this play, the running lane that extends from halfway down the first-base line to the bag was added to all major league fields. A runner can be running in this lane and be hit by a thrown ball and not be called for interference.
Game 5
Thursday, October 16, 1969 at Shea Stadium in Flushing, Queens, New York
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
R
H
E
Baltimore
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
2
New York
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
2
X
5
7
0
WP: Jerry Koosman (20) LP: Eddie Watt (01)
HRs: BAL Dave McNally (1), Frank Robinson (1) NYM Donn Clendenon (3), Al Weis (1)
Dave McNally shut out the Mets through five innings and helped himself with a two-run homer in the third inning. Frank Robinson homered in the inning as well, and the Orioles looked to be cruising with a 30 lead.
The Mets, however, would benefit from two questionable umpire's calls. In the fifth inning, Mets' starter Jerry Koosman appeared to have hit Frank Robinson with a pitch, but plate umpire Lou DiMuro ruled that the pitch hit his bat before hitting him and denied him first base. Replays showed, however, that Robinson was indeed hit firsthe ball struck him on the hip, then bounced up and hit his bat.
In the sixth, McNally bounced a pitch that appeared to have hit Mets left fielder Cleon Jones on the foot, then bounced into the Mets' dugout. McNally and the Orioles claimed the ball hit the dirt and not Jones, but Mets manager Gil Hodges showed the ball to DiMuro, who found a spot of shoe polish on the ball and awarded Jones first base. McNally then gave up Series MVP Donn Clendenon's third homer of the series (a record for a five-game World Series that was tied by the Phillies' Ryan Howard in the 2008 Classic) to cut the lead to 32.
However, the renowned "shoe polish" incident may not be such a simple, straightforward matter. On August 22, 2009, at the 40th Anniversary celebration of the Mets' 1969 Championship, held at their new stadium, Citi Field, Jerry Koosman stated in several media interviews that, in actuality, Hodges had instructed him to rub the ball on his shoe, which he did, and it was only after this that Hodges showed the ball to the umpire. Koosman's claim doesn't necessarily mean that the ball didn't strike Jones on the foot, nor does it even mean that the polish on the ball seen by the umpire was put there by Koosmant's certainly conceivable that there was already a genuine spot of polish on the ball, which easily could have escaped Koosman's notice as he hastily created the fraudulent one. In any case, Koosman's allegation at the very least adds an intriguing layer of uncertainty and possible chicanery to an already legendary event.
The Mets then tied the score in the seventh on a solo home run hit by the unheralded and light-hitting Al Weis. Weis only hit seven home runs in his big league career; this was his first home run ever at Shea Stadium. Weis would lead all batters in this series with a .455 average.
The Mets' winning runs scored in the eighth as Game 4 defensive hero Ron Swoboda doubled in Jones with the go-ahead run. Swoboda then scored when Jerry Grote's grounder was mishandled by first baseman Boog Powell, whose throw to first was then dropped by pitcher Eddie Watt in an unusual double error. Jerry Koosman would get the win, his second of the series.
Composite box
1969 World Series (41): New York Mets (N.L.) over Baltimore Orioles (A.L.)
Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
R
H
E
New York Mets
1
3
0
1
0
3
2
3
1
1
15
35
2
Baltimore Orioles
1
0
3
3
0
0
1
0
1
0
9
23
4
Total attendance: 272,378 Average attendance: 54,476
Winning player share: $18,338 Losing player share: $14,904
Highlights
The expression, "Good pitching defeats good hitting," was never more evident than in this World Series: Baltimore collected only 23 hits for a .146 batting average. Boog Powell led the Orioles with five hitsut all were non-scoring singles. Don Buford collected two hits in the opening game, including a leadoff home run against Tom Seaver, but went 0-for-16 over the next four games. Paul Blair went 2-for-20, Davey Johnson 1-for-15 and Brooks Robinson 1-for-19. The vaunted Orioles offense, best in the majors in 1969, only managed four extra-base hits off Mets pitching in the five-game series, all in the first and last games.
Game 4 was mired in controversy, in addition to the game controversy mentioned above. Tom Seaver's photograph was used on some anti-war Moratorium Day literature being distributed outside Shea Stadium before the game, although the pitcher claimed that his picture was used without his knowledge or approval. A further controversy that day involved the flying of the American flag at Shea Stadium. New York City Mayor John Lindsay had ordered flags flown at half staff to observe the Moratorium Day and honor those that had died in Vietnam. Many were concerned, included 225 wounded servicemen who were attending the game and Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn announced that the American flag would be flown at full staff at Shea for Game 4.
There are several direct connections between the two Mets World Championship teams. Orioles second baseman Davey Johnson flied out to Cleon Jones for the last out of the 1969 World Series; Johnson would later manage the 1986 Mets to their World Series title. The pitcher on the mound for the last out of the 1986 Series, Jesse Orosco, had been traded to the Mets for Jerry Koosman (the pitcher on the mound for the last out of the 1969 Series) after the 1978 season. 1969 Mets shortstop Bud Harrelson earned a second World Series ring as the club's third-base coach in 1986.
In all four Mets victories, their starting first baseman hit a home run: Donn Clendenon in Games 2, 4 and 5, and Ed Kranepool in Game 3.
This was the second major upset by a New York team over a Baltimore team in a sport's championship event in 1969. Earlier in January, the Jets, led by Joe Namath, upset the heavily favored Baltimore Colts in the Super Bowl.
The 1969 series is featured in the movie Frequency (film), a 2000 film starring Jim Caviezel and Dennis Quaid. It was also referenced in the television show The Wonder Years where the shows star Kevin Arnold (played by Fred Savage) recalled his days of youth during that summer.
Television coverage
Games 3, 4 and 5 of the 1969 World Series are believed to be the oldest surviving color television broadcasts of World Series games (even though World Series telecasts have aired in color since 1955). However, they were "truck feeds" in that they do not contain original commercials, but show a static image of the Shea Stadium field between innings. Also, the surviving copy of Game 5 as aired on MLB Network in late 2009 had noticeable drop-outs and tape-tracking errors for the first few innings. It is unknown if this was on the original master-tape,or the copy used by MLB network.
Games 1 and 2 were only saved as black and white kinescopes provided by the NBC.
Series quotes
There's a fly ball out to left. Waiting is Jones...the Mets are the World Champions! Jerry Koosman is being mobbed! Look at this scene!
urt Gowdy, announcing that the Mets had just won their first World Series.
God is living in New York, and he's a Mets fan.
om Seaver
If the Mets can win the World Series, the United States can get out of Vietnam.
aseball's Greatest Quotations by Paul Dickson (1991)
Notes
^ "1969 World Series Game 1 - New York Mets vs. Baltimore Orioles". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B10110BAL1969.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1969 World Series Game 2 - New York Mets vs. Baltimore Orioles". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B10120BAL1969.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1969 World Series Game 3 - Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Mets". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B10140NYN1969.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1969 World Series Game 4 - Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Mets". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B10150NYN1969.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ "1969 World Series Game 5 - Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Mets". Retrosheet. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1969/B10160NYN1969.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-13.
^ Amazin': The Miraculous History of New York's Most Beloved Baseball Team, Peter Golenbock, p.258
^ "World Series Gate Receipts and Player Shares". Baseball Almanac. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/ws/wsshares.shtml. Retrieved 2009-06-14.
^ War Casualties Demand Full-Staff Flag at Shea New York Times, 16 October 1969, p.20
References
Neft, David S., and Richard M. Cohen. The World Series. 1st ed. New York: St Martins, 1990. (Neft and Cohen 326329)
Reichler, Joseph, ed. (1982). The Baseball Encyclopedia (5th ed.), p. 2179. MacMillian Publishing. ISBN 0-02-579010-2.
Forman, Sean L.. "1969 World Series". Baseball-Reference.com - Major League Statistics and Information.. http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1969_WS.shtml. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
External links
1969 World Series History at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
1969 World Series at Baseball Almanac
1969 World Series at Baseball-Reference.com
The 1969 Post-Season Games (box scores and play-by-play) at Retrosheet
History of the World Series - 1969 at The SportingNews
Canceled after the NL champion New York Giants refused to participate.
Canceled due to a players strike.
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New York Mets 1969 World Series Champions
1 Bobby Pfeil | 3 Bud Harrelson | 4 Ron Swoboda | 5 Ed Charles | 6 Al Weis | 7 Ed Kranepool | 9 J. C. Martin | 10 Duffy Dyer | 11 Wayne Garrett | 12 Ken Boswell | 15 Jerry Grote | 17 Rod Gaspar | 20 Tommie Agee | 21 Cleon Jones | 22 Donn Clendenon (World Series MVP) | 24 Art Shamsky | 27 Don Cardwell | 30 Nolan Ryan | 31 Jack DiLauro | 34 Cal Koonce | 36 Jerry Koosman | 39 Gary Gentry | 41 Tom Seaver | 42 Ron Taylor | 43 Jim McAndrew | 45 Tug McGraw
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Baseball Bat Memorabilia How Much is A Rod's 500th HR Ball Worth Anyway?
I just read today's NY papers. That greedy little SOB who caught A Rod's 500th wants 100 thousand dollars!! He was offered ten thousand and a signed shirt. The team offered to kick in signed memorabilia from other players, including Clemens, the guy's favorite Yankee. No deal. He wants 100 thousand. The man wrestled it out of the hands of about 5 people and now he is holding the ball hostage.
I say shove it! The only thing A Rod should offer him is a can of WD 40 to grease the path. No way A Rod should give that creep 100 grand. He has the bat and the uniform, let the loser have the ball. I don't care who hit it, it isn't worth 100 grand.
Alex, I love you madly. If I caught it, it would have been yours for FREE. I think most fans felt the same way. We were just glad to see you hit it and proud of you. Let the selfish pig have his baseball. Don't give him a dime!!
Pax - C
Anything, not just a baseball, is WORTH "as much as someone is willing to pay for it". The VALUE is something measured on a completely different scale. I agree with the first guy, if he can get what he is asking for it, then more power to him. Do you know that Mark McGwire's 70th home run ball initially sold for $3 million? (When 70 was still the record) Or did you know that Barry Bonds' 73rd home run ball sold for $450,000? Such memoribilia like a players 1st home run ball, 500th, or major record breaker (which, by the way, the 500th was, as A-Rod was the youngest ever to 500 HR) are far more desired than say a 334th or 179th ball. Just to break it down for you, at $25 million a year, A-Rod collects over $68,000 a day. That is every day of the 365 days in the year, not just the season. Or if you wish to put it in terms of the pay he collects per game, (say 162 for the season) that is over $154,000 per game. Even if it were to cost him $100,000 to get it, he still could pocket well over $50,000 for playing a game. So have you ever bought something that would cost a day and half of work's pay? Was it worth it?
How can you paint a guy with the greedy brush who is looking for a one time, $100,000 payoff while on the defensive side of a guy who makes as much in a day as some people may not make in a year or two, if not more? Something about that seems a bit mixed up to me.
Wouldn’t it be nice to buy a rare basketball item at a discount rate and sell it more much more? Before you can do that realize that basketball memorabilia is expansive but a well preserved piece can fetch a lot more. Consider the 100 point basketball and baskets used in the earlier era’s can be sold for thousands of dollars. Remember that the condition of a memorabilia determines the final price. According to eBay and Beckett sources, an authentic Chicago Bulls Jersey signed by Michael Jordan is worth between $1500 and may claim a price of one Grand. Here are just a few tips to get you started on a journey that may keep you busy for times to come:
If you ever get lucky to get a basketball memorabilia signed by an NBA player, make sure to take a picture. It is so because unauthenticated items sell at almost less than half the prices demanded by the authenticated basketball memorabilia. One of the best techniques to get your item signed by an NBA star is to visit the websites of different retailers and check the schedules of celebrity appearance. Visit these shows and you will have a chance to get the item signed.
Similarly, you can also check the price of one of your basketball cards from a reputable online memorabilia website. The basketball card collections and memorabilia is new and smaller than baseball and football souvenir industry but rare pieces commands much more than its counterparts, in the open market. The official Beckett guide is the bible of basketball memorabilia which enlist the average prices for most collections.
For basketball, it is often hard o locate a ball in pristine condition due to the constant drubbing. Therefore, it is prudent to visit an auction where rare basketballs in excellent conditions are sold by the owners who are themselves avid collectors. You can also contact the Basketball organizations and ask them to assist you in signing with the retired NBA players.
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Signed Baseballs
[mage source="flickr"]{Chicago Bears}[/mage] Where is the nearest place I can bring my autographed baseballs/hockey sticks to tell me who signed them?
I have some baseballls and hockey sticks signed, but i do not know who it was by. I think one might be Josh Beckett, so i really want to know. I need the nearest place from Fitchburg < Massachusetts. zip 01420. Thank you for your help.
leominister is how far away. theres 3- 4 dependable stores there. lookin the yellow book for numbers and locations.......
Memorabilia T Shirts
[mage source="flickr"]{Chicago Bears}[/mage] What Lost memorabilia would you want to see that isn't out there?
shirts, posters, mugs, keychains, etc., etc.
They have bobble-heads, or at least of Richard, Faraday, and on other person.
I have been searching for a cute hoodie, maybe a pink one, that had either the numbers on it or simply said Lost or Dharma Initiative. I can't find anything like that!!!
I would also want stickers for laptops, cells, etc.
Maybe a life-sized polar bear stuffed animal that said Dharma somewhere?
Autographed Football Photos
[mage source="flickr"]{Chicago Bears}[/mage] Is there a way to see Chelsea's football players after a game?
Anyone know If it's possible to see Lampard, Terry and Co. after a premier league game in stamford bridge for an autograph or a photo?
Thank you!
Ok..and where I have to wait? in which gate?
"No Surrender-England-Chelsea" you were very kind to explain me all the details!THANKS AGAIN
If you wait by the team coach afterwards then you'll see them when they come out.
Edit - Well Its near the East Stand if you wait by the West Stand Entrance to Stamford Bridge about an hour before the match you'll see the coach come in, and then you can follow it and see where it is.
Sports Memorabilia Stores
[mage source="flickr"]{Chicago Bears}[/mage] Is there an online store or actual place that buys sports memorabilia?
I have an autographed signed caricature print of Reggie Jackson, Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra that I want to sell, but do not know where to go with it or if it's even valuable.
Football Autographed Memorabilia
[mage source="flickr"]{Chicago Bears}[/mage] best place to get display case for football memorabilia?
I need help finding cases for some autographed footballs and mini helmets. I see so many cases online and I don't know what to look for or what to avoid.
Are certain materials more likely to protect the things inside?
Any companies to avoid? or places you would suggest?
Thanks.
Determine what size you need, what style you like and how much you want to spend. Since cases are not airtight, they all provide equal protection. Look in discount furniture stores as the selection is greater and pricing is okay.
US $30.00
