Innholdsfortegnelse for March 15, 2019 i Sports Collectors Digest

Those of you who regularly read this column know that I am a fan of the Milwaukee Brewers. Being a fan of baseball and growing up in Wisconsin, it was only natural that I followed the Brewers as a kid. It also didn’t hurt that some of my earliest memories of watching baseball came during the 1982 season when the Brewers made it to the World Series. It was always a dream of mine to travel to Arizona during Spring Training and watch the Brewers play some Spring Training games. I realized that dream in 2007 when I attended Spring Training with former Sports Collectors Digest editor Tom Bartsch and one of our friends. At the time I was working in the Sports Department at F+W Media, with SCD being…

The great Hall of Famer Frank Robinson recently passed away, and I have a Frank Robinson story that no one knows ... until now. A native Bronx boy and Yankees fan, I moved to California in 1973 at 20 years old. I came out to the West Coast to get into the comedy business as a writer. I ended up “living” at The Comedy Store, next door to the Continental Hyatt House Hotel. Now what does all this have to do with Frank Robinson? The Dodgers met the Yankees for the second year in a row in the 1978 World Series. To make ends meet, I drove a cab in the daytime and hung out at the Comedy Store at night. The hotel next door had a taxi stand in…

2019 Topps Heritage Topps Heritage Baseball returns in 2019, while celebrating the 1970 Topps Baseball card design. Highlights of 2019 Topps Heritage Baseball include Real One Autographs, Clubhouse Collection Relics, Flashback Autograph Relics, and 1970 Poster Box Loaders. Each hobby box will guarantee one autograph or relic card, plus one box loader. The base set showcases 500 veteran and rookie players and 100 High-Numbered Short-Printed cards. Variations of the base set include: Throwback Uniform, Action Image, Team Name Color, Mini Base, and Silver Metal Base. Parallels include: Black-Bordered, Flip Stock, and five different Chrome parallels. The autograph card selection is led by Real One Autographs that features retired and active players signing cards in blue ink. Select cards will feature players that appeared for the last time on a Topps…

The current roster of Harlem Globetrotters still tour with a mix of dazzle and round-ball strategy, and perhaps someday a few of those players will play in the NBA and/ or maybe earn induction into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 1998 the ball-dribbling wizard Marques Haynes, who passed on a couple chances to play in the NBA in the 1950s, became the first Harlem Globetrotter inducted into the Hall. In 2002, the Globetrotter organization received their permanent place in Springfield, MA. The next year, Meadowlark Lemon earned individual induction as a contributor. In 2011 Goose Tatum received the nod for his court skills. Players like Nathaniel “Sweetwater” Clifton, who helped integrate the NBA in the 1950s, Wilt Chamberlain and Connie Hawkins all played for a time with…

• Reader questions tactics used in professional sports I very much appreciated the article on Bruce Dowbiggin and his new book “Cap in Hand.” While I find much of what he had to say to Sal Barry very interesting, I want to touch on something that was mentioned only in passing. In my view, by far the most outrageous feature of professional sports in this country is the amateur draft. Imagine any other profession where, upon graduation from college or high school, the individual is told if he wants to work as an architect, sportswriter, engineer, attorney, etc. he or she must work in this location and for this employer. No choice as to where to go. And the graduate’s ability is severely restricted for a number of years as to…

1. $99,800: 2000 Playoff Contenders Tom Brady Championship Rookie Ticket, auto BGS 8.5) 2. $52,100: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (PSA 5) 3. $44,000: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle (SGC 70) 4. $33,699: 1910 E98 Ty Cobb, red variation (PSA 9) 5. $31,400: 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle (PSA 7) 6. $30,100: 1951 Topps Mickey Mantle (PSA 3.5) 7. $22,250: 2000 Upper Deck Authentic SP Tom Brady (PSA 10) 8. $21,099: 1948 Leaf Satchel Paige (PSA 3) 9. $20,600: 2009-10 Panini National Treasures Gold Stephen Curry, #2/25, auto patch (BGS 8) 10. $20,000: 2006-07 Upper Deck Exquisite Michael Jordan/Kobe Bryant Dual Autograph, #1/5, auto patch (BGS 8.5, auto 10)…

MARCH 1: 2019 Topps Alliance of American Football AAF 6: 2019 Donruss Baseball 6: 2018 Panini Encased Football 6: 2018-19 Panini Select Basketball 8: 2017-18 Leaf Pearl Hockey 8: 2018 Leaf Valiant Baseball 13: 2018 Panini National Treasures Football 13: 2019 Panini Stars & Stripes USA Baseball 13: 2018-19 SPx Hockey 13: 2019 Topps Opening Day Baseball 13: 2018-19 Upper Deck CHL Hockey 20: 2019 Topps Inception Baseball 20: 2018-19 Panini Cornerstones Basketball 27: 2018 Panini Flawless Football 27: 2019 Panini Prizm Draft Picks Collegiate Football 27: 2018-19 O-Pee-Chee Platinum Hockey 27: 2019 Topps Gypsy Queen Baseball 28: 2018 Piece of the Game Authenticated Masterpieces Baseball 29: 2018-19 Topps Chrome Bundesliga Soccer APRIL 3: 2018-19 Panini Court Kings Basketball 10: 2018-19 Donruss Soccer 10: 2019 Panini Diamond Kings Baseball 10:…

ALABAMA Mar 2 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL. T: 75, F: $25-$30, A: Free. Contact: Stephen Moore – PH: 256-599-0989, Website: www.jacksonssportscards.com May 18 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL. T: 75, F: $25-$30, A: Free. Contact: Stephen Moore – PH: 256-599-0989, Website: www.jacksonssportscards.com Sep 7 AL, Scottsboro. Scottsboro Sports Card & Memorabilia Show, Goose Pond Civic Center, 1165 Ed Hembree Dr., Scottsboro, AL. T: 75, F: $25-$30, A: Free. Contact: Stephen Moore – PH: 256-599-0989, Website: www.jacksonssportscards.com ARIZONA Mar 23 AZ, Phoenix. Northwest Valley Coin & Card Show, La-Quinta Inn, 2510 W Greenway Road, Phoenix, AZ 85023. SH: 9am-3pm, T: 35, F: $40-$50, A:…

Warren Wells Warren Wells, who was a wide receiver for the Oakland Raiders in the late 1960s, died Dec. 27. He was 76. Wells joined the Raiders in 1967 and helped lead the team to three straight AFL title games from 1967 through 1969, as well as the first American Football Conference championship game in 1970. He played for the Raiders for four years, catching 156 passes for 3,634 yards and 42 touchdowns. He was chosen for the Pro Bowl twice. George Welsh Former Virginia football coach George Welsh died Jan. 2. He was 85. Welsh coached at Virginia from 1982 to 2000, compiling a record of 134-86-3. In his third season as coach at Virginia he guided the team to its first bowl appearance. In all, he led Virginia…

Whistles in basketball often mean bad news: stoppage of play of some sort; perhaps a player got caught breaking a rule; maybe someone just earned an ejection. That is, of course, unless the whistle involves The Harlem Globetrotters and their famous warm-up song “Sweet Georgia Brown,” featuring the whistling of Brother Bones—certainly one of the best-known tunes associated with sports. The Globetrotters origins, hoops wizardry blended with a sense of humor, trace back to the 1920s and by the late 1960s they had established a strong following around the world, with U.S.-based fans among their biggest. By the early 1970s, with standout players Geese Ausbie, Meadowlark Lemon and Curly Neal, the organization likely reached their most popular era. Starring in a Saturday morning cartoon series and a run of comic…