November Pickups

[jscott0688]

Picked up a few more St. Louis Cardinals TBTC jerseys recently.

Ron Gant St. Louis Stars TBTC uniform from July 4, 1997.

Bill Mueller 1961 TBTC jersey from June 19 and 21, 2015.

Matt Belisle 1985 TBTC uniform from July 23, 2015

[Popinjaysnamesir]

I picked up one of the balls marked for Jim Thome's 500th home run chase. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get a picture to post. Is anyone else having trouble posting pictures since the recent site maintenance?

[ndevlin]

1991 Wally Joyner All Star bat
1990 Roberto Alomar game used bat. He ordered 12 of these on 11/20/90 and he used it when he arrived in Toronto, which explains the blue AL ink transfers.

[admin_old]

I picked up one of the balls marked for Jim Thome's 500th home run chase. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get a picture to post. Is anyone else having trouble posting pictures since the recent site maintenance?

Thanks for pointing that out, we got it fixed!

[buc]

Manny Ramirez 1993 game used Charlotte Knights batting helmet:

[Popinjaysnamesir]

Yep. Seems to be working now. Y'all are quick.

Here's the pic.

[CampWest]

2001 Mike Sweeney Kansas City Royals road jersey - post 9/11.

More info in the Royals GU thread...

[ndevlin]

Excellent looking Sweeney, Wes.

[bat_master]

Excellent looking Sweeney, Wes.

Agreed, nice jersey.

Also, I was wondering something. Nate, either you or Wes (or anyone else) would you happen to know if Mike Sweeney was big on keeping his equipment? Doesn't appear to be all that much of his stuff available on the secondary market. Seems like the last bat of his I saw for sale (ebay possibly) was used by another player. Does Sweeney collect? Or is he one of those guys that his stuff ends up in private collections and then doesn't move except between collectors?

As an aside, I recall going to a Royals/Twins game at the dome, probably between 2002 and 2005. There was one heckler in particular that kept on calling out repeatedly "SWEENEY'S A WEENIE" as loud as possible. He was on 1st base side too, same section as where I was sitting.

[ndevlin]

Agreed, nice jersey.

Also, I was wondering something. Nate, either you or Wes (or anyone else) would you happen to know if Mike Sweeney was big on keeping his equipment? Doesn't appear to be all that much of his stuff available on the secondary market. Seems like the last bat of his I saw for sale (ebay possibly) was used by another player. Does Sweeney collect? Or is he one of those guys that his stuff ends up in private collections and then doesn't move except between collectors?

As an aside, I recall going to a Royals/Twins game at the dome, probably between 2002 and 2005. There was one heckler in particular that kept on calling out repeatedly "SWEENEY'S A WEENIE" as loud as possible. He was on 1st base side too, same section as where I was sitting.

I'm not really sure if Sweeney collects items or hoards his own, perhaps Wes might have a better idea than I. But I do know that Sweeney is probably one of the favorite Royal amongst collectors(behind Brett and maybe Jackson), so it wouldn't surprise me one bit if a lot of his bats and jerseys are in KC collections.