Thanks again John!
Showing posts with label magazines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magazines. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
September 1982 A's News Special Edition
A few weeks ago Oakland A's Collectibles posted a special edition of the A's Magazine with a great drawing of Rickey Henderson on the cover. I asked John, who runs the blog, for some more details about the magazine, and he said that the whole issue was dedicated to Rickey! He was nice enough to send over scans of the entire magazine, which I can read, but once uploaded to Photobucket, they don't open up large enough. (If anyone can provide any technical assistance, it would be greatly appreciated). You can at least enjoy the pictures in this great vintage piece of Rickey memorabilia.
Thanks again John!
Thanks again John!
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
1980 Oakland A's Media Guide
Today's post will mark the last of the items I picked up at the San Francisco Tri-Star convention a few weeks ago. I got this media guide (for Rickey's first full year with the A's) from the same dealer that sold me the 1980 Spring Training guide.
Rickey was only 21 years old in 1980, and still had quite a few games left to play in his career. According to his bio, Rickey was signed in 1976 by Jim Guinn, and I hope that guy got a bonus!
Rickey was recalled by the A's from the Ogden club on June 23, 1979, and made his major league debut the next day. According to the media guide, the A's lost both games of a doubleheader to Texas 5-1 and 7-2. A total of 4,752 fans were there for Rickey's debut, which was surprisingly good for a home game at the time. The A's played a home game on September 18, also against Texas, where only 750 fans showed up!
The A's were pretty bad in 1979 (they had a final record of 54-108), but not nearly as bad as they made themselves out to be in the media guide!
During the 1979 season Rickey played in 89 games, which I believe was every game the A's played after he was called up. Even playing only half a season, Rickey led the team in stolen bases (with 33),and was second on the team with a .274 average.
Rickey was only 21 years old in 1980, and still had quite a few games left to play in his career. According to his bio, Rickey was signed in 1976 by Jim Guinn, and I hope that guy got a bonus!
Rickey was recalled by the A's from the Ogden club on June 23, 1979, and made his major league debut the next day. According to the media guide, the A's lost both games of a doubleheader to Texas 5-1 and 7-2. A total of 4,752 fans were there for Rickey's debut, which was surprisingly good for a home game at the time. The A's played a home game on September 18, also against Texas, where only 750 fans showed up!
The A's were pretty bad in 1979 (they had a final record of 54-108), but not nearly as bad as they made themselves out to be in the media guide!
During the 1979 season Rickey played in 89 games, which I believe was every game the A's played after he was called up. Even playing only half a season, Rickey led the team in stolen bases (with 33),and was second on the team with a .274 average.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
1986 Beckett Price Guide
Like all kids starting out collecting baseball cards, I always wanted to know how much my current cards were worth, and how much it would cost for me to buy more. So, in order to do that, my parents bought me the 1986 Sport Americana Baseball Card Price Guide, Number 8, by Dr. James Beckett. Surprisingly, I still have that price guide today, and Rickey is very well represented inside.
This price guide was 502 pages of collecting enjoyment! I remember flipping through the pages, wishing I could buy some of the more "expensive" cards. If only I had, as they are almost all a fair bit pricier today.
Rickey (via his 1983 Topps card) is first represented in the "Determining Value" section of the guide, which is basically a tutorial of how to collect baseball cards.
Rickey's cards are used to promote both the 1981 and 1982 A's Granny Goose sets, the earlier of which I don't actually have (but wouldn't mind obtaining). His card is also used as an example of the 1981 Kellogg's set, which were actually fairly interesting cards for their day.
Not surprisingly, the front and back of Rickey's rookie card is used to showcase the 1980 Topps set. At a mint price of $12.00, I really should have picked up a few of them at the time (which of course I didn't).
Speaking of things I should have done at the time, I wish I would have taken "The Tenth Inning" up on their offer for a few 1979 Ogden A's team sets. With a complete set going for the low price of $19.95, a nice stack of these would be nice to have right now. But, I guess I'll have to stick to the one I do have, which not surprisingly cost significantly more.
Fittingly, we'll end this post with the back cover of the price guide. Although not "prominently" displayed, you can make out Rickey's 1981 Fleer card, peaking out from underneath a Nolan Ryan on the right side of the page.
This price guide was 502 pages of collecting enjoyment! I remember flipping through the pages, wishing I could buy some of the more "expensive" cards. If only I had, as they are almost all a fair bit pricier today.
Rickey (via his 1983 Topps card) is first represented in the "Determining Value" section of the guide, which is basically a tutorial of how to collect baseball cards.
Rickey's cards are used to promote both the 1981 and 1982 A's Granny Goose sets, the earlier of which I don't actually have (but wouldn't mind obtaining). His card is also used as an example of the 1981 Kellogg's set, which were actually fairly interesting cards for their day.
Not surprisingly, the front and back of Rickey's rookie card is used to showcase the 1980 Topps set. At a mint price of $12.00, I really should have picked up a few of them at the time (which of course I didn't).
Speaking of things I should have done at the time, I wish I would have taken "The Tenth Inning" up on their offer for a few 1979 Ogden A's team sets. With a complete set going for the low price of $19.95, a nice stack of these would be nice to have right now. But, I guess I'll have to stick to the one I do have, which not surprisingly cost significantly more.
Fittingly, we'll end this post with the back cover of the price guide. Although not "prominently" displayed, you can make out Rickey's 1981 Fleer card, peaking out from underneath a Nolan Ryan on the right side of the page.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Tuff Stuff Postcards
The Rickey cards below are postcard sized, and cut from an issue of Tuff Stuff magazine, which I surprisingly don't actually have. The card on the left is a replica of the April 1991 issue's cover (minus the green box with his name at the bottom), which I'm assuming is the issue in which these cards were included, but I'm not positive. Does anyone have a copy of this issue that they could check?
Although you can't tell based on the scan, the replica cover card is card number 10, described as "original art by Dan Reilly." The card back that describes "a miniature replica of the April 1991 cover" is actually the reverse of the Reilly portrait card. Obviously the backs on these two cards are switched, which I can only assume to be true of all those that were printed.
Although you can't tell based on the scan, the replica cover card is card number 10, described as "original art by Dan Reilly." The card back that describes "a miniature replica of the April 1991 cover" is actually the reverse of the Reilly portrait card. Obviously the backs on these two cards are switched, which I can only assume to be true of all those that were printed.
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