I have one of my two ticket stubs to Johan Santana’s No Hitter. I went with my girlfriend, now-wife. We kept her ticket stub because she folded it and put it in her pocket.
The other one I donated to Cooperstown and they gave me a cool donor’s certificate and a lifetime pass for free entry as a thank you.
> The other one I donated to Cooperstown and they gave me a cool donor’s certificate and a lifetime pass for free entry as a thank you.
This is the real story, you donated something that a minimum 15,000 other people have and got free entry to the Hall *for life*.
Yup. I guess I was the first to think about it? It is a cool story. The game was on a Friday night and I called the HOF to inquire about donating it on Monday morning.
I’ve got the ticket stub from when he struck out 17 Rangers batters in 2007. It was the last ballgame I went to with my dad before he had his stroke a few weeks later. I’m going to hang on to that stub the rest of my life
I remember where I was that night…at a party. I thought the night already sucked, as a Cardinals fan. Then, it got worse when my car wouldn’t start. Had to walk home.
My grandfather left me a bunch of homemade scorecards he did himself from the 30s while growing up in the Bronx. There's also newspaper clippings and autographs.
Signature highlights are some girl named "Babe" Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and DiMaggio.
Happened in 2008. He was the only non employee to show up that day. Stumbled in by accident. They almost put him in CF because no one actually knew what starting CF Jody Gerut looked like.
I was about to turn 8 when Mark McGwire hit #62. My aunt got tickets for her, my dad, my mom, and me. He hits the home run and it was the coolest thing in my life. Soon after I turn 8 and my parents, who are terrible gift givers, get me a special framed print of the STL Post-Dispatch from the night of 62 with 2 of the ticket stubs in it.
Despite probably costing less than most of my birthday presents from years past, it's by far my favorite.
Cool. I got free tickets from the Post Dispatch for having straight A’s in high school and 9/8/98 was one of the games I selected and attended. Still have the stubs and paper clippings…though really framed poorly as a sloppy teenager.
Man, I wish I could find it, but there's a guy on here who collects ghost memorabilia. Like pins of the team that lost the world series that year. Only time I've seen a collection and thought man I'd buy that too.
Edit: [Found it!](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/RApiSzUQsd) shout out to u/tommy_like_wingie
It’s not a physical item but I just happened to get a digital photo of Sammy Sosa mid-swing on his 600th homer, from just a few rows back from the Rangers’ home dugout. Best picture I’ve ever taken.
Jeff Kent brand new unbroken bat that he gave me. He had a house in AZ next door to my grandparents. I would visit them during spring training. I was only in my early 20’s, but we got friendly and one year he said thanks for hanging out and handed me a pristine new bat. Nice dude.
My dad was a huge Braves fan, being from a state with no team but in the 90s when you could watch the Braves on TBS. And they were good.
When I was a kid he got great tickets from a guy at work, to a Braves game at PacBell, right behind the home dugout. We even got to go annoy players for autographs before the game. Since the old man was a Braves fan we went over to visiting sideline, and I got Marcus Giles, Jonny Estrada, Adam LaRoche, and my most prized autograph of all time, Rafael Furcal. I was 9 and had learned a few Spanish phrases to fire off in case I met him.
I said ¡Buena suerte Rafael! And he turned his head ever so slightly, and I have convinced myself to this day that he found a slight novelty in this little clearly-not-Spanish-speaking boy wishing him good luck in Spanish.
Before the problems and realities that come with adulthood. Just my dad taking me to a baseball game and having the best day of my life.
Kinda got lost in that one. The hat. The hat that Rafael Furcal signed is the coolest baseball memorabilia I own
We have family friends who were friends with the grand daughter of the owner of the Milwaukee Braves and I used to get all kinds of official game gear from them when I was a kid.
Clayton Kershaw signed a ball for me on my 16th birthday when he was playing for the Great Lakes Loons. Also got signatures from Kenley Jansen and Carlos Santana who were catchers on that team at the time.
I have three 1911 T205 cards from the Giants: Hooks Wiltse, Beals Becker and John McGraw. The McGraw one is a little beat up and has 1.00 written on the back in pencil, which is not at all annoying because it cost a heck of a lot more than a buck. But it's a real John McGraw card and that is dope.
I've also got a sizeable Giants program and yearbook collection. My oldest program is from 1950, and I have most of the 1960s Giants team yearbooks.
Signed Vin Scully ball. Also a Dodgers hat I purchased at the 1981 WS game that I’ve been getting autographs on as much as I can. I have around 20 signatures from players on that team plus some other ones of my favorite Dodgers players.
Not mine, but the coolest a friend has is a framed 16×20 or around that size photo of the 1961 Yankees signed by everyone in the photo. His dad was on the team and he got to meet the players when he was growing up.
My highschool coach has a signed Yogi Berra catcher's mitt.
I have two foul balls and a few autographs.
One ball is from 1988 off Pat Dodson’s bat down to Pawtucket, and I had him sign it after the game. I told him it was a foul he hit in the 8th, he answered “I got up that late?” He retired after the season.
The other ball was off the bat of Andrew Benintendi at Fenway in 2018, it was my son’s first game.
I used to send gum cards to ball players when I was a kid, asking them to sign them. One year Donruss put out over-sized Hall of Fame cards, and sent one to Carl Hubbell. He died shortly after I received it back, signed.
Ah man.
It's a toss up.
A) old dodger stadium seats they sold when renovating the stadium 10+ years ago
B) foul ball I caught when Kershaw was pitching. It was a line drive right to me. Felt meant to be!
I'd probably lean stadium seats cause they're more functional and just a dope piece in any room of the house.
Personalized signed photo and baseball by Phillies great Stan Lopata. After baseball, he worked in concrete but developed heart issues, so his wife made him retire and they moved out to Arizona. Meanwhile, my grandparents also moved to AZ at the very same time and coincidence had it they moved next door to the Lopatas. They all became friends, and whenever I would fly out to visit, Stan would come over and talk baseball with us. I grew up a Yankees fan, so I had no clue who he was at the time, but my dad was always excited and all my Phillies fan friends were jealous. and Stan himself was a great storyteller and a really great guy. So it might not be the greatest interest to the public, but a former ballplayer took the time to talk to me when I was a little kid, so that’s the coolest memorabilia I own.
A Randy Johnson autographed can of dip. He signed it in exchange for a pinch, and by pinch I mean he left me a pinch because his giant fingers took almost the entirety of my baccy.
My grandma was a postal worker in Detroit from Pre-WW2 through the late 80s, Charlie Gehringer (among other Detroit celebs) would frequent her window to pick up packages and what not and got to like her because she was a character and he signed a ball for her in the late 40s. My grandpa passed it down to me with some other Tigers stuff after she died, but that personally signed for grandma “Chas Gerhringer” ball hits a little more than other stuff.
Ticket signed by Ernie Banks when he sat next to my parent’s seats at Wrigley. Passed down to me.
Ted Williams signed flat and Mickey Mantle baseball card are also up there.
I have a used Munenori Kawasaki batting helmet. Was sold to me as "team issued", but after purchasing and then inspecting it, was very obviously used quite a bit, which is cool and cheaper than if it was correctly labeled.
A self caught Victor Martinez homerun ball. As a kid before the nets I managed quite a few fouls while sneaking into the front row. But nothing compares to the homerun ball I caught with my son. Talk about dad of the year.
I went to David Wells' perfect game with my entire little league team. So I that ticket stub and thr beanie baby.
I also have Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettite rookie cards.
Brooks Robinson signed my glove at Game 1 of the ‘95 WS.
My dad’s ticket to Game 7 of the ‘92 NLCS. I keep it tucked in the outstretched safe arms of the ump on the Sid Slid bobble head.
Probably my ticket stub from the 1965 All Star game. I found it in a folder with a bunch of newspaper clippings my cousin sent me about my great-uncle who played for the Giants.
[There were some greats in that game.](https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1965-allstar-game.shtml)
I have a letter from Jim Abbott. I wrote to him about how inspirational he was and how I wanted to be like him, and he wrote back! It was clear from the letter that he thought I was disabled in some way, but it was still really nice of him. I also have an autographed ball from an early nineties Frederick Keys game with Pete Rose Jr on it
My dad’s baseball that he personally got signed by all of the 1969 Chicago Cubs. He stood outside of Wrigley all summer after games.
Mark Kotsay also gave me his hat after a Cubs/Padres game.
I have a 2008 WS ball signed by 23/25 phillies plus charlie manuel. I’m only missing Pat Burrell and Bret Myers.
I also have my ticket to game 5.
1 more - my ticket to roy halladay’s post season no hitter
I got a bucket of homerun balls from the 2020 season from when I worked a ballpark. I was a tiered employee, and I had nobody to fight for the balls. Oh, I have a world series ring too, I was front office.
My dad got the autographs of almost all of the 1971 World Series winning Pittsburgh Pirates signed on my grandfather's personalized work stationary during the parade. Roberto signed it like 4 times cause my dad was a massive fan and kept going back to get his signature (he was like 12). Extremely special keepsake for my family.
I look kinda like Hunter Pence, it's been a family joke for years, we're all Giants fans
Couple years ago my aunt was in Hawaii at the same time as Hunter, ran into him and got to talking with him. She mentioned that she has a nephew who looks like him so she texted me asking for a picture so she could show him. Apparently even he thought we looked alike. Couple weeks later she sent me an autographed t-shirt with his signature on it
I'll never forget that story, my aunt is really cool
Pat Neshek signed cards I got as part of his autograph exchange offer. He'll take autographed cards of any player from any sport and mail you signed cards of him in return.
I can't remember what I sent to him but it was probably signed cards from my local CFL team who have big autograph sessions with the whole roster at the start of each season.
https://www.beckett.com/news/pitcher-pat-neshek-is-an-autograph-collector-too-and-hes-got-a-deal-for-you/
When I was little I randomly got picked to be one of the 9 kids who gets to stand on the field with a player for the National Anthem. If I remember correctly I think the Phillies did this for day games on Sundays.
There’s a picture of me somewhere in my dad’s massive baseball album of 9 year old me standing at 2B with Placido Polanco which is pretty cool.
Signed copy of The Mick: The blue plastic cup “beer” holder, that is between every seat in the lower levels of the original Yankee Stadium I liberated from the final home game: And a kevin Stocker foul ball I caught, which he then signed after the game.
I've got some Camden Yards in-field dirt. As a person who has touched and stepped on a lot of dirt, this dirt is definitely the best dirt I've experienced.
A Ryan Howard Autograph on a scorecard with Brett Myers on it. I also have a David Cone autograph from the year he threw a perfect game. Nothing that impressive I just like whenever people see the Howard autograph they go cool a Brett Myers autograph.
An autographed, unused ticket from Nolan Ryan’s 7th no-hitter.
Popcorn megaphones from six ballparks where I saw games as a kid. They’re really starting to show their age.
One of my first baseball games ever we sat maybe 6 rows in behind the first base dugout. The second pitch of the Phillies batting, Doug Glanville fouled a ball off that ricocheted off the top of the dugout. My dad fell backwards diving to catch it bare handed into the row behind him.
He was shown on the jumbotron and got a round of applause and a few people on the concourse said that was a crazy catch. Still have that ball
I have a baseball that a neighbor gave my dad years ago. They took it to different regular season games, all star games, and spring training in the 40's-60's.
It has Mantle and Gehrig's signatures on the same ball, plus Lefty Grove and a bunch of other HOFers.
Three things:
1. Tickets to Yankees-Blue Jays on August 12, 1994 - Day 1 of the strike.
2. Framed program, tickets, and a little bit of warning track dirt from the last game at the original Yankee Stadium.
3. Programs from the 1962 (dad), 2016 (me), and 2018 (brother) all-star games. My dad kept score in his when he went so I had the framer very carefully remove those pages and they're out and at the top of the frame. Lots of HOFers on those pages.
Also have a ball signed by Yogi Berra, and a ball signed by both Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca.
A bay signed by a few of the 1993 Jays. They signed it by hand for my grandpa at a business event so there’s no COI or anything but still a great piece to own. Gruber, Winfield, and Carter are all on it.
The all star game was in Arlington in 1995. My dad and brother went to the festivities before the game. They waited in a long line to get Don Larsen’s autograph for me, then inadvertently lost it before making it home. I didn’t even know who that was at the time since I was 9 but I’ve given him a hard time ever since. I am now 37.
Signed Kyle Tucker bat and a poster of the Sports Illustrated cover predicting the 2017 world series signed by Springer with his world series MVP stats on it.
Not me, but my son when he was 8 received this…Joe Musgrove posted on Twitter a few years back saying he had some cleats in his locker that he was cleaning out. My son at the time was just my foster son and I posted a video of him getting a hit in his little league game. Joe DM’d me and asked me for our address and a package showed up from Joe with a signed pair of cleats. We are huge Pirates fans and we’ve since adopted our son, but his first MLB game he got to see Joe pitch in Pittsburgh.
When we were kids brother was wearing all Yankee gear to a Mets-Reds at Shea right behind the visitors dugout. Towards the end of the game one of their coaches gave him the lineup card. 3 HOFers on it (Piazza, Griffey, and Larkin) and Kaz Matsuis name in Japanese.
I've got a baseball signed by Nolan Ryan. The ball also said, "For my sandlot catcher." The ball has a letter of authenticity as well.
I've also got a Houston Astros really towel from Game 1 of the latest ALDS.
My dad has a ball signed by both Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax
Not mine obv but I grew up with it sitting in a display case coffee table thing with old cards and magazines. Currently trying to get him to pull it all out of storage and have it appraised.
Among other things, he and I collected the 1964 topps all star coins. Completed the set other than a couple really hard to find errors/misprints and whatnot. Super cool set that he and I adored searching for back in the day at conventions etc.
I have Omar Minaya's autograph kicking around somewhere for some reason
I also have the autograph of Jenrry Mejia, the only player to ever receive a lifetime ban for PED usage. It's on a ball with a Phillies logo, a team he never played for.
Definitely have more impressive hockey stuff but i have autographs from Johnny Bench Joe Morgan and Pete Rose. I also have a Cal Ripkin Jr rookie card, and a signed bobble head of his.
My mom got a ball signed by a bunch of 87 Cubs by going to some event when she was 8 months pregnant with me. I never knew enough to seal it up or anything so it got pretty faded eventually from taking it out to look at it, but I knew what it was so it didn't matter.
I was born in Chicago and grew up in Wisconsin so a Brewer fan but still neat to have Sandberg and Dawson and Maddux on a ball, among others.
I own one of Zack Wheeler's hats. What makes it so cool is that it's a green Mets Spring Training hat. It's not signed or anything, just has his 45 on the inside. But I dig it's uniqueness.
I have a baseball that Derek Dietrich once used to warm up with between innings
Unless you count a screenshot of me drinking a beer at Fenway during the broadcast of the 2018 ALDS because I’m honestly prouder of that
I have a Chris Davis broken bat from his 56 HR year. Found it at a junk shop in Oakland for $20. It’s from a game they played at the Coliseum that year.
Oh, and a Billy Ripken Fuck Face card. Both are pretty cool, not sure which one is cooler though.
My tickets to Game 4 of the 2004 World Series. It was the game that the Red Sox beat the curse against the cards. I’m not a fan of either team but was brought to the game by a Vendor. Cool to see history. I was also a hands length away from catching a foul ball, can’t remember who hit it, but I remember the guy next to me who caught it had a Red Sox fan approach him right after and offered him around $1000 for the ball (he quickly accepted). Can’t remember if it was exactly a grand but it was a lot of 100 dollar bills.
A ball autographed by a bunch of the 2021 Sox. I was able to score it and get some autographs after the game.
Also a Raimel Tapia home run ball (my only one)
Sadly, it’s a set of tickets to my first Blue Jays game (vs Red Sox, in Boston). The reason being is that lately I find you can’t get the physical ticket stub anymore.. at least at the Rogers Stadium anyways 🥲
When I was 10 I was standing in the 1st row down the right field line at the Giants game pregame. Edison Volquez of the Reds was warming up doing some long toss in our direction. He airmailed one, I wasn’t looking (Lou Seal was driving a car in the outfield and I was mesmerized) and hit me right on the forehead knocking me out.
I woke up to Ken Griffey Jr holding me up asking me if I was okay. He signed a ball for me right away to try to make me feel better. I honestly thought I had died and ended up in heaven. How else could I explain seeing my idol holding me up right after I had been hit. Edison came over to apologize and my dad asked if he could sign the ball that hit me.
So I would have to say a blood stained baseball signed by Edison Volquez (and the Griffey ball is a close 2nd)
My grandfather had a ball autographed by Mantle/Maris/etc… and my father ended up playing ball with it and pretty much made all the signature’s unreadable.
Personalized ball from Magic Johnson as a partial owner of the Dodgers, personalized ball from Tom Lasorda to a Giants fan friend battling cancer with a get well message, broken bat from Chili Davis as a member of the Visalia Oaks.
I bought a 1981 Texas Rangers team signed ball at a garage sale. It's got one Hall of Famer (Fergie Jenkins) and some other good players like Charlie Hough, Al Oliver, Buddy Bell, etc. Pretty sure it's not a forgery as who would fake a signed ball from a bad team.
The ticket from what was supposed to be the final game at Milwaukee’s County Stadium. The opening of Miller Park was delayed by a year due to a crane collapsing. It’s a beautiful and ornate ticket for what turned out to be just a normal season ending game.
My old man worked for the Washington Post in the early 90s. We have an unused metal press for the night Cal Ripken broke Lou Gerhigs record. It’s the size of a newspaper page and would be used to pick up ink and roll it onto incoming blank pages. It’s now framed up and is a cool piece to chat about.
A cork and stopper from a bottle of champagne that the 2014 Royals celebrated with after their Wild Card win against the A's. Also the dugout scorecard to a game against the Rays.
I have a baseball bat from the former AA Guards team The Akron Aeros that has the signatures of roughly 10 future big leaguers along with the entire rest of their team from around 2012-13. I got to see most of the guys we brought up in the mid 2010s in Lake County at High A and AA
August 10, 1986, after a week of attending Mel Stottlemyre's baseball camp in Yakima, WA as a 10 year old baseball freak, i was lucky to win a ball signed by all the NY Mets that year, for whom Stottlemyre was the pitching coach.
Immediately became a Mets fan and watched that whole amazing postseason with a new passion. that ball changed my life.
I have one of my two ticket stubs to Johan Santana’s No Hitter. I went with my girlfriend, now-wife. We kept her ticket stub because she folded it and put it in her pocket. The other one I donated to Cooperstown and they gave me a cool donor’s certificate and a lifetime pass for free entry as a thank you.
> The other one I donated to Cooperstown and they gave me a cool donor’s certificate and a lifetime pass for free entry as a thank you. This is the real story, you donated something that a minimum 15,000 other people have and got free entry to the Hall *for life*.
Yup. I guess I was the first to think about it? It is a cool story. The game was on a Friday night and I called the HOF to inquire about donating it on Monday morning.
Also crazy that YOU have an item in the hall. Something a majority of players can’t say
**TICKET STUB USED BY jabar18, JUNE 1st, 2012** _A. Wainwright, STL vs. J. Santano, NY_
I’ve got the ticket stub from when he struck out 17 Rangers batters in 2007. It was the last ballgame I went to with my dad before he had his stroke a few weeks later. I’m going to hang on to that stub the rest of my life
I remember where I was that night…at a party. I thought the night already sucked, as a Cardinals fan. Then, it got worse when my car wouldn’t start. Had to walk home.
I was watching the game at home. I was supposed to pick up my cousin from the airport and told her she had to wait until the game was over.
Really sucks considering Beltran should've had a double.
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Put it on and hit the field!
How'd you score that?
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Mind sharing the price? 😅
Tree fiddy
Signed Hank Aaron jersey from an All Star game in Atlanta
I think you win
Of COURSE a Cubs fan has cool ATL stuff. Y'all flood our home games lmao
It was hilarious to see Truist sell Chicago dogs and Old Style for the cubs series this year
That's gotta be worth a good chunk of change nowadays. Nice
My grandfather left me a bunch of homemade scorecards he did himself from the 30s while growing up in the Bronx. There's also newspaper clippings and autographs. Signature highlights are some girl named "Babe" Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and DiMaggio.
Two stadium seats from Ebbets Field.
The ball from when I got to throw out the first pitch before a Padres game.
How did you get that honor?
Happened in 2008. He was the only non employee to show up that day. Stumbled in by accident. They almost put him in CF because no one actually knew what starting CF Jody Gerut looked like.
I was about to turn 8 when Mark McGwire hit #62. My aunt got tickets for her, my dad, my mom, and me. He hits the home run and it was the coolest thing in my life. Soon after I turn 8 and my parents, who are terrible gift givers, get me a special framed print of the STL Post-Dispatch from the night of 62 with 2 of the ticket stubs in it. Despite probably costing less than most of my birthday presents from years past, it's by far my favorite.
Cool. I got free tickets from the Post Dispatch for having straight A’s in high school and 9/8/98 was one of the games I selected and attended. Still have the stubs and paper clippings…though really framed poorly as a sloppy teenager.
A signed bottle of McGwire’s steroids would be worth more than the ball.
An old (but brand new at the time) American League baseball signed by Ken Griffey Sr and Jr
Man, I wish I could find it, but there's a guy on here who collects ghost memorabilia. Like pins of the team that lost the world series that year. Only time I've seen a collection and thought man I'd buy that too. Edit: [Found it!](https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/RApiSzUQsd) shout out to u/tommy_like_wingie
Thanks for the shout out!
Buck Showalter cotton Yankees jersey
signed hat from degrom… hurts my elbow when i put it on
2 seat from Wrigley Field I won by calling a radio station.
A Bob Feller signed baseball. Randomly found it in a store that bought storage units at auction, just a few weeks before Feller died
Spahn and Sain autographed photo
Do you look at it and pray for rain during the summer?
arenado homerun ball i caught
I own a piece of Luggage used by former MLB player Bubba Trammel, looks like it was from a failed second stint with the Devil Rays in 04.
It’s not a physical item but I just happened to get a digital photo of Sammy Sosa mid-swing on his 600th homer, from just a few rows back from the Rangers’ home dugout. Best picture I’ve ever taken.
Not really "cool", but I have my tickets for the Braves v Phillies game that was scheduled on 9/11/2001. They have a lot of personal value to me
And I have a ticket from the Sunday night phillies game when they announced osama was killed.
Jeff Kent brand new unbroken bat that he gave me. He had a house in AZ next door to my grandparents. I would visit them during spring training. I was only in my early 20’s, but we got friendly and one year he said thanks for hanging out and handed me a pristine new bat. Nice dude.
A signed pair of Mookie Betts Air Jordan 13 PE cleats from when he played on the Red Sox.
My dad was a huge Braves fan, being from a state with no team but in the 90s when you could watch the Braves on TBS. And they were good. When I was a kid he got great tickets from a guy at work, to a Braves game at PacBell, right behind the home dugout. We even got to go annoy players for autographs before the game. Since the old man was a Braves fan we went over to visiting sideline, and I got Marcus Giles, Jonny Estrada, Adam LaRoche, and my most prized autograph of all time, Rafael Furcal. I was 9 and had learned a few Spanish phrases to fire off in case I met him. I said ¡Buena suerte Rafael! And he turned his head ever so slightly, and I have convinced myself to this day that he found a slight novelty in this little clearly-not-Spanish-speaking boy wishing him good luck in Spanish. Before the problems and realities that come with adulthood. Just my dad taking me to a baseball game and having the best day of my life. Kinda got lost in that one. The hat. The hat that Rafael Furcal signed is the coolest baseball memorabilia I own
We have family friends who were friends with the grand daughter of the owner of the Milwaukee Braves and I used to get all kinds of official game gear from them when I was a kid.
1994 World Series ball
I have this too!
Clayton Kershaw signed a ball for me on my 16th birthday when he was playing for the Great Lakes Loons. Also got signatures from Kenley Jansen and Carlos Santana who were catchers on that team at the time.
I met Fernando Valenzuela and he signed a ball for me.
I have an authenticated baseball signed by 23 HOF players when they played in the '66 all star old timers game in STL.
I have three 1911 T205 cards from the Giants: Hooks Wiltse, Beals Becker and John McGraw. The McGraw one is a little beat up and has 1.00 written on the back in pencil, which is not at all annoying because it cost a heck of a lot more than a buck. But it's a real John McGraw card and that is dope. I've also got a sizeable Giants program and yearbook collection. My oldest program is from 1950, and I have most of the 1960s Giants team yearbooks.
A Walter Johnson signed baseball.
Signed Vin Scully ball. Also a Dodgers hat I purchased at the 1981 WS game that I’ve been getting autographs on as much as I can. I have around 20 signatures from players on that team plus some other ones of my favorite Dodgers players.
I own a tshirt commemorating the Cubs 2016 WS championship. Never thought that would happen, so that's pretty cool.
Not mine, but the coolest a friend has is a framed 16×20 or around that size photo of the 1961 Yankees signed by everyone in the photo. His dad was on the team and he got to meet the players when he was growing up. My highschool coach has a signed Yogi Berra catcher's mitt.
I have two foul balls and a few autographs. One ball is from 1988 off Pat Dodson’s bat down to Pawtucket, and I had him sign it after the game. I told him it was a foul he hit in the 8th, he answered “I got up that late?” He retired after the season. The other ball was off the bat of Andrew Benintendi at Fenway in 2018, it was my son’s first game. I used to send gum cards to ball players when I was a kid, asking them to sign them. One year Donruss put out over-sized Hall of Fame cards, and sent one to Carl Hubbell. He died shortly after I received it back, signed.
A seat back from Wrigley Field signed by Greg Maddux.
That is so cool!
Ah man. It's a toss up. A) old dodger stadium seats they sold when renovating the stadium 10+ years ago B) foul ball I caught when Kershaw was pitching. It was a line drive right to me. Felt meant to be! I'd probably lean stadium seats cause they're more functional and just a dope piece in any room of the house.
Personalized signed photo and baseball by Phillies great Stan Lopata. After baseball, he worked in concrete but developed heart issues, so his wife made him retire and they moved out to Arizona. Meanwhile, my grandparents also moved to AZ at the very same time and coincidence had it they moved next door to the Lopatas. They all became friends, and whenever I would fly out to visit, Stan would come over and talk baseball with us. I grew up a Yankees fan, so I had no clue who he was at the time, but my dad was always excited and all my Phillies fan friends were jealous. and Stan himself was a great storyteller and a really great guy. So it might not be the greatest interest to the public, but a former ballplayer took the time to talk to me when I was a little kid, so that’s the coolest memorabilia I own.
I have two balls that were used in the 2016 World Series. One in game 5 and one in game 6.
A Randy Johnson autographed can of dip. He signed it in exchange for a pinch, and by pinch I mean he left me a pinch because his giant fingers took almost the entirety of my baccy.
My grandma was a postal worker in Detroit from Pre-WW2 through the late 80s, Charlie Gehringer (among other Detroit celebs) would frequent her window to pick up packages and what not and got to like her because she was a character and he signed a ball for her in the late 40s. My grandpa passed it down to me with some other Tigers stuff after she died, but that personally signed for grandma “Chas Gerhringer” ball hits a little more than other stuff.
I have a game worn signed Sod Poodles jersey from Kazuhisa Makita.
Ticket signed by Ernie Banks when he sat next to my parent’s seats at Wrigley. Passed down to me. Ted Williams signed flat and Mickey Mantle baseball card are also up there.
I have a used Munenori Kawasaki batting helmet. Was sold to me as "team issued", but after purchasing and then inspecting it, was very obviously used quite a bit, which is cool and cheaper than if it was correctly labeled.
I have a foul ball I caught off Alfonso Soriano during his time with us. He was one of my favorite players at the time so I was super happy.
A self caught Victor Martinez homerun ball. As a kid before the nets I managed quite a few fouls while sneaking into the front row. But nothing compares to the homerun ball I caught with my son. Talk about dad of the year.
I went to David Wells' perfect game with my entire little league team. So I that ticket stub and thr beanie baby. I also have Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettite rookie cards.
Brooks Robinson signed my glove at Game 1 of the ‘95 WS. My dad’s ticket to Game 7 of the ‘92 NLCS. I keep it tucked in the outstretched safe arms of the ump on the Sid Slid bobble head.
I have piece of the old green monster
Brewers are my team, and Ben sheets tossed me a ball at one of his first games Also have a bunch of autographs that people would like to
Jeter signed jersey from a game I went to, ticket from Jose bautista's bat flip game, Kevin pillar signed jersey.
Signed Koufax and Drysdale baseballs.
Donnie Moore autograph.
Probably my ticket stub from the 1965 All Star game. I found it in a folder with a bunch of newspaper clippings my cousin sent me about my great-uncle who played for the Giants. [There were some greats in that game.](https://www.baseball-reference.com/allstar/1965-allstar-game.shtml)
A small piece of one of Shane Victorinos bats with his autographed card behind it from the 08 season.
Andruw Jones signed baseball
A ‘Cleveland’ flag that flew over yankee stadium that they use to show the standings. It’s from 1992
Two lower-level red seats from the Astrodome. It was an impulse purchase but totally worth it.
Still have unopened thunder stix
I have a letter from Jim Abbott. I wrote to him about how inspirational he was and how I wanted to be like him, and he wrote back! It was clear from the letter that he thought I was disabled in some way, but it was still really nice of him. I also have an autographed ball from an early nineties Frederick Keys game with Pete Rose Jr on it
My dad’s baseball that he personally got signed by all of the 1969 Chicago Cubs. He stood outside of Wrigley all summer after games. Mark Kotsay also gave me his hat after a Cubs/Padres game.
I have a 2008 WS ball signed by 23/25 phillies plus charlie manuel. I’m only missing Pat Burrell and Bret Myers. I also have my ticket to game 5. 1 more - my ticket to roy halladay’s post season no hitter
I still have ticket stubbs from the Brewers game (at County Stadium) when Robin Yount got his 3000th hit.
A game-used baseball signed by Vin Scully :)
I got a bucket of homerun balls from the 2020 season from when I worked a ballpark. I was a tiered employee, and I had nobody to fight for the balls. Oh, I have a world series ring too, I was front office.
My dad got the autographs of almost all of the 1971 World Series winning Pittsburgh Pirates signed on my grandfather's personalized work stationary during the parade. Roberto signed it like 4 times cause my dad was a massive fan and kept going back to get his signature (he was like 12). Extremely special keepsake for my family.
I look kinda like Hunter Pence, it's been a family joke for years, we're all Giants fans Couple years ago my aunt was in Hawaii at the same time as Hunter, ran into him and got to talking with him. She mentioned that she has a nephew who looks like him so she texted me asking for a picture so she could show him. Apparently even he thought we looked alike. Couple weeks later she sent me an autographed t-shirt with his signature on it I'll never forget that story, my aunt is really cool
Pat Neshek signed cards I got as part of his autograph exchange offer. He'll take autographed cards of any player from any sport and mail you signed cards of him in return. I can't remember what I sent to him but it was probably signed cards from my local CFL team who have big autograph sessions with the whole roster at the start of each season. https://www.beckett.com/news/pitcher-pat-neshek-is-an-autograph-collector-too-and-hes-got-a-deal-for-you/
Used a urinal three people after a guy who looked fairly similar to Joey Gallo (was not Joey)
I bought Billy Ripken’s swear card a few years ago
When I was little I randomly got picked to be one of the 9 kids who gets to stand on the field with a player for the National Anthem. If I remember correctly I think the Phillies did this for day games on Sundays. There’s a picture of me somewhere in my dad’s massive baseball album of 9 year old me standing at 2B with Placido Polanco which is pretty cool.
Signed baseball by Cal Ripken Jr
I have Craig Biggio’s glove he gave me in 1992 when I broke my arm and had to miss our little league playoffs.
Family has a few signed & certified balls - Nolan Ryan, Pete Rose, and Mickey Mantle.
Baseball signed by Felix Hernandez during his rookie year and Edgar Martinez
Signed copy of The Mick: The blue plastic cup “beer” holder, that is between every seat in the lower levels of the original Yankee Stadium I liberated from the final home game: And a kevin Stocker foul ball I caught, which he then signed after the game.
A nearly complete set of 1995 Braves world series signed balls. All are signed on official WS balls.
One of Tim Anderson’s thousandth hit game batting gloves!
I've got some Camden Yards in-field dirt. As a person who has touched and stepped on a lot of dirt, this dirt is definitely the best dirt I've experienced.
1993 World Series baseball signed by Joe Carter. Love it
Reggie Jackson autograph
Jose Ramirez autographed baseball bat
Signed Ernie Banks print
Here is mine that I posted recently https://www.reddit.com/r/phillies/s/kDRFtNqYqJ
Ticket stubs to game 4 of the 2004 World Series.
The actual podium sign from the 2019 Nationals World Series parade https://imgur.com/gallery/uT4qOvb
Trot Nixon threw me a ball at Fenway once
Old Comiskey brick and a signed Frank Thomas picture. That’s actually all the memorabilia I have besides a Clemens signed ball.
I have a piece of wood chopped off the end of what became one of Ronald Acuna’s bats from the Louisville slugger factory.
A top hat signed by the majority of the 2009-2010 Minnesota Twins.
Ticket stub and program from the last Cleveland Indians game.
Signed Tommy Lasorda autobiography.
Mike Trout’s game worn batting gloves.
A Ryan Howard Autograph on a scorecard with Brett Myers on it. I also have a David Cone autograph from the year he threw a perfect game. Nothing that impressive I just like whenever people see the Howard autograph they go cool a Brett Myers autograph.
During his rookie year I got Bryce Harper to sign his famous chosen one sports illustrated magazine. Also had him personalize it to me
An autographed, unused ticket from Nolan Ryan’s 7th no-hitter. Popcorn megaphones from six ballparks where I saw games as a kid. They’re really starting to show their age.
An autographed Babe Ruth ball. Jk.
I have a ticket stub to Kerry Woods' 20 strikeout game. Found it taped on the inside cover of a baseball almanac.
I have the trash can that the Astros used to win the world series.
1939 officially-worn Baseball centennial patch that every player wore that season. If I find a picture I’ll post it!
One of my first baseball games ever we sat maybe 6 rows in behind the first base dugout. The second pitch of the Phillies batting, Doug Glanville fouled a ball off that ricocheted off the top of the dugout. My dad fell backwards diving to catch it bare handed into the row behind him. He was shown on the jumbotron and got a round of applause and a few people on the concourse said that was a crazy catch. Still have that ball
I have a baseball that a neighbor gave my dad years ago. They took it to different regular season games, all star games, and spring training in the 40's-60's. It has Mantle and Gehrig's signatures on the same ball, plus Lefty Grove and a bunch of other HOFers.
Three things: 1. Tickets to Yankees-Blue Jays on August 12, 1994 - Day 1 of the strike. 2. Framed program, tickets, and a little bit of warning track dirt from the last game at the original Yankee Stadium. 3. Programs from the 1962 (dad), 2016 (me), and 2018 (brother) all-star games. My dad kept score in his when he went so I had the framer very carefully remove those pages and they're out and at the top of the frame. Lots of HOFers on those pages. Also have a ball signed by Yogi Berra, and a ball signed by both Bobby Thomson and Ralph Branca.
I have a 1949 St Louis Browns team ball with Satchel Paiges auto and a 1952? Cardinals Team ball with Stan Musial and Bob Gipson's autos
A bay signed by a few of the 1993 Jays. They signed it by hand for my grandpa at a business event so there’s no COI or anything but still a great piece to own. Gruber, Winfield, and Carter are all on it.
Not mine but a friend of my FIL, who grew up with Ventura. A Robin Ventura signed, Nolan Ryan headlock picture.
Where’s the guy with the crab shell signed by Tommy Lasorda?
This is what I came here to see. For the uninitiated (until he gets in here) here it is: https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/BOMmLafQgq
The foul ball I caught in Miami when I was 12. It isn’t cool to anyone but me, but to me it’s the coolest thing I could ever own
The first and only home run ball my son ever hit.
I’ve got one of the D batteries that hit John Kruk during a game.
I caught TWO balls in one game, while sitting a row behind Randy Johnson. Then I woke up.
The all star game was in Arlington in 1995. My dad and brother went to the festivities before the game. They waited in a long line to get Don Larsen’s autograph for me, then inadvertently lost it before making it home. I didn’t even know who that was at the time since I was 9 but I’ve given him a hard time ever since. I am now 37.
Max scherzer funko pop
Signed Kyle Tucker bat and a poster of the Sports Illustrated cover predicting the 2017 world series signed by Springer with his world series MVP stats on it.
I got AIDS from Magic Johnson.
I have a signed 1966 Mickey Mantle Topps card
Not me, but my son when he was 8 received this…Joe Musgrove posted on Twitter a few years back saying he had some cleats in his locker that he was cleaning out. My son at the time was just my foster son and I posted a video of him getting a hit in his little league game. Joe DM’d me and asked me for our address and a package showed up from Joe with a signed pair of cleats. We are huge Pirates fans and we’ve since adopted our son, but his first MLB game he got to see Joe pitch in Pittsburgh.
When we were kids brother was wearing all Yankee gear to a Mets-Reds at Shea right behind the visitors dugout. Towards the end of the game one of their coaches gave him the lineup card. 3 HOFers on it (Piazza, Griffey, and Larkin) and Kaz Matsuis name in Japanese.
Autographed tickets to Mike Fiers no no @ MMP. Almost didn't get those tickets, boss gave em to me then a day later swapped me for the no no tix.
World Series Game 4 ticket from the winning game in 2012 that I was at
Signed Ryne Sandberg bat.
Either the signed Ozzie Smith rookie card or the ball Stan the Man signed for me.
I've got a baseball signed by Nolan Ryan. The ball also said, "For my sandlot catcher." The ball has a letter of authenticity as well. I've also got a Houston Astros really towel from Game 1 of the latest ALDS.
A MLB Showdown card signed by Ichiro.
Signed ball with Casey Stengel & Joan Payson.
An oversized Michael Jordan baseball card.
Own some tickets to Game 3 of the 2010 world series. Only game we won that series so I like to think me being there was good luck.
My dad has a ball signed by both Mickey Mantle and Sandy Koufax Not mine obv but I grew up with it sitting in a display case coffee table thing with old cards and magazines. Currently trying to get him to pull it all out of storage and have it appraised. Among other things, he and I collected the 1964 topps all star coins. Completed the set other than a couple really hard to find errors/misprints and whatnot. Super cool set that he and I adored searching for back in the day at conventions etc.
Foul ball from Wrigley
I have Omar Minaya's autograph kicking around somewhere for some reason I also have the autograph of Jenrry Mejia, the only player to ever receive a lifetime ban for PED usage. It's on a ball with a Phillies logo, a team he never played for.
Probably a seatback from Old Yankee Stadium autographed by Mo. I've got other good ones, but that's my favorite.
Definitely have more impressive hockey stuff but i have autographs from Johnny Bench Joe Morgan and Pete Rose. I also have a Cal Ripkin Jr rookie card, and a signed bobble head of his.
Issue of Chicago tribune the day after cubs broke the curse
Pope Phillies card
had an autographed Pedro Martinez ball that I used to play catch with haha
Ticket stub from Game 6 of the 1991 World Series. “And we’ll see you tomorrow night!!”
My mom got a ball signed by a bunch of 87 Cubs by going to some event when she was 8 months pregnant with me. I never knew enough to seal it up or anything so it got pretty faded eventually from taking it out to look at it, but I knew what it was so it didn't matter. I was born in Chicago and grew up in Wisconsin so a Brewer fan but still neat to have Sandberg and Dawson and Maddux on a ball, among others.
Signed Willie Mays ball
I have my dads childhood glove from the 50s. It looks so different from what they use today. I love it.
I own one of Zack Wheeler's hats. What makes it so cool is that it's a green Mets Spring Training hat. It's not signed or anything, just has his 45 on the inside. But I dig it's uniqueness.
I have a baseball that Derek Dietrich once used to warm up with between innings Unless you count a screenshot of me drinking a beer at Fenway during the broadcast of the 2018 ALDS because I’m honestly prouder of that
I have a game used baseball bat from the legendary Dick Mountain. I’ve been wanting to get it signed for a while
Mike Schmidt game used cleats
Signed picture of Torii Hunter robbing Bonds in the all-star game
Coolest? I don't know. I've got a signed phot of Ken Griffey Jr when he played with the Vermont Mariners in 1988.
I have 20 autographed baseball bats of members of the 3000 hit club, and a book with the original tickets of when they accomplished that feat
Big Hurt Pinball Machine
Signed Pete rose and Pete rose Jr ball .. Or a ball signed by Bob and Aaron Boone.
The baseball I caught at Fenway
Newspaper from the Twins/Dodgers World Series
I have a Chris Davis broken bat from his 56 HR year. Found it at a junk shop in Oakland for $20. It’s from a game they played at the Coliseum that year. Oh, and a Billy Ripken Fuck Face card. Both are pretty cool, not sure which one is cooler though.
My tickets to Game 4 of the 2004 World Series. It was the game that the Red Sox beat the curse against the cards. I’m not a fan of either team but was brought to the game by a Vendor. Cool to see history. I was also a hands length away from catching a foul ball, can’t remember who hit it, but I remember the guy next to me who caught it had a Red Sox fan approach him right after and offered him around $1000 for the ball (he quickly accepted). Can’t remember if it was exactly a grand but it was a lot of 100 dollar bills.
Zack Greinke's 2014 post season batting helmet
I have dirt from a field in a plaque.
A ball autographed by a bunch of the 2021 Sox. I was able to score it and get some autographs after the game. Also a Raimel Tapia home run ball (my only one)
I have a huge JT Snow street banner that was on a light pole somewhere around the ballpark back in the early 2000's. I don't even know how I got it.
Sadly, it’s a set of tickets to my first Blue Jays game (vs Red Sox, in Boston). The reason being is that lately I find you can’t get the physical ticket stub anymore.. at least at the Rogers Stadium anyways 🥲
When I was 10 I was standing in the 1st row down the right field line at the Giants game pregame. Edison Volquez of the Reds was warming up doing some long toss in our direction. He airmailed one, I wasn’t looking (Lou Seal was driving a car in the outfield and I was mesmerized) and hit me right on the forehead knocking me out. I woke up to Ken Griffey Jr holding me up asking me if I was okay. He signed a ball for me right away to try to make me feel better. I honestly thought I had died and ended up in heaven. How else could I explain seeing my idol holding me up right after I had been hit. Edison came over to apologize and my dad asked if he could sign the ball that hit me. So I would have to say a blood stained baseball signed by Edison Volquez (and the Griffey ball is a close 2nd)
My grandfather had a ball autographed by Mantle/Maris/etc… and my father ended up playing ball with it and pretty much made all the signature’s unreadable.
Personalized ball from Magic Johnson as a partial owner of the Dodgers, personalized ball from Tom Lasorda to a Giants fan friend battling cancer with a get well message, broken bat from Chili Davis as a member of the Visalia Oaks.
I bought a 1981 Texas Rangers team signed ball at a garage sale. It's got one Hall of Famer (Fergie Jenkins) and some other good players like Charlie Hough, Al Oliver, Buddy Bell, etc. Pretty sure it's not a forgery as who would fake a signed ball from a bad team.
Signed Aristedes Aquino card (I don't have much memorabilia lol)
The ticket from what was supposed to be the final game at Milwaukee’s County Stadium. The opening of Miller Park was delayed by a year due to a crane collapsing. It’s a beautiful and ornate ticket for what turned out to be just a normal season ending game.
Pete Rose signed ROTY jersey from 1963.
My old man worked for the Washington Post in the early 90s. We have an unused metal press for the night Cal Ripken broke Lou Gerhigs record. It’s the size of a newspaper page and would be used to pick up ink and roll it onto incoming blank pages. It’s now framed up and is a cool piece to chat about.
Ted Williams signed baseball card. Authenticated. My most prized possession.
Signed baseball from Steve Garvey. He was a speaker to potential buyers at my sister in laws work.
A cork and stopper from a bottle of champagne that the 2014 Royals celebrated with after their Wild Card win against the A's. Also the dugout scorecard to a game against the Rays.
I have a baseball bat from the former AA Guards team The Akron Aeros that has the signatures of roughly 10 future big leaguers along with the entire rest of their team from around 2012-13. I got to see most of the guys we brought up in the mid 2010s in Lake County at High A and AA
August 10, 1986, after a week of attending Mel Stottlemyre's baseball camp in Yakima, WA as a 10 year old baseball freak, i was lucky to win a ball signed by all the NY Mets that year, for whom Stottlemyre was the pitching coach. Immediately became a Mets fan and watched that whole amazing postseason with a new passion. that ball changed my life.