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Brewer
Collecting
Email: Joe
Gillespie Website:
nBo
Baseball (March Website
Spotlight)
BASEBALL
MEMORABILIA collecting can be
very expensive these days. So
unless you have a lot of extra
money you may want to think about
picking your battles. What I mean
is pick the specific area that
you like the most and primarily
collect that. That's exactly what
I've done. I'm a Milwaukee Brewer
memorabilia collector! Since the
Brewers are my favorite team I
focus on items of theirs. I don't
just collect Brewer items, but
most of my things in my
collection are Milwaukee Brewer
items. In my Brewer collection I
have over 8000 baseball cards.
Plus I have another 250 or so
autographed. Here is a list of
the Top Ten Brewer items (not
autographed) in my
collection.
1.
Two Chairs for Milwaukee County
Stadium: When my wife
Cathy and I went to Milwaukee
County Stadium for my birthday in
1999, I ordered two seats. I
picked the green seats from the
lower grandstand. That was the
place I sat at most of the games
I went to. It took till early
this year for the chairs to
arrive. The seats are numbered 17
and 18. Cathy and I have them
placed in our living room. We sit
in them only on special
occasions.
2.
Mini Replica of Milwaukee County
stadium:
For
Christmas of 1999, my wife Cathy
bought me a mini replica of
Milwaukee County Stadium. It sits
on top of the mantle in our
living room. County Stadium was
one of my favorite places on
earth and I miss it very much.
But at least I can look at my
County Stadium, see the place
that I used to sit, and think
about all the GREAT memories I
had there.
3.
1975 "Thanks a Million"
Pin:
During the 1975 season when the
Brewers topped the
million-attendance mark, the team
gave out pins that said, "Thanks
a million". What the team did was
put a picture of the oldest and
youngest Brewer players on the
pin. The great thing is that
those two players are Hank Aaron
and Robin Yount!
4.
1987 Brewers 13-0 George Webb
Poster:
In
1987 the Brewers started the
season 13-0. For years before the
George Webb restaurant chain said
they would give out FREE
hamburgers if the Brewers won 12
in a row. The Brewers won their
12th straight game on Easter
Sunday 1987 when Rob Deer hit a
homer to left to tie up the game
in the 9th inning. Later in the
inning, Dale Sveum hit a two run
homer to win it. The poster
commemorates the start of the
1987 season.
5.
1975 Brewers Photo
Ruler:
In1975 the Brewers gave away a
ruler at a home game. It is a
photo ruler and the whole team is
pictured. Some of my All Time
favorite Brewers are pictured.
Players like Hank Aaron, Johnny
Briggs, Jim Colborn, Don Money,
George Scott and Robin Yount.
6.
Chris Bosio, Jamie Navarro &
Chris Jones Game Worn
Jerseys: I bought the
Bosio jersey from Jim Yackel of
Syracuse, New York. The Navarro
and Jones jersey's I bought from
the Brewer clubhouse store in
Brookfield, Wisconsin.
7.
Brewer Baseball
Cards: I
have thousands of Milwaukee
Brewer baseball cards. Some of my
favorite unsigned ones are my
game used cards. I have game used
cards (whether it be bats or
jerseys) of Robin Yount, Paul
Molitor, Dave Parker, Ben Sheets,
Richie Sexson and others.
8.
1975 All-Star Game Ticket Stub
& 1982 World Series Unused
Ticket: The
1975 ticket stub was of the
All-Star game played at Milwaukee
County Stadium. The 1982 World
Series ticket is from a game also
at Milwaukee County Stadium.
9.
Robin Yount 2001 Starting Line
Up: Two
years ago I bought two of these
at Shopco. They are the first
Starting Line Up figures of Robin
Yount (or any Brewer), that I
have.
10.
Ticker Stubs and Collectors
Cups:
Every time Cathy
and I go to a Brewer game we keep
our ticket stubs and collect
plastic souvenir cups. I use the
cups almost every day and the
ticket stubs are in baseball
cardholders hanging on my wall.
There are a lot
of different items from your
favorite team or players that
won't cost you an arm or a leg.
When it comes to collecting, you
have to love what you have for
what it is, not for the monetary
value. Till next time, this is
Joe Gillespie of nBo Baseball
saying Thank You for your
time!
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