Three photos
provided to Wildcatville by Coach Ad Rutschman. These were taken in Seattle at
T-Mobile Park on evening the of June 27, 2020, after the Baltimore Orioles beat the
Seattle Mariner 9-2, in a Major League game.
Each shows Adley
Rutschman, Baltimore’s starting catcher, a grad of Oregon State University and
Sherwood (Oregon) High School:
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READ ABOUT THE
GAME HERE
Wells, Rutschman help Orioles
dominate Mariners 9-2
By AP/Associated Press, June 28, 2022 at
6:10 am PDT
Tyler Wells
pitched five nearly perfect innings, Adley Rutschman drove one of Baltimore’s
five home runs and the Orioles three-hit the Seattle Mariners in a 9-2 victory
Monday night.
Wells (6-4) was
perfect until allowing Cal Raleigh’s homer with two outs in the fifth inning.
He retired the next batter before handing off to the bullpen, finishing with
three strikeouts on 63 pitches.
Joey Krehbiel
and Keegan Akin combined to close out Baltimore’s gem. Akin got his first save
with 3 1/3 scoreless innings.
“Just the
ability to hit spots, just trying to attack the zone, it kind of worked out for
me” Wells said. “It felt like I had a good fastball tonight, it’s the best that
it’s felt in a while.”
Mariners starter
George Kirby (2-3) allowed seven runs on nine hits, including four homers, over
four innings.
Rutschman, a
touted rookie from Sherwood, Oregon, who starred at Oregon State, had an RBI
single in the first inning that skipped off second baseman Adam Frazier’s
glove. Baltimore added another run in the second on an RBI double from center
fielder Cedric Mullins.
Rutschman and
Ryan Mountcastle hit back-to-back homers in the third inning for a 4-0 lead,
and Anthony Santander and Austin Hays clubbed consecutive drives in the fourth
for a 7-0 advantage. Jorge Mateo added a solo shot in the sixth.
“We’ve got a lot of confidence right now,”
Baltimore manager Brandon Hyde said. “Our dugout is as good as I’ve seen it
since I’ve been here. It’s just super positive, guys are really pulling for
each other, and there’s a lot of energy in there right now.”
Rutschman’s home
run was special, as it came with his family in the stands for his first career
big league game at T-Mobile Park. Rutschman’s family made the three-hour drive
from his hometown and cheered loudly from their seats behind the visitors’
dugout when Rutschman homered.
It was the first
time Rutschman’s grandfather, Ad, had seen him play in person as a major
leaguer.
“It’s just so
special,” Rutschman said. “Home run or not, just having him in the stands
again, is just so extremely important and special for me and my family. Having
him be a person I look up to so much, it just means the world to me.”
Mountcastle’s
shot one batter later ended Seattle’s franchise-record run of 24 consecutive
games without a starter giving up at least four runs.
“We haven’t had that game in quite some time,”
Seattle manager Scott Servais said. “Our starting pitching has been really the
anchor for us over the last month or so. The guys have been so darn
consistent.”
The Mariners
scored their second run in the sixth on a double off the left-field wall from
Eugenio Suarez that scored Julio Rodriguez.
DAY AFTER
Three Mariners players were suspended Monday for their roles in a brawl with
the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday: outfielder Jesse Winker got seven games,
shortstop J.P. Crawford got five and outfielder Julio RodrÃguez got two.
All three
players appealed and were in the Mariners lineup on Monday night.
ROSTER MOVES
The Mariners acquired INF Carlos Santana and cash from the Kansas City Royals
in exchange for minor league pitcher William Fleming and RHP Wyatt Mills.
Santana is hitting .216 this season with four homers and 21 RBI.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: OF Kyle Lewis was on the field before the game and is getting close
to going on a minor league rehab assignment. ... INF Ty France is hitting in
the batting cage as he works his way back from an elbow strain, and manager
Scott Servais is hopeful he can return at the end of his 10-day IL stint.
Orioles: INF
Ramon Urias took batting practice Monday and is progressing from a left oblique
strain that landed him on the 10-Day IL on June 11.
UP NEXT
Seattle: The Mariners will start LHP Robbie Ray (6-6, 4.07 ERA) on Tuesday. Ray
has been dominant in his past three starts, allowing 10 total hits and two
earned runs while striking out 20.
Baltimore: RHP
Dean Kremer (2-1, 1.71 ERA) will make his fifth start of the season Tuesday
against Seattle. Kremer pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings while allowing seven
hits against the Chicago White Sox in his most recent start on June 23.
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2022/06/photos-major-league-baseball-player.html
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“Remembering Overton Berry” was a concert at Town Hall Seattle on Oct. 9, 2020, at Town Hall Seattle. It featured jazz pianist Diane Schuur and a host of Seattle artists and kicked off that year’s Earshot Fest.
Source: John Gilbreath, host Jazz Theater at KEXP. Host: Caravan
at KCBS Radio and Director at Earshot Jazz.
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Although Overton Berry graduated from Seattle's
Lincoln High School that was because he attended a summer session at Lincoln so
he could graduate early. His alma mater was
Garfield High in Seattle.
Jazz pianist/legend Overton Berry (born 1936-died 2020)
attended Linfield College his freshman year (1953-1954). He was president of
the freshman (Class of 1957) and a pledge (“page”) of Linfield’s chapter of the
Intercollegiate Knight men’s service honorary.
Posted here are five photos of Overton Berry from
the 1954 Linfield Oak Leaves yearbook. Thanks to Linfield Archives for the scans. Also posted are photos from his jazz
pianist career.
Info about Overton Berry:
https://www.historylink.org/file/10326
More info:
https://southseattleemerald.com/.../local-jazz-legend.../
Oct 21, 2020 — One of Seattle's most beloved and
popular musicians, the effervescent jazz pianist Overton Berry, died at home.
(Seattle Times)
He attended Linfield, 1953-1954, and then transferred
to the University of Washington, Seattle.
=The 1954 Linfield Oak Leaves student yearbook
includes this text: “Keeping the traditions of Linfield, the class of 1957,
began its college life with active participation in the homecoming activities,
presenting its many talents Dr. Dillin’s Medicine Show. Although losing the
Tug-O-War, the class kept up its spirit and added school sporting to athletic
and other events. Led by Overton Berry, the class helped carry out student body
functions and especially worked to make the May Day celebration a great event.”
=An article headlined “2 Honoraries Tap Students,”
in the April 7, 1954, Oregonian said Overton Berry of Seattle was among
27 new “pages” of Linfield’s chapter of Intercollegiate Knights (I.K.), men’s
national service honorary.
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Written/posted by Wildcatville 6/15/2022
Linfiedler Dan W. Lever (Daniel William Lever, Class
of 2008), a great-grandson of Linfield legend Henry Lever, has had continued success as a football coach.
(Henry Lever was Linfield
athletic director 1930-1949 and "coach of everything” 1930-1945, He’s
honored on the Linfield campus in McMinnville with “Lever Street” which runs
next the Linfield athletics/p.e. building and behind Linfield football’s home, Memorial
Stadium/Maxwell Field/Catdome.)
Dan W. Lever was a running
back for the Wildcats, lettering in 2006, 2007 and 2008 With this story is a
Wildcatville photo of Dan W. Lever wearing uniform, #27, on the sidelines of a 2007
Linfield home football game.
He was a 3-year letter
winner at Linfield College. Dan was named “Physical Education major of the
year” in 2008 by the Linfield faculty. Lever is extremely proud to be a 4th
generation teacher and coach.
The newly appointed head coach of Silverton (Oregon) High School, Dan W. Lever previously was Tualatin (Oregon) high School head football coach, and He coached Tualatin to the state championship game in 2021.
Dan W. Lever is a fourth generation football coach.
Great-grandfather Henry
Lever was the head football coach at Oregon’s Myrtle Point High School (1925-29)
before moving to Linfield. Henry’s background included being head football
coach at Valley City State in North Dakota, Texas Christian University, and
Carrol in Wisconsin.
Dan W. Lever’s grandfather, Dan, was the head coach at Madras and Newberg in Oregon.
Dan, the father of Dan W. Lever was the head coach at Monroe and
an assistant at Canby. Both are in Oregon.
As a graduating student, Dan
W. Lever was named “Physical Education major of the year” in 2008 by the
Linfield faculty.
Dan W. Lever first head football coaching job was at Gervais (Oregon). He assisted in football programs at Southeastern Oklahoma State, Puget Sound in Tacoma and California’s Santa Barbara Community College before taking over at Tualatin.
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Linfield (in
Oregon) is uncommon. Why does it have a common fight song (from Wisconsin)?
Linfield
is uncommon. Why does it have a common fight song?
“On
Wisconsin!” (with a different title, “On Linfield!” and slightly difference
lyrics) is Linfield’s fight song.
“On
Wisconsin!” was composed in 1909. The University of Wisconsin-Madison marching
band website says ‘On Wisconsin!’ is not only the university’s fight song, it’s
also the official State Song of Wisconsin. “It is undoubtedly one of the most
popular school songs in the country and has been adopted by thousands of high
school bands. It is rare to attend a
high school football game anywhere in the United States and not hear ‘On,
Wisconsin!’ performed by at least one school band.”
( Several
years ago Maxwell Field at Memorial Stadium/Catdome was the site of an NCAA D3
football playoff game. Linfield played a university from Wisconsin. In games
that season Linfield played a recording on its public address system of “On
Wisconsin!” since it’s Linfield’s fight song. But, in this game it was not
played because the opponent school’s players, coaches, staff and fans attending
the game would have thought Linfield was playing it for them, not Linfield.)
Esther
Wright of Linfield College’s Class of 1925 wrote the Linfield Alma Mater music
and lyrics during the school year (1921-1922) when McMinnville College became
Linfield College.
Shouldn’t
a Linfield University student or students write the New Linfield Fight Song
music and lyrics?
Linfield
need to stop using a common fight song. Stop being common. Have an uncommon Linfield
Fight Song.
=According
to the University of Wisconsin March Band website, ‘On, Wisconsin!’ is not only
the University’s ‘fight song,’ but it has also been designated as the official
State Song of Wisconsin. It is
undoubtedly one of the most popular school songs in the country and has been
adopted by thousands of high school bands.
It is rare to attend a high school football game anywhere in the United
States and not hear ‘On, Wisconsin!’ performed by at least one school band.
“The
melody of this famous song was composed in 1909 by W. T. Purdy, a corporation
clerk who, prior to that time, had never set foot in Wisconsin. The words were supplied by Carl Beck, a
former University of Wisconsin student.
In one day, these two young men produced the song that John Philip Sousa
called ‘the finest of college marching songs.’ ”
Additional
reading (there will be a quiz):
=Will a time come when Linfielders will sing the
college fight song at the drop of a hat? (Wildcatville blog Nov 27, 2017)
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2017/11/every-college-university-and-school-has.html
=Linfield sports related fight songs (Wildcatville
blog June 12, 2017)
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2017/06/linfield-sports-related-fight-songs.html
=“Go Get ‘em, Wildcats” should be Linfield fight
song (Wildcatville blog March 29, 2010)
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2008/10/go-get-em-wildcats-should-be-linfield.html
POSTSCRIPT
=Linfield (in Oregon) is uncommon. Why does it have a common fight song (from Wisconsin)?
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2022/06/linfield-in-oregon-is-uncommon-why-does.html
See
photo by Wildcatville.
We celebrate Steve’s birthday on June 14 – he was born June 14, 1950, in Clarkston, Washington, and died April
22, 2014, in Portland, Oregon.
Below is a story/recollection about Steve by Chuck Charnquist, a former Linfield
Sports Information Director. Chuck, who died Oct. 28, 2021, is better known for his many years associated
with the NBA Portland Trail Blazers. Read about Chuck here:
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2021/10/chuck-charnquist-longtime-portland.html
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Remembering Steve Davis: 'He’s on my short list of the all-time
great people...'
By Chuck Charnquist. April 25, 2021, Wildcatville
My first
connect with Steve was during his Linfield student days in the
early 1970s. At the time I was Lewis & Clark’s SID, one of three in the NWC
with full-time staff positions Bob Woodle at Willamette and Jim
Kittlsby at PLU were the other two. The summer of 1971 I invited the SIDs
from Oregon’s NWC schools to lunch and an afternoon of meetings to help build a
professional trust that would pay dividends for us all as the sports seasons
unfolded.
Steve was
one of the student SIDs who came. Bonding with Steve was instantaneous.
Initially, I had a hard time believing a student who played football also could
handle the sports information ropes as well. Davis proved me wrong. When he
worked in that role on and on for the next decade, it was a great connect as we
helped each other accomplish our tasks---whether it be football, basketball or
the spring sports.
A side
note: Does anyone know that for one summer, Steve was a “part timer” (they now
call them interns) in the Portland Trail Blazers’ sports communications
office? I think Steve was the first college student ever to fill that
role for the Blazers---probably in the summer of 1971, the team’s second
season. Steve was one of the Blazer publicist John White’s all-time
favorites. White’s daughter, Cheri, now a vice president for
the Blazers but then just a teenager, remembers Steve fondly.
When I
went to work for Linfield in 1987 as the college’s director of information
services (also wearing the hat of sports information director), Steve was one
of my best confidants. He was a big, big help in my transitioning into the
World of the Wildcats. I watched with amazement when Steve, Ron
Davison, Jeff Kizer and other Wildcat alums rolled up their sleeves,
emptied their wallets and built over the summer of 1988 Maxwell Field’s great
concession-ticket office pavilion. A vintage Steve Davis commitment
to his alma mater.
Later on,
I reconnected with Steve when he was at his dad’s Cherry City Electric Company
in Salem, one of the subcontractors in the building of The Rose Garden in the
early 1990s. By then I was working full time for the team. We got together for lunch
a couple of times when he was up checking on the work going on.
Fast
forward a few years when Steve was investing his passion for sports in the
stadium and arena electronic signage business---Daktronics. When he was
up meeting with Trail Blazers arena management, he’d call and say “let’s have
lunch.” He would meet with the front office people then we’d go to lunch.
The last
time I saw him was at a Blazers game one night about five years ago. He gave me
his card, and said, “let’s have lunch.” Sadly, I didn’t make it that
time.
He’s on
my short list of the all-time great people I’ve had the pleasure of working
alongside---Portland State, Lewis & Clark, Linfield, Trail Blazers,
wherever.
Steven Edward Davis,63, was born June 14, 1950, and died April 22, 2014. A service will
be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, 2014, at Linfield's Ted Wilson Gymnasium,
McMinnville. A viewing will be held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 27, 2014,
and 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, April 28, 2014, at Chapel of Macy and Son. For more
information: www.macyand son.com
Source: 4/25/2014 posting at Oregonian website
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Steve Davis obituary
Steven Edward Davis, 63, of McMinnville, Oregon went home to be
with Jesus on April 22, 2014. He died from complications of leukemia following
a bone marrow transplant while at OHSU hospital.
Steve was born in Clarkston, WA, on June 14, 1950 to Lorne and
Virginia Davis. Steve grew up in Salem, Oregon. Following graduation from North
Salem High School (68') he attended Linfield College where he graduated (72')
with a Bachelor of Science degree in business.
While at Linfield he was a record setting field goal kicker and
his favorite career play was a game winning field goal against rival P.L.U. In
addition to studies and football while at Linfield, Steve enjoyed his years as
a live in student firefighter and long-term volunteer firefighter in
McMinnville Fire Department. This association earned him the nickname
"Sparky". Some of his fondest memories while at Linfield were of his
teammates, coaches, the "Bar West" group, and being a part of the
original Riley gym "South Forty".
In 2003 Steve was
inducted into the Linfield Athletics Hall of Fame for Meritorious service, an
honor he held in the highest regard. Also, he has been selected as an inductee
into the McMinnville High School Athletic Hall of Fame in May 2014 for his many
years of volunteer contributions to area youth softball programs.
Steve met and married his wife of 43 years, Marilyn Fay King, in
his junior year at Linfield. They settled and made a life in McMinnville. Upon
graduation from Linfield he worked as intern Sports Information Director for
The Portland Trailblazers later moving onto sales and project management for
Eoff Electric, Cherry City Electric, Farnham Electric, and lastly Daktronics
Scoreboard sales.
Steve's life was defined by his unconditional love of family and
friends and his tremendous servants heart. If a need was evident he was the
first to respond with unending selflessness. Steve was a role model and mentor
throughout his life. He was active in community, volunteerism at Linfield, and
coaching girls softball for many years. His love and care of those girls far
exceeded the softball field. Those who knew Steve well knew him as
"MacGyver" a handyman who could fix anything with a roll of duct tape
and a screwdriver, a man who loved details, and appreciated schedules. Steve
was also a gifted storyteller.
Steve is survived by his wife Marilyn, their two daughters, two
son-in-laws, and 8 grandchildren. Family includes daughters Rori Davis
Hartzell, Ryan Hartzell, and their children Molli, Mason, Judith, Kerby and
Mark. Rhonda Davis Thompson, Ron Thompson and their daughters Hannah, Lotti,
and Sophia. Steve is also survived by 3 siblings; Jim Davis, Donna Marr, and
Craig Davis all of Salem, Or. He is preceded in death by his parents Loren and
Virginia Davis.
A viewing will be held at Macy and Son Funeral Home on Sunday,
April 27 from 3:00-6:00 pm and Monday, April 28, 2014 from 4:00-7:00 pm.
Steve's Celebration of Life is Tuesday April 29, 2014 at 4pm at Linfield's
Wilson Gymnasium with reception following.
Source:
Macy and Son, McMinnville
Saturday
afternoon, June 11, 2022, was the annual “Rutschman Reunion” on the Linfield
campus. Coach Ad Rutschman, 90, was celebrated by his former football and
baseball players and friends.
During
the Coach’s talk there was an interruption. One of those in the audience,
sitting with others at tables in the meeting room after eating lunch, had news
for Coach about his grandson, Adley Rutschman, starting catcher for Major
League’s Baltimore Orioles.
The
news was about Adley’s batting in Baltimore’s game in Missouri vs. the Kansas
City Royals.
The
story below details the news. What a feat by Adley Rutschman. What a joy for Ad
Rutschman.
Go,
Adley!
Go,
Orioles!
Adley Rutschman signaling breakout after career day with three
hits
By Zachary Silver, MLB, Saturday, June 11, 2022
KANSAS
CITY -- Slowly but surely, it seemed that Adley Rutschman was starting to
awaken from his early-career slumber. Balls were being sprayed across the field
with vociferous velocity, just often into defenders' gloves. There had been
some time of toiling and self-reflection, but confidence nonetheless, that a
breakout was coming.
And
then Saturday afternoon came and went, and Rutschman left little to doubt.
The
Orioles' rookie phenom compiled a list of feats in Saturday’s 6-4
come-from-behind win over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium, giving the club and
fan base alike a number of signs that he may be turning things around after
many similar balls have fallen for naught:
• The
first three-hit game of his career
• The
first multi-extra-base hit game of his career
•
Four hard-hit balls (95-plus mph exit velocity)
•
Three of the six hardest-hit balls in K.C. on Saturday
• A
110 mph single that stands as the hardest-hit ball of his career
The
Adley Rutschman slumber may be over. He paces the Orioles' offense with a
three-hit day -- the first of his career -- for the first victory here in KC.
Tyler Nevin had the big swing. Tyler Wells had the big innings.
“Baseball
is one of those games that you're going to hit balls right at people and then
you're going to have balls that are hit hard that fall for hits,” Rutschman
said. “You just got to continue to roll with the punches.”
It
was the first scoresheet-stuffing performance of Rutschman’s career, as he
paced the Orioles’ offense and crossed the plate twice -- one on a heads-up
play in the eighth inning -- though he still is searching for his first RBI and
homer. When those come, they will simply solidify the optimism that a breakout
is beginning for the No. 1 overall prospect in the Majors.
“It
was just a matter of time,” said Orioles manager Brandon Hyde. “And I'm sure
it's a big relief for him to have a good game like he had today.”
“He's
had a slow start, but no doubt in my mind he's going to get back to what we all
know he can do,” added third baseman Tyler Nevin, whose three-run homer in the
sixth was the game-deciding swing. “Tonight is basically what I've seen every
single time I play with him.”
That
kind of confidence is exactly what has lifted Rutschman through this
early-career bind. Internally, though belief never wavered, there was the
requirement of self-reflection. Struggle has seemingly escaped Rutschman across
his baseball career, a quality of consistent excellence and production that
made him the no-doubt first overall pick exactly three years and a week ago
from Friday.
But
three weeks in, and he has been required to look inward -- about his plate
approach, his routine, the Majors and himself.
“Just
kind of, 'What am I doing?’” Rutschman would ask himself. “‘What adjustments do
I need to make at the plate? Am I getting sped up on my timing? Is it just kind
of being in the big leagues that's speeding me up, or is it something in my
swing?’
“Those
are tough questions to answer,” he added. “You just continue to try and learn
as you go.”
So
call Saturday learning on the job, then. In several ways, such a performance
perhaps shouldn’t have been a surprise. By pure pedigree standards, at worst,
the club believes the talent is there for Rutschman to be an everyday contributor.
At best, he could be a face-of-the-franchise and cornerstone piece that
shepherds Orioles pitching and leads the club offensively into its next phase
of competitiveness.
But
one further, there’s underlying evidence that Rutschman should have started to
find results prior. Entering Saturday, he was hitting just .153 with a .220
slugging percentage, numbers that modestly improve under the lens of their
expected values (xBA) at .222 and .323, respectively.
A
double in Friday’s loss was a table-setter for the next day’s output. And a
106.2 mph lineout was a tease at three more times on base. Rutschman is now
hitting .190 with a .286 slugging percentage.
“He
hit four balls right on the screws. Just really impressed the way he swung the
bat from both sides of the plate, line drives all over the park,” Hyde said.
“Awesome day for him at the plate.”
Hyde’s
trust has never ceased, preaching confidence that Rutschman’s true arrival is
just a matter of time, especially given the delayed start he was off to with
his right triceps strain in Spring Training. Rutschman says each day brings
more comfort and “gets a little better as you go.” Teammates -- the few that
have seen him struggle -- know his work ethic will make this early-career lag a
laughable speed bump by playing days’ end.
And
then in the visitors’ clubhouse after Saturday’s win, Nevin -- a teammate of
Rutschman's for much of the past two seasons -- answered the question surrounding
his slow start unasked by both the Orioles beat reporting corps, but felt in
bits around the fan base.
“So,"
Nevin laughed, “don't worry.”
https://www.mlb.com/news/adley-rutschman-has-career-high-three-hits-for-orioles
Baseball glove collecting is catching on
Story and photos by Rusty Rae, Associate Editor, Old Stuff
Linfield University head baseball coach Dan Spencer quipped one day, “I love collecting great baseball
players and baseball mitts.”
You may not need to collect baseball players like Spencer,
but collecting baseball gloves has become, for some, a national pastime, just
as important as the game itself.
Spencer, a baseball lifer, who eats, sleeps, and drinks the
game, also enjoys the history of the sport through his collection of gloves,
some of which date back to the Babe Ruth era. Gloves give Spencer, who has been
playing and coaching the game since he was seven-years-old, insight into the
game and the talent of players of yesteryear.
The best glove of his collection is a Babe Ruth replica that
was given to him by a woman who, as he tells it, was the “health lady” for the
team, taking care of whatever ailed team members.
“She was from London and she gave me a box with this glove in it and told him, ‘I knew you would appreciate it.’” As it turns out the glove was given to her husband by his mother. But being a Brit, even with the Babe Ruth name on the glove, he had no interest in baseball or the glove. Additionally, her husband was left-handed and this was a right-handed glove.
While the Babe Ruth give is perhaps the crown jewel of his collection, Spencer,
like many sons and daughters of the
game, notes his favorite of his collection is his father’s glove — the one with
which they played catch together.
That’s probably the starting point for many who collect
baseball gloves — a glove that may not have great historical significance but
is valued for sentimental reasons. For others, collecting gloves is a way to
stay involved in the game and to cherish players whom they love and have become
heroes of the game.
Keep in mind baseball was initially played without gloves.
The first recorded use of them in a game can be traced back to the mid-1870s.
In the baseball of the late 1800s, the old[1]time
game saw early gloves, more like the gloves worn in winter weather today, sans
finger tips, designed to knock down the ball rather than actually catch it.
As glove technology improved and broken fingers declined,
even some of the hard core baseball die-hards who mocked the guys who used
gloves began to take notice. By the 1890s, almost all position players were
using some form of fielding glove.
Baseball gloves continued to improve players’ ability to
catch the ball and have gone from the web less three fingered gloves, to
Spencer’s Babe Ruth glove with five fingers, to today’s modern five-fingered
web glove, which is large enough to catch a small cantaloupe.
If you’re looking to
start a baseball glove collection, understand there are several categories of
gloves of which you should be aware. These are:
Game used: As the name suggests, these are gloves used in
games and are perhaps the most difficult to find and when you do will be
pricey. For example, if you are lucky enough to find a MacGregor model worn by
many-time all-star center-fielder and Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays, you
may see a price point of $10,000 or more. That same kind of price structure is
likely for gloves worn by any of the stars of the game, for example Mickey
Mantle, Ken Griffey Jr., or Derek Jeter.
Obviously, if you’re going to drop a load of cash on a glove
from one of the heroes of baseball, makes sure there is documentation which
will give you the confidence the glove was owned and used by the player.
Game
Model: This is the same model of the glove used by the player, but
the difference is it was never used in a game. These gloves are easier to fake,
though in modern times glove manufacturers stamp the player’s name on the
glove. As always, let the buyer beware – do your homework to make sure you know
what you’re buying. Fakes are the biggest issue and the concern is acerbated by
unscrupulous glove manufacturer execs stashing an extra game model to give away
or sell.
Store
Model: Most would consider these gloves retail models of mitts.
They’re fun to have (I can still remember the Mickey Mantle glove I used that
my mother purchased at the local sporting goods store) and readily available.
Knowledge is power, as they say, and if you’re just starting
out there are numerous online sites to assist you with all facets of
collecting, from price guides to care to repair.
= www.baseballglovecollector.com This is a great place to start your information collection. Jim Daniel, who runs the site, has collected gloves and mitts since 1994. Not only is there a ton of information about gloves, but he also has a good list of other collectors and their web sites.
= baseballia.com/ blog/beyond-card[1]board-collecting[1]vintage-baseball-gloves A nice site with gobs of information about baseball history and baseball memorabilia in general. You may have to root around the site to find additional specific information about collecting gloves, but if you’re a baseball fan, you have a good time.
= keymancollectibles.com This
site is a treasure trove for collectors of anything baseball. Included is a
baseball glove dating guide and also a how-to section on cleaning and restoring
old gloves.
= www.sportsartifacts.com/vintage.html You’ll have to search a bit
here, but the Gloves and Mitts section is pure gold for collectors. It contains
information on a number of different styles and eras of mitts and a general
price guide.
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=Collections of baseball gloves vary by who the collector
is. For example, below are some of Spencer’s gloves that include his favorite
glove, the one his dad used when they played catch. Some gloves may just be
used gloves with a nice label, such as the glove at the bottom, which appears
to have been a game glove used by a high schooler.
=At right, a game model 1940s first baseman’s glove. Unless
you’re a total Dodger fan, you may not know the name of Dolph Camilli, who
helped the then Brooklyn Dodgers to a World Series win.
=Perhaps the prize glove in Spencer’s collection is this
Babe Ruth Game Model glove with the Bambino’s name embossed in the heel of the
glove. Interestingly, the glove is marketed as a “Home Run Special” since Ruth
had hit 60 homers one season. But the glove in actual play is used to catch
potential home runs.
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Honoring Linfielder TOM McFadden, (1958-2022) on Fourth of June 2022. Linfield campus, McMinnville (Newly edited video/slideshow 6/5/2022)
ABOUT TOMMY'S
BICYCLE SHOP, HOPSCOTCH TOYS, LON DEE FLOWERS
In 2020, Tommy's Bicycle Shop on McMinnville 3rd Street
moved into the building which formerly housed Hopscotch toys and, before that, Lon
Dee flowers on 99W/Baker Street. Lon Dee is familiar to some Linfielders
because Marian Mahaffey, (spouse of Linfield Prof. Roy “Hap” Mahaffey) owned
and operated it. Hopscotch moved back to 3rd Street, but a different location
than when it started on 3rd Street in 2001. Photos of Tommy’s on 99W/Baker
Street taken 6/2/2022 by ‘Mac News.’ (This
posted 6/2/2022)
See (URL link below) ‘SPEAKING OF LON DEE FLOWERS of
McMINNVILLE’
https://wildcatville.blogspot.com/2020/01/speaking-of-lon-dee-flowers-of.html
