Following up on Chick's fantastic thread...what sports memorabilia would you own?
Level of difficulty: No Marquette items (to prevent everyone from saying Al's national championship ring).
I want the Pine Tar Bat.
Duke 2015 National Championship Ring
Mark Spitz's 7th Olympic gold medal.
Bart Starr's Ice Bowl football.
Lord Stanley's Cup.
I do own my 1977 NCAA Champs sweat shirt, but I can't fit into it any more. It shrunk. ;)
I changed my mind - I want a peach basket from the Springfield, MA YMCA.
Phil Neikro's emery board. Win Twins!!
Gary Anderson's right foot.
That SOB shouldn't be allowed to use it anymore.
Evander Holyfield's ear
Onterrio Smith's Whizzanator
The straight cash (homie) that Randy Moss used to pay his fines.
Bernie Brewer's chalet and slide into the mug of beer.
Quote from: Lazar's Headband on August 22, 2017, 10:11:02 AM
Bernie Brewer's chalet and slide into the mug of beer.
You can go visit it over at Lakefront Brewery. They used to actually let you go down the slide, but they can't anymore for insurance reasons. Freakin' lawyers.
The ball that Kirk Gibson hit off of Goose Gossage in the 1984 World Series.
2016 Cleveland cavalier NBA champions ring
Quote from: tower912 on August 22, 2017, 10:50:20 AM
The ball that Kirk Gibson hit off of Goose Gossage in the 1984 World Series.
I think it was off of Dennis Eckersly.
Quote from: warriorchick on August 22, 2017, 10:39:08 AM
You can go visit it over at Lakefront Brewery. They used to actually let you go down the slide, but they can't anymore for insurance reasons. Freakin' lawyers.
Yes, I saw it on the tour when I was a senior at MU in 2003. I'll have to settle for my County Stadium brick instead.
The puck from the U.S. hockey team winning goal against the Russians at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Feb. 22, 1980.
Quote from: Sir Lawrence on August 22, 2017, 02:35:09 PM
The puck from the U.S. hockey team winning goal against the Russians at the 1980 Winter Olympics, Feb. 22, 1980.
Yeah...that's a
really good one. I wasn't even really thinking about the Olympics when I created the thread. That opens up a whole bunch of new options that I hadn't thought about.
It would be hard to pass up Jesse Owens' 100m gold medal from the Berlin Games. That might be the greatest piece of sports memorabilia ever.
Quote from: Joeys Tap on August 22, 2017, 01:05:41 PM
I think it was off of Dennis Eckersly.
That was the '88 World Series between the Dodgers and A's. I am referring to the '84 World Series. Tigers v Padres.
Bill Hall's original mother's day pink home run bat (ignoring that the actual owner of the bat might be just a little more deserving - https://chriszantowauthor.com/2016/05/05/milwaukee-brewers-history-bill-halls-pink-bat-home-run-on-mothers-day/ (https://chriszantowauthor.com/2016/05/05/milwaukee-brewers-history-bill-halls-pink-bat-home-run-on-mothers-day/))
my son is collecting every one of brett farve's NFL jerseys for all 4 teams he's played on. home, away, probowl, pink...don't think he has 'em all yet
Quote from: rocket surgeon on August 22, 2017, 07:45:22 PM
my son is collecting every one of brett farve's NFL jerseys for all 4 teams he's played on. home, away, probowl, pink...don't think he has 'em all yet
Orange crocs in the collection too?
Quote from: reinko on August 22, 2017, 07:47:21 PM
Orange crocs in the collection too?
not sure, but i'd rather see those hangin from the wall with the jerseys as opposed to brett's "bike" ;D
Quote from: tower912 on August 22, 2017, 03:31:27 PM
That was the '88 World Series between the Dodgers and A's. I am referring to the '84 World Series. Tigers v Padres.
Sorry, my mistake.
The football - Flutie to Phelan.
In the 1980s, Cubbie fans started throwing back home-run baseballs hit by opposing batters. The games were on national TV thanks to WGN and the growth of cable, and by the middle of the decade, fans of other teams started doing it, too. I always thought it was stupid, and I still do to this day, but I digress ...
In 1988, I was at a game at the Metrodome between the Yankees and Twins. Claudell Washington steps up to the plate for the Yankees and launches a long HR over the RF baggy and into the seats. Somebody got the ball, and the fans around him started taunting him: "Throw it back! Throw it back!" So the moron throws it back.
Almost the instant the ball hits the astroturf, PA announcer Bob Casey says, "That was the 10,000th home run in New York Yankees history!"
So because of peer pressure and/or wanting to be "cool" like Cubbie fans, that jamoke threw back a little piece of baseball history!
Don't throw back home-run baseballs, people! Be a leader, not a sheeple!!
We now go back to our regularly scheduled programming ...
I'd want to own Bryon Russell's jock - oh wait - Jordan already owns it!