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How 'bout something a bit controversial today?? Found this in my Grandma's library of books, she didn't know what it was. Said she just got it at an estate sale because it's in German. Yes, I'm part German, but also alot of English... Well, I looked into it and this is a first edition printed in 1934. The 1941 stamp may have been added after the war. It's by ******'s personal press officer, which means he was with ****** ALL THE TIME. It's about ******'s rise to Chancellor from the late 20's in beer halls to massive rallies before he was elected in '33.
Do not be confused... I do not condone ANY **** propaganda and it's not like this will be placed on my mantle. It's a piece of history, and that's how I see it, nothing else. ******'s is one of the most interesting stories of all-time and learning how he became so powerful should be a reminder that there are people out there with the passion and will power to change the world for the worse and if we DON'T remember that, we will pay an ultimate price again as human beings.
"With ****** on the Road to Power"
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True **** $#!t
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Copyright 1934
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I'm somewhat shocked to see his name suppressed. Quite a curious item.
 
Ya, you rarely hear about how he became Chancellor. I've watched plenty of documentaries on it, but always thought he spent his time in Berlin. Apparently he had a crazy schedule flying all over Germany.
Oh, and I had a brain fart... '41 wasn't the end of the war, '45 was. So that stamp was put there during WWII. Crazy.
 
Here's a Phillies ticket stub for July 29, 1976. The Phillies beat the Cubs 3-2 in 11 innings. But what is a modern oddity, both starters, Steve Carlton for the Phillies and Rick Reuschel for the Cubs, both pitched 10 innings! Phillies won on a Tim McCarver walk-off single!

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI197607290.shtml

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Here's a Phillies ticket stub for July 29, 1976. The Phillies beat the Cubs 3-2 in 11 innings. But what is a modern oddity, both starters, Steve Carlton for the Phillies and Rick Reuschel for the Cubs, both pitched 10 innings! Phillies won on a Tim McCarver walk-off single!

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI197607290.shtml

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Rick Reuschel was a pretty good pitcher. Over 200 W, over 2000 K, 3 time AS, 2 time GG and 12 years with more than 200 IP. No pitchers in today's game will come close to matching that.
 
Here's a Phillies ticket stub for August 13, 1983 - The Phillies Centennial Year! The Phillies lost to the Cardinals 6-2. There were 5 Hall of Famers playing in this game (Ozzie Smith, Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, and Mike Schmidt) but they combined for only 1 hit - a Pete Rose single in the 4th. Bruce Sutter, a 6th Hall of Famer, pitched a hitless final two innings for the Cardinals.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI198308130.shtml

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Here's a Phillies ticket stub for August 13, 1983 - The Phillies Centennial Year! The Phillies lost to the Cardinals 6-2. There were 5 Hall of Famers playing in this game (Ozzie Smith, Tony Perez, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose, and Mike Schmidt) but they combined for only 1 hit - a Pete Rose single in the 4th. Bruce Sutter, a 6th Hall of Famer, pitched a hitless final two innings for the Cardinals.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/PHI/PHI198308130.shtml

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That's cool u have all ur ticket stubs. Wish I had all mine, especially the one that my Dad and I happened to go to one year... we were at the game Kenny Roger's thew his perfect game. U talk about wild!
 
I don't remember where I found this, probably at an antique store. I just thought it was pretty neat. I took the pic with light behind it so you could see the "sun stain" left by something sitting on top of the paper, must have been for some time! And you can see the watermark on the sheet if you look closely. I'll let a professional writer tell a brief history on the hotel... you can find the article here: https://lodgingmagazine.com/heavy-hitter-hotelier-the-story-of-mickey-mantles-holiday-inn/
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P.S. I just looked this up on ebay and they must be scarce... one asking $55, none have been sold... unfortunately mine has the 'sun stain' and what looks like a child's teeth impression on the left edge. Still, pretty cool...
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Did the St Paul Pioneer Press know something the rest of us didn't in the Spring of 1987? When the season started they ran a series of "posters" in the paper with the Name of Power Posters. I think there was 9 in total I ended up with 3. I have Puck, Tom Kelly, and Frank Viola. The Puckett and Kelly are signed. Once the West was clinched the ran another series in the fall titled Pennant Fever Posters. 9 also in that set and I have all of them, with the team poster signed by Kent Hrbek. (Hopefully no bitter Braves fans here will make a cheater comment 😂) This one I got signed the last time I met Kirby at the Twins Winter Caravan in Jan 2001, just after he was elected to the Hall of Fame, in Winona MN.
 
So, I made this... used a Dremel to cut out the star for the turf to set in. The turf is from the old Cowboys Stadium in Irving. When they changed turf they sold off pieces like this in plastic cases. Me being me, I wanted to feel the turf, so for about 26 years it's been out of any kind of case. Held up pretty well except some of the tips of the star broke off. And lemme tell ya, that turf is THIN! Surprised there weren't more injuries than there were playing on cement with a thin layer of, basically, carpet.
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