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Cincinnati's Johnny (double no-hit) Vander Meer started on the mound for the
National League at the first All-Star Game ever played in Cincinnati, July 6, 1938.
He pitched three shutout innings, giving up only a hit to Joe Cronin, and was the
winning pitcher at old Crosley Field. You'll see Vander Meer in action on our
latest Rare Sportsfilms All-Star Game DVD!
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Dear Rare Sportsfilms Subscriber,
It's time for baseball's annual All-Star Game, played this year at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark! This will be the 5th classic played in Cincy (1938, 1953, 1970, 1988 and 2015), and, just in time for this year's event, Rare Sportsfilms is releasing The All-Star Game, "From Ruth To Mays" on DVD - a compilation of rare All-Star game footage from 1933 thru 1957 (the year Cincinnati fans stuffed the ballot box and elected Reds to every starting position except first base)!
We're on our way to Cincinnati for the Cincy Sports Fest collectors show in Covington, Kentucky (right across the river from Cincinnati at the Covington Convention Center and held in conjunction with the All-Star game)! We'll be at booth E13 - stop by to say hello and see our two new baseball DVDs!
We also look forward to soon exhibiting at the huge National Sports Collectors Convention in Rosemont, Illinois (booth 426) July 29-August 2. Make plans to stop by and experience first hand the superior quality of our vintage sports DVDs. We always enjoy making new acquaintances and welcoming old friends. Click Here for more information about this year's National Convention!
Thanks for your business and we hope to see you in Covington or Rosemont soon!
Doak Ewing
President
Rare Sportsfilms, Inc.
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Back by popular demand! This was one of our top-selling VHS tapes for almost 20 years! Out of print for nearly a decade, we have now digitized the films plus added to our original production for an absolutely fabulous up-dated presentation - on DVD! What a smorgasbord of the greatest players of the 1930's to 1950's in action playing against the best of each league! Early game action is from rare newsreels through 1954, until Major League Baseball first filmed the game at Milwaukee in 1955. Films through '55 are B & W, but 1956 and 1957 are in COLOR! Included is a special menu, so you can select any one of the eight different films that make up this entire presentation! Ruth hits first homer! Hubbell KO's five in a row! Gehrig's HR off Dizzy Dean, Vander Meer at Crosley Field in '38, Ted's game-winning three-run HR in 1941 at Detroit and his blast off Rip Sewell's 'blooper pitch' at Fenway in '46! Jackie in '47, Red's game-winner in '50, Satchell Paige in '53, Al Rosen's two HR's in '54 at Cleveland and Musial's 12th-inning game-winner in '55! A fabulous keepsake of those earliest All-Star games!!
Running time: 1 hour, 50 minutes B & W and Color
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Filmed at the Polo Grounds, but mostly at 1949 Spring Training in Phoenix, this is a vintage baseball instructional film narrated by Russ Hodges with an introduction by manager Leo Durocher. The '49 Giants show how they play their positions, as well as team defense and offense - Larry Jansen, Wes Westrum, Sal Yvars, Mickey Livingston, Bobby Hoffman, Buddy Kerr, Bill Rigney, Joe Lafata and Bobby Rhawn. Sid Gordon, Bobby Thomson, Willard Marshall, Whitey Lockman, Don Mueller, Walker Cooper and Johnny Mize also demonstrate good hitting.
Running time: 44 minutes B & W
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ORDER NOW AND $AVE!
Limited Time Offers !
$AVE ALMOST $10.00 !!
Order Package #1
Order our new 1933-1957 All-Star Game DVD and our new 1949 New York Giants baseball DVD for only $57.95 PPD !! OR ... Order Package #2 10 for only $225.00 PPD !! Get our new 1933-1957 All-Star Games DVD and any 9 other sports DVDs for only $225.00 PPD ! Select your additional DVDs from this list on our website.
(Illinois residents must
add 7.25% sales tax)
*** HOW TO ORDER To order by mail: Send your check or money order payable to Rare Sportsfilms, Inc. to: Rare Sportsfilms News 1126 Tennyson Lane Naperville, IL 60540 To order by credit card: Call us at 630-527-8890 to order by credit card. We accept MasterCard and Visa. To learn more about our other vintage baseball or pro football films now available on high-quality DVD ... - call us toll-free at 1-800-603-4353 - visit our website www.raresportsfilms.com
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Visit with Rare Sportsfilms in Chicago at the "National Sports Collector's Convention" Rare Sportsfilms has been exhibiting its video productions at the National Sports Collectors Convention for more than a quarter of a century! Find us at booth #426 of the Convention, July 29 thru Aug. 2 at the Rosemont Convention Center near O'Hare Airport, Chicago. Click this link to get more info about the show, including show hours, professional athletes who will be signing autographs, etc. Rare Sportsfilms president Doak Ewing says, "Any sports fan who appreciates the history of sports or collects artifacts related to the history of sports should not miss attending "The National" and seeing the greatest assemblage of sports memorabilia in the world under one roof - almost all of it for sale! In addition to athletes signing autographs, you'll find old baseball cards (one of MY favorite collectibles), vintage photos, old magazines, books, ticket stubs, game equipment, framed memorabilia, old game-worn uniforms, team yearbooks and more! I'm looking forward to displaying our DVDs and seeing old friends and new collectors alike at booth 426 all week! At this show you will meet the most knowledgeable dealers and sports collectors in the country! SEE YOU IN CHICAGO in 3 weeks - (the last week in July)! - Buy three or more DVDs when you visit our booth (# 426) and receive a special show discount! Visit Rare Sportsfilms on the web to see a full listing of our collection of baseball, football, basketball, golf and auto racing DVDs! |
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Schabowski Recounts
"Disco Demo Night"
for SABR
Long-time Rare Sportsfilms customer and Milwaukee Braves historian Rick Schabowski gave an in-depth talk last week about an infamous night in the history of old Comiskey Park - "Disco Demolition Night" July 12, 1979. The occasion was the annual National SABR (Society for American Baseball Research) Convention, held this year in Chicago. Rick's presentation gave a background leading up to the event, and an account about how the evening went horribly wrong when thousands of frenzied, drunken and disorderly anti-disco fans caused a fan and player safety issue between games of a scheduled doubleheader with the Tigers. The unplayable second game of the DH was forfeited to Detroit!
Rick previously presented an account of another memorable forfeit at an earlier SABR National held in Washington, D.C. In that September 30th 1971 game, manager Ted Williams' Senators were beating the Yankees 7-5 in what would be the last Senators game in D.C. when souvenir-seeking fans stormed the field with two outs in the 9th inning. When the fans would not leave the playing field, the game could not be continued, so the home team was forced to forfeit to the Yankees!
Rick enjoys the challenge of giving his listeners a feeling of "being there" at these famous events in baseball history. Three-time baseball "Executive of the year" Roland Hemond, who has 64 years of professional baseball experience himself states that "these are certainly famous sports events to recall, as they are still talked about today - some 30-40 years later!"
Now for some baseball trivia: The final Senators game in Washington, the second game of a DH "Disco Demo Night" in Chicago, and the infamous "10-Cent Beer Night" in Cleveland June 4, 1974 are all never-to-be-forgotten baseball forfeits. Name the only player to have been in uniform at all three famous incidents!
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