Recently, I used some of the Christmas money that I got from my grandma to pick up something that she has some ties to. I was able to find a used ticket stub to Game 3 of the 1949 World Series. A while back, I posted on here about how Grandma had dropped a bombshell on me when she told me that she had attended a World Series game. You can read the story here.
Since Grandma didn't keep her ticket, I figured I would see about finding one that would go with the story. I know it's not her original ticket, but I still think it is cool to be able to have a ticket from that World Series and be able to tell folks that she was there.
This ticket stub is in pretty rough shape, but I got a nice deal on it. I tried to get the guy who had it for sale to accept a BIN price, but even though it failed to sell at his opening bid price three times, he still re-listed it for me in auction style, for that price. Unsurprisingly, no one but me bid on it, so I came away with the ticket at the guy's opening bid. Oh well. BIN would have been quicker.
I now have two World Series tickets. This one, and the one I for from Mr. McNair for the 1930 World Series. I don't believe I will be starting a World Series ticket collection, I just think they are cool. I may pick up some Orioles ones, but I haven't decided yet. I'm still excited to finally have a ticket from the World Series that Grandma attended.
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