Baseball Memorabilia

Historian Joe Ziemba joins us not to talk about football (We will do that early next week on Pigskin Dispatch) but on baseball and beyond, way beyond even outer space. CHeck out the podcast conversation with Joe below and the images of history he preserves.

Joe has shared a few of his prized treasures from the diamond. The first is this small brick from Old Comiskey Park.

Who could ever turn down the opportunity to have the autograph of a a legend like Joe DiMaggio, even if he was a New York Yankee.

The prize of Joe Ziemba's hard ball memorabilia are the autographed baseball themselves preserved in their protective bubbles by the curator collector.

Joe Ziemba's interests in collecting go beyond his two favorite sports. An autographed book is just one in his collection of many. This one with Jerry Lucas.

The advertising of a local beverage, and Pat Harder makes us all long for the good ole days with a nice cold one.

How about the signature of a man that traveled in space?

When you don't have Paul, John, Ringo or George available perhaps the man that left the group, Pete Best can autograph.

We really appreciate Joe Ziemba sharing his collection with these images, and his stories and time to help preserve the history of such fantastic items.