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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

KMBC: Century-Old Board Game Found In Home

The greatest Victorian-era closet case since Oscar and Lord Alfred?

Schrieber said the game was likely bought by the mansion’s patriarch, William Wagonner, for his then 6-year-old son.

There are believed to be only 10 copies of the game left in the world.

The game has images of Cy Young and Buck Ewing.

Researchers having trouble deciphering picture with “JULI_ FRANC_” under it…

AndrewJ Posted: May 28, 2008 at 10:13 PM | 16 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. vortex of dissipation Posted: May 28, 2008 at 11:31 PM (#2797388)
Here's one that was sold for $17,000, with close-ups:

Zimmer baseball game
   2. Hang down your head, Tom Foley Posted: May 28, 2008 at 11:34 PM (#2797413)
I have that on Wii.
   3. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: May 28, 2008 at 11:36 PM (#2797416)
The object is to throw a crazy old man to the ground, right? That game rocks!
   4. Barry`s_Lazy_Boy Posted: May 28, 2008 at 11:39 PM (#2797429)
If I was a billionaire, this is the kind of useless stuff I'd spend too much on.
   5. cardsfanboy Posted: May 28, 2008 at 11:51 PM (#2797459)
looks like a fun game
   6. Vrhovnik Posted: May 29, 2008 at 12:11 AM (#2797502)
The game has images of Cy Young and Buck Ewing.

I'll bet Julio Franco is there too.
   7. jolietconvict Posted: May 29, 2008 at 12:30 AM (#2797563)
I'll bet Julio Franco is there too.


If only that joke had been made in the intro.
   8. Halofan Posted: May 29, 2008 at 12:51 AM (#2797630)
Old school "Feb'y" abbreviation for "Feb."
   9. Vrhovnik Posted: May 29, 2008 at 01:08 AM (#2797687)
So who reads introductions?
   10. Sandlapper Spike Posted: May 29, 2008 at 02:48 AM (#2798021)
Looking at those photos from the auction house, I'm trying to figure out who was the third baseman in the field for the game. The auctioneer's writeup says there are 18 portraits, 11 of them Hall of Famers. I could identify 17 portraits in the photos (plus the picture of Chief Zimmer). 10 of them are Hall of Famers, but I couldn't see who the third baseman was.

I am guessing the unidentified player is George Davis, who is a Hall of Famer and was a teammate of Zimmer's for a time with Cleveland, where he mostly played third base. I can't come up with any other candidate. I wonder if he got left off the auctioneer's list because his name was similar to George Davies, and the person writing the blurb got a bit confused.

I like how Chief Zimmer not only landed the endorsement for the game, but also wangled a spot in it for his minor-leaguer brother...
   11. A One-Shoed Craig K Posted: May 29, 2008 at 03:58 AM (#2798110)
The game has images of Cy Young and Buck Ewing.

I'll bet Julio Franco Jesse Orosco's in it too.
   12. Charter Member of the Jesus Melendez Fanclub Posted: May 29, 2008 at 04:58 AM (#2798125)
Damn. He has spent a lifetime in the game. In fact, two lifetimes.

Vrhovnik tried to steal your thunder, but I just knew you could come through with a recycled joke too. As always!
   13. Padraic Posted: May 29, 2008 at 11:49 AM (#2798172)
Great intro!
   14. Bob Dernier Cri Posted: May 29, 2008 at 11:57 AM (#2798175)
Oscar and Lord Alfred?

Zimmer's Baseball, the game that dare not speak its name.
   15. Mark R. Garber Posted: May 29, 2008 at 12:19 PM (#2798188)
I hear Zimmer's Baseball Game was just cancelled. The owner is going for an online-only strategy.

It looks damn hard for a righty to hit a home run. And triples to left? It must be channeling Joe Jackson! You could juice the ball, too, by using a ball bearing.
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