Mr. Baseball L.L.C. Produces Wooden Baseball Cards for Hoboken Birthday Celebration
Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV, and CEO of Mr. Baseball LLC has produced Vintage Wooden Baseball Cards depicting his ancestor Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr., The New York Knickerbocker Baseball Team and Elysian Fields New Jersey. “These were made to honor the 150th celebration of Hoboken’s founding” says Cartwright to a local sports celebrity
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) May 7, 2005 -- Alexander Joy Cartwright, IV, and CEO of
Mr. Baseball LLC has produced Vintage Wooden Baseball Cards depicting his
ancestor Alexander Joy Cartwright Jr., The New York Knickerbocker Baseball Team
and Elysian Fields New Jersey. “These were made to honor the 150th celebration
of Hoboken’s founding” says Cartwright to a local sports celebrity.
The
baseball cards are laser engraved out of Cherry Wood and represent the company’s
first venture into Collectible Sports Cards. “The Hoboken Collection” will go on
sale at www.mrbaseball.com
starting May 1st.and can be purchased separately or as a set.
In
addition, Mr. Baseball LLC has produced a beautiful “Limited Edition” Cherry
Wood plaque depicting Elysian Fields of 1846. These are limited edition and only
120 of these have been made and marked with the 150th Celebration
emblem.
Hoboken, New Jersey celebrates their 150th Birthday this year and
in so doing is having a birthday party all year long but especially June
18-19th.. During these days a vintage baseball tournament will take place to
honor the Grand Ole Game. Cartwright will be in attendance to present the city
of Hoboken a very special gift honoring its baseball heritage.
Background:
In the mid-1800s, Alexander Joy Cartwright, Junior was
the founder of the New York Knickerbocker Ball Club. Not only did he create the
first organized baseball team, but he also designed the baseball diamond and
specified the distance between the bases, along with other rules and regulations
still in use today. Although Cartwright was only with the Knickerbockers for its
first four years of existence, the club itself lasted until sometime in the
1870s. Cartwright caught Gold Fever in 1849 and ventured west. He became a kind
of ‘Johnny Appleseed’ of baseball, teaching the game to settlers at frontier
towns and Army posts, and even Indians along the way. He eventually traveled as
far west as the Hawaiian Islands where he lived a notable life until his death
in 1892.
His descendent, Alex Cartwright, IV has become another kind of
‘Johnny Appleseed,’ who has spoken at various events over the years representing
his ancestor’s legacy. His website, MrBaseball.com, devoted to the history of
baseball, attracts interest from baseball enthusiasts from all over the world.
He receives emails for his assistance with historical baseball references from
publishers and literary agents, and even children who want help doing a school
report. Last year Mr. Cartwright created the Mr. Baseball Foundation to assist
small community youth groups and to offer monetary assistance to the Cystic
Fibrosis Society.
Contact: Alexander Joy Cartwright,
IV
MrBaseball.com
2919 210th Ave East
Sumner, WA 98390.
877-551-1023
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www.mrbaseball.com
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