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Old 01-18-2010, 07:20 AM
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Default You're spot-on Rob. The National was terrific...

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Originally Posted by Rob D. View Post
Being in the newspaper biz (yeah, we're an endangered species) and having been a huge fan of The National when it was around, this seems like a natural for my collection.

I'm waiting to hear from Hunt Auctions on the shipping costs, which easily could turn this from a great to not-so-good buy.
Frank DeFord was the editor as I remember. Top-notch writing for every sport. That's a really cool piece, nice pick-up.

Thanks to fellow board member Scott Garner, I won his ebay auction for a ticket stub to the first no-hitter for Koufax. I now have three of the four.

Now I just need to find a photo from the game...

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