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Originally Posted by khkco4bls
Wow that's an awesome baseball where did you win that
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Won it from Classic Auctions. They mostly sell hockey stuff, but they had this ball.
I think I figured out where the ball is from an article by the late Bob Lemke on his blog.
Jackie used to lead a barnstorming team after each season. In 1953, for the first time, the team included white players. Among those white players was Gil Hodges and Bobby Young (along with Ralph Branca who did not sign this ball.) Maury Wills, who was in the Minors then, was also on the team. Interestingly Wills did some pitching for the team.
http://boblemke.blogspot.com/2011/05...as-racist.html
I found another link mentioning Luke Easter and John Glenn:
http://pilotonline.com/news/local/hi...f13204fa4.html
If anyone has a copy of the program from the tour, please let me know. I'd love to pick up a copy, but even if not I'd love to know the full roster.
Here is a picture of the program.
Thanks!