Back around 1938 I noticed that a silver cup with baseball motif that held my mothers sewing materials also had an old baseball and a gold plated medal that read "Detroits First Winner of the Dauvray Cup." I asked her "where did these come from?"
She answered, "oh, those belonged to your great uncle, see it is engraved on the back S. Thompson R.F.
Thus, I have developed into a lifelong Detroit collector and fan, no matter how mercenary the players become, no matter how often they lower or raise the pitcher's mound, no matter how many balls or strikes constitute an out ...
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