Here are 3 stubs I really like that I have picked up recently:
1.) On July 21, 1959 integration in baseball was complete. Pumpsie Green had become the first black player to appear in a game for the Boston Red Sox when he pinch ran in the 8th inning of a game against the White Sox. The Red Sox had the dubious distinction of being the last team to integrate, some 12+ years after Jackie Robinson first appeared. Included is a sketch that appeared in the Boston Herald during spring training.
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...ay-for-red-sox
Pumpsie Green MLB Debut Ticket.jpg
Pumpsie Green Newspaper Cartoon.jpg
2.) On September 16, 1956 Bobby Balcena, of the Cincinnati Redlegs, pinch hit in a game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. This was Balcena's MLB Debut. He would appear in 7 games total that season and never make it back to the majors. What makes this footnote in baseball history special is Balcena was the first player of Asian descent to appear in a major league game. His parents immigrated from the Phillipines and he was raised in Southern California. It would be another 8 years before Masanori Murakami of Japan, the first Asian born player, would play for the SF Giants.
http://filipinostarnews.net/sports/f...-baseball.html
Balcena MLB debut ticket.jpg
Bobby Balcena Reds 1957.jpg
3.) On August 22, 1965 the Dodgers and Giants were in another heated pennant race. On this day Juan Marichal and John Roseboro would engage in one of the most infamous brawls in baseball history. Juan Marichal struck Roseboro on the head with his bat after the two had become involved in an argument. One thing I had never really noticed after looking at the pictures was Tito Fuentes also was wielding a bat although he didn't use it. He got to stay in the game for his efforts. After order had been restored Willie Mays hit a 3-run HR off Sandy Koufax and the Giants went on to win the game.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/1...l-50-years-ago
Marichal-Roseboro Brawl Game.jpg
Marichal Roseboro I.jpg
Marichal Roseboro.jpg
Marichal Roseboro III.jpg