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Originally Posted by Runscott
Today's paper mentioned this ball, stating that the only missing member was Gehrig. Very ignorant comment given that Gehrig wasn't in the HOF when the induction ceremony took place. He was inducted later in the year after he was diagnosed and it became obvious he would never play again.
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Scott, reread the article in the link. It does make reference to that fact. Perhaps the paper you read did some editing.
" Those 11 baseball figures were all elected throughout the first four years of the existence of the Hall of Fame (1936-1939), but as the only living members of the original 25 inductees (not including Lou Gehrig, who wasn’t inducted until December 1939), they were invited to an official induction ceremony to celebrate the opening of the physical Hall of Fame building. The signatures were all gathered during that first induction weekend."
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Last edited by Michael B; 08-15-2018 at 08:15 AM.
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08-15-2018, 08:14 AM
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