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Originally Posted by Snowman
I read that they pretty much used the same ball until the stitches tore off. Fans even threw foul balls back onto the field in the early days. I don't know at which point that changed though. Maybe during the Ruth era? I'm sure someone here knows.
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Don't get many opportunities to show this one off so might as post one of the balls that got away. This is the last pitch of Rube Walberg's 15th career win on June 15, 1926. Walberg, incidentally, gave up more home runs to Babe Ruth than anyone else:
