Photos of my bedroom as a kid

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Originally Posted by Zach Wheat

Fred,

Cool photos and display. What is the story on the ball on your dresser?

Z Wheat

Hi Zach Wheat and Tulsa Boy!

Thanks for asking about the ball on the dresser. I STILL have it in the same holder.

It is an autogrpahed Ted Williams ball. See photo below. Sorry for the flash!

I was 12 in 1962 and lived in Southern New Jersey. A town named Bridgeton was the home for the Babe Ruth World Series. See links below. Ted was there. He was working for Sears at the time.

Anyway he was sitting up in the stands about 12 rows up, signing balls and throwing them down to us kids standing behind the home plate screen. I was lucky enough to catch one.

Kept it all these years. Of course in those days the thinking was to protect the signature by spraying shellac on it. So my Dad did!! Signature is still legible.

FYI for those who care about this type of thing, it is a Interscholastic League Ball made by J. C. Higgins which of course was the Sears stuff Ted endorsed.

http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.s...g_exhibit.html

http://www.capitalcentury.com/1962.html