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[bigfanNY]

I owned this ball for a few years purchased from Sig Auctions. The Original Owner of the ball would travel to spring training looking to obtain mostly rookie sigs. He coded the balls in red pen and would keep them in their red spalding bags ..also coded. And add others over the course of the spring.
Morton was in Spring training briefly but when sent down he went north to NC.
The Braves and Red Sox played a series of games in North and South Carolina (reliving the cross town Boston rivalry) where minor league players were available from both teams. I was not able to find rosters from all of those games. In fact I found conflicting accounts on how many games were played.
Anyway nice Ball Definitely preseason 1954 Aaron. And might be from the first Fla. Game but not many regular roster player sigs on ball. One that stood out to me was Mel Parnell from Sox who pitched very well in a SC game. I thought that it was another possible game. The code would tell us but I am not sure if the code was passed down to any other collectors.

As for being new and asking for changes.. easy dose it. Many times Single threads contain a ton of knowledge I use a few often. Tickets Scorecards etc.

[Fandom0610]

Originally Posted by bigfanNY

I owned this ball for a few years purchased from Sig Auctions. The Original Owner of the ball would travel to spring training looking to obtain mostly rookie sigs. He coded the balls in red pen and would keep them in their red spalding bags ..also coded. And add others over the course of the spring.
Morton was in Spring training briefly but when sent down he went north to NC.
The Braves and Red Sox played a series of games in North and South Carolina (reliving the cross town Boston rivalry) where minor league players were available from both teams. I was not able to find rosters from all of those games. In fact I found conflicting accounts on how many games were played.
Anyway nice Ball Definitely preseason 1954 Aaron. And might be from the first Fla. Game but not many regular roster player sigs on ball. One that stood out to me was Mel Parnell from Sox who pitched very well in a SC game. I thought that it was another possible game. The code would tell us but I am not sure if the code was passed down to any other collectors.

As for being new and asking for changes.. easy dose it. Many times Single threads contain a ton of knowledge I use a few often. Tickets Scorecards etc.

I was able to find articles on all the spring training games against the red sox. I don't recall seeing any played in North Carolina
Morton wouldn't of been playing for the red sox after mid to late March. Even if for some reason he just happened to be there watching it wouldn't make sense to me for him to sign the ball if he wasn't playing or participating with the team. Also Ben Flowers is on there who was also sent to the minors. The ONLY roster with Ben flowers and Guy Morton playing a spring training game Braves vs Red Sox is March 10th 1954

[Fandom0610]

Here's a list of the games during spring season Braves vs red sox (Confirmed by NY times articles). None were played in North Carolina. The very last match up between Braves/Red Sox was April 11th until the regular season. Guy Morton was not a member of the Red sox after the game he played against Hank March 10th 1954. This is all confirmed from the official new york times website (Yes I paid for a membership for this information)

* April 6th Braves vs Red Sox Chattanooga, TN

[Fandom0610]

Dick Sinovic is also on the ball. He was invited ONE single year (1954) to spring training with the Braves but was quickly sent down to play with the Toledo Sox. Ben Flowers and Guy Morton were the key players I researched. The Red Sox did not have Morton on their team or practicing with their team from Mid March all the way until September 1954. It would make no sense for Guy Morton to be on that ball anytime after March. The games I found were not played in North Carolina and Guy wouldn't of been a member of Boston. He would've been playing in the minors against other teams. Also just pulled up the Article dated April 11 1954. The article states this was their last and final game against eachother that spring.

[Fandom0610]

Mel Parnell was a Boston Red Sox player from 1947-56. In 1954 he had a collar bone injury.

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7 total games played between the Braves/Red Sox. April 11th was their last. Guy Morton was NOT playing with the Red Sox after the March 10th game. He was sent to the minors in Greensboro, NC. April 6th Yankees faced that Greensboro team and Morton was on their roster (Confirmed by newspaper article). Braves DID NOT play Greensboro during spring training nor did they play in North Carolina. The ONLY time Morton was playing against the Braves was March 10th.

March 10- Florida
April 6- Tennessee
April 7- West Virginia
April 8- Kentucky
April 9- milwaukee
April 10- Milwaukee
April 11- Milwaukee

[SyrNy1960]

Research is one of my favorite things about collecting. Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed it!