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Topnotchsy
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- Aug 7, 2008
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After years of working during the day and going to school part-time at night, today was my graduation and officially have an MBA.
For those who have been following my collection (which probably amounts to a single person: me) I've found that the items I find most interesting are the one's that are attached to areas where baseball intersects with other elements of life. I've sold a lot of the cards I own and picked up some signed items that grabbed me.
I've been watching this ball for a few months but was never able to pull the trigger. Now I figured I'll take my freedom from paying grad school tuition and treat myself to something special.
Beginning in the 1910's the US sent baseball teams to Japan periodically. The most famous team to ever go was in 1934 and included Babe Ruth, a cast of All-Stars, and Moe Berg, the catcher who was also a government spy.
Slightly less famous was the team that went in 1931 but the team was loaded with great players including: [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] Lou Gehrig, Rabbit Maranville, Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove, Al Simmons, George Kelly, Lefty O'Doul,[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] etc.[/FONT] and that's who signed this ball.
For those who have been following my collection (which probably amounts to a single person: me) I've found that the items I find most interesting are the one's that are attached to areas where baseball intersects with other elements of life. I've sold a lot of the cards I own and picked up some signed items that grabbed me.
I've been watching this ball for a few months but was never able to pull the trigger. Now I figured I'll take my freedom from paying grad school tuition and treat myself to something special.
Beginning in the 1910's the US sent baseball teams to Japan periodically. The most famous team to ever go was in 1934 and included Babe Ruth, a cast of All-Stars, and Moe Berg, the catcher who was also a government spy.
Slightly less famous was the team that went in 1931 but the team was loaded with great players including: [FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] Lou Gehrig, Rabbit Maranville, Mickey Cochrane, Lefty Grove, Al Simmons, George Kelly, Lefty O'Doul,[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif] etc.[/FONT] and that's who signed this ball.