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Posted By: Bob Manning

Gents;

I dont have a picture, but my favorite ball, better than the 60 Pirates with 2 Clementes, better than the 36 Yankees with rookie DiMaggio, is one from the 1953 St. Louis Browns, signed by:

Marty Marion, the manager, and now the oldest living ex-Cardinal;

Clint (Scrap Iron) Courtney, by reputation the first catcher to wear glasses;

Bob (Sugar) Cain, who pitched to Veecks midget Eddie Gaedel;

Vic Wertz, who, in the 54 series, hit the ball that Willie Mays turned into The Catch;

Dick Kryhoski and Jim Dyck, who, with Courtney, hit the only back-to-back-to-back homers in Brownies history;

Johnny Groth, the next DiMaggio, who in 1950 hit .306 in 157 games for the Tigers, and never came close again;


and some guy named Paige. I think he was a pitcher.

Bob