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Originally Posted by Scott Garner
I was very happy to win this beautiful Ford Frick 1938 Reds team ball that features the signatures of all of the starting 9 that played in both of Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back consecutive no-hitters. The Reds skipper Bill McKecknie is also present on one of the side panels. Willard Herschberger, Lombardi's back up catcher that committed suicide in the upocoming years is also present on this ball (tough!). This ball is a perfect fit for my Vander Meer collection, and I feel that it was actually a bargain. 
Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters starting 9
Lonny Frey
Wally Berger
Ival Goodman
Frank McCormick
Ernie Lombardi (HOF)
Harry Craft
Lew Riggs
Billy Myers
Johnny Vander Meer |
Wow Scott, that's a sharp looking ball. Congrats!