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Old 05-03-2023, 09:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Hankphenom View Post
I wonder what the William Howard Taft ball, which inaugurated the tradition of the presidential opening toss in 1910, would go for today? Or the Walter Johnson collection of signed baseballs by Presidents Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover from opening games in D.C. in which Johnson was a participant. Here's the incredible saga of that collection as I wrote it up for the Washington Post Magazine in 2004:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...2004Oct20.html
These are the posts that unfortunately get lost in the chaff sometimes that make this forum so important, thank you Hank.
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