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Originally Posted by tippedfinger
The program was from 1943. All the soldiers were from PA (they were a strong team -- (30 and 3) -- and had a couple of major leaguers on the roster. Grays won the game though, 6-3. Gibson, Leonard, Bell, Wilson and Brown all played for the Grays. Leonard homered, and Gibson doubled and tripled. What a game, and not really covered in the history books. Everyone always talks about the Ruth war bond games, this was the Grays war bond game!
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Fabulous artifact from a historic event. That one belongs in the NL HOF.