Autograph ID and interesting collegiate pickup

[jt39]

Thanks again Matt.

Tom - it is an NL ball (William White). Fits the time frame.

There's only one question left -- if the guy played at Miami, and could have even got the Dawson ball in Miami ... how the hell did these things end up in a thrift store in Northern Virginia?!

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by jt39

Thanks again Matt.

Tom - it is an NL ball (William White). Fits the time frame.

There's only one question left -- if the guy played at Miami, and could have even got the Dawson ball in Miami ... how the hell did these things end up in a thrift store in Northern Virginia?!

He doesn't pay rent, his storage unit goes up for auction, and auction winner sees no value in the baseballs and they end up in a thrift shop You've seen the shows!

[thecatspajamas]

Or the guy moved back in with his parents after college, his parents finally get him out of the house some time later, and mom drags all his stuff that he left behind down to Goodwill.

[tachyonbb]

This does confuse me a little. I was always under the impression that the
"Championship" ball was only used at the College World Series. I have a collection of same going back many years.

Did college teams use the "Championship" labeled ball during regular season games? I thought they used "Conference" balls (i.e. Southwest Conference, Big 8 Conference etc.) balls during the regular season. Pure speculation but was this a leftover from the prior year CWS used by Miami in a regular season game?

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by tachyonbb

This does confuse me a little. I was always under the impression that the
"Championship" ball was only used at the College World Series. I have a collection of same going back many years.

Did college teams use the "Championship" labeled ball during regular season games? I thought they used "Conference" balls (i.e. Southwest Conference, Big 8 Conference etc.) balls during the regular season. Pure speculation but was this a leftover from the prior year CWS used by Miami in a regular season game?

Bare with me, I had my wife go into my den and take this picture so its not the best of quality. My first hit though came in an Atlantic 10 Conference game against Virginia Tech in 1999 and this was the label also: