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This Day in Baseball: One Ball Contest

By Precious Sanders @pdsanders99

On August 4, 1908, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Superbas, 3-0, at Washington Park.  What is particularly of note about this contest is that the entire game was played with only one baseball.

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Washinton Park in 1909 (Wikimedia Commons)


This day in baseball: One ball contest
This day in baseball: One ball contest
This day in baseball: One ball contest

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