Main description:
Among the national treasures you'll find:
- The only known photographic image of baseball's first organized team, the New York Knickerbockers, circa 1846.
- Original copy of the first written rules of modern baseball.
- One of the earliest known color advertising posters promoting the very first set of baseball cards, released in 1887.
- Scorecard from the inaugural World Series in 1903.
- Shoeless Joe Jackson's rookie-era game-used bat.
- Game-worn jerseys of Ty Cobb, Dizzy Dean, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, Lefty Grove, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, and Ted Williams.
Review quote:
“...a magnificent album of baseball mementos--by turns, beautiful, peculiar and hilarious.”
Review quote:
“A godsend for baseball geeks everywhere.”
