Johnny Evers of "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance" fame, was visiting an army chaplain at the front during World War I. The chaplain told Evers about finding a tattered baseball inside the pocket of a dead American soldier's overcoat while searching him for personal effects."I'd like to have that ball," the future Hall of Fame second baseman said."Not for a million dollars," the chaplain replied. "I'm too big a fan, and this is too precious to me. It will be too precious to others. If I can [...]
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