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4. I got my stepfather a signed baseball from him at Hampton's War Memorial stadium

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2026, 09:46 PM

Saturday

Single A Peninsula White Sox.

That’s also the site of the last professional appearance by Satchel Paige. On the Peninsula Greys roster that day but didn’t catch was a rookie named Johnny Bench.

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