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Sunday, January 17, 2010

1994 World Series ROMLB

Here is an un-opened ROMLB for the 1994 World Series - AKA the World Series that never happened. On September 14, 1994 it was decided to cancel the Series due to an ongoing player strike by the Major League Baseball Players Association. That was only the second time the Series was cancelled since the inception of the National Pastime. This ball is in a new, unopened box.

One point I would like to make. Prior to recent years, Rawlings, the company who makes all of the baseballs used in the MLB, all ways put colorful stickers on the outside of the boxes to identify the type of ball inside. Now, however, the boxes are not "sealed" like they were in the past, and the only outside marking identifying the type of ball inside is an acronym on the bottom of the box with a bar code. Visually, when my boxed balls are displayed, these newer balls no not have the eye appeal like many of my older boxes. Ashame...

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