1. materials characteristic of baseball and the culture of baseball; 2. collectible baseball Americana
1965
A K.C. Athletics publicity stunt makes the great Satchel Paige baseball’s oldest performer. At ffity-nine, Paige hurls the first three innings against the Red Sox, gets a strikeout, and allows one hit, to Carl Yastrzemski, in his first MLB appearance since 1953.
1993
George Brett of the Royals hit his 300th career home run in the sixth inning of Kansas City’s 7-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Brett joined Hank Aaron, Stan Musial, Carl Yastrzemski, Willie Mays and Al Kaline as the only players with at least 3,000 hits and 300 homers at that time.
