On August 4, 1908, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Brooklyn Superbas, 3-0, at Washington Park. What is particularly of note about this contest is that the entire game was played with only one baseball.
This day in baseball: One ball contest
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i don’t know what’s more amazing – the one ball, the three dirty ball runs, or that someone thought to mark down that only one ball was used.
It’s a strange thing to track. I wouldn’t have thought to note it had I been taking score. Someone clearly had good attention to detail.