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    Vintage baseball programs, anyone?

    May 22, 2020 4 minutes
    by Larry Canale larrycanale@comcast.net

    EMPTY DIAMONDS: FILLING BASEBALL’S VOID

    — A summer with no baseball? The very idea is heartbreaking, but the priority in America—around the globe—is to overcome coronavirus. At this writing, there’s still talk of a shortened season, but there’s also a possibility we may not see baseball until 2021.

    While we wait, it might be therapeutic to build a collection of vintage baseball programs. They’re easy on the wallet, usually, the supply is healthy, and they connect you to your favorite team or teams of the past. There are programs from regular-season games, playoff games and World Series matchups. Sometimes, you’ll find examples in which a baseball fan from the past carefully kept

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