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I like donuts, burgers, baseball and America. So, why shouldn’t I have a Grizzlies Krispy Kreme Burger when I’m watching America’s Pastime? From Sports Illustrated – Top 10 Minor League Ballpark Foods: Gateway Grizzlies – Baseball’s Best Burger What’s in a name? Well, when you call a menu item, “Baseball’s Best Burger,” it needs to deliver. The Gateway Grizzlies deliver patrons at GCS Ballpark a thick hamburger topped with 2 slices of bacon and sharp cheddar cheese, and sandwich it between two sides of a Krispy Kreme Original Glazed donut. At only $4.50, this wild combination of flavors consistently sells...

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Country strong is what they call it in Oklahoma (from where he was born and raised). Mickey Mantle was a home run hitting machine. A switch-hitter with enormous power from both sides of the plate. Mantle considered himself a stronger right handed-hitter even though he hit more home runs as a lefty. 1961 Topps Mantle Blasts 565 Ft. Home Run #406 PSA Mint 9. This card highlights one of Mickey Mantle’s most prodigious home run efforts, a feat made the more impressive given it ranks high even with today’s steroid-enhanced ballplayers. + Source: 1961 Topps Mantle Blasts 565 Ft. Home...

From Martin Jacobs: The San Francisco Seals were a minor league baseball team that played in the Pacific Coast League from 1903 through 1957. For more than half a century, the Seals baseball club was a fertile source of future major league players, with a legacy firmly grounded in the annals of Pacific Coast League baseball. Paul and Lloyd Waner, Ping Bodie, Earl Averill, William Kamm, Ferris Fain, Harry Heilmann, Smead Jolly, Lefty O’Doul, Frankie Crosetti, the DiMaggio brothers (Joe, Vince, and Dom), Larry Jansen, and others all launched their careers as Seals. From 1903 to 1957, the Seals were...

The high version sold for $95,600. The low version retails for $291. Description from Heritage Auctions: 1934 Lou Gehrig Tour of Japan Game Worn Cap. Both literally and figuratively the crowning finale of the full Tour of Japan uniform listed in the preceding lot, this deep navy cap represents the first known survivor from the famed 1934 Tour. It joins just two other Gehrig hats, both Yankee models, to have been placed upon the hobby’s auction block in the past dozen years, the scarcest of all Gehrig uniform components. While modern Major League caps are maddeningly indistinguishable from those available...