“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby

Another season is in the books and here at the Museum we’re kindred spirits with the late Mr. Hornsby: just waiting for Spring. This isn’t football season nor basketball season, we consider this baseball’s off-season.

Even here in central Arizona where there’s no real winter to speak of, the days without a baseball game being played somewhere in the US still aren’t quite as bright as they are from March through November (don’t forget the Arizona Fall League!). So I thought I’d finally work on a new page that I’ve been thinking about for a while now.

Introducing Oddities, featuring a few one-of-a-kind balls that have a unique back story. These balls are reminders of the often ephemeral and volatile nature of minor league baseball, and I thought they were interesting enough to warrant their own page. It’s not complete yet, I’ll be adding a Rob Manfred Official Minor League ball with a reversed logo soon. Check out the new page if you get a chance, and if you know of other weird minor league balls drop me a line.

In the meantime, we’ll just keep an eye out for additions to the Museum and keep on countin’ down to Spring Training. Happy collecting!

-Tony Baseballs