I had Ferris Fain's autograph thumbtacked to the wall in my bedroom, but it

was lost when I left for college. He was with the old Philly Athletics and they were in Portsmouth to play the Portsmouth Cubs in an exhibition game. I skipped school that day.

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Posted: 08/13/2020 at 12:35PM

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I had Ferris Fain's autograph thumbtacked to the wall in my bedroom, but it

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