Cuban Exhibition Game ball

Date2016 March 22

DescriptionWhite leather baseball with red stitching and blue stamps, including "Rawlings," "Official Major League Baseball" and "En Habana." There is an MLB Authentication hologram sticker near the "Rawlings" stamp.

Bio/Historical NoteOn March 22, 2016, an exhibition game took place between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban national team at Estadio Latinoamericano. The Rays won 4-1, with the Rays' James Loney homering and driving in three runs. U.S. President Barack Obama attended the game along with Cuban President Raul Castro, the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge 88 years ago. This baseball was the first pitch ball, thrown by Cuban Nationals pitcher Gomez Vazquanes Torres to Tampa Bay Rays' Dayron Verona, hit to shallow right for a fly out.

Object numberB-2016-0133

Artist, Creator, or Manufacturer Rawlings Sporting Goods Company

Subject Tampa Bay Rays (Baseball team)

Subject Major League Baseball (Organization)

Subject Cuba national baseball team

Subject American League of Professional Baseball Clubs

Attributes

Classificationssports and athletic equipment

Dimensions3 in. diameter

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