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Thread: Grove's Forbes Field Club
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01-17-2006, 10:28 AM #1
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Grove's Forbes Field Club
I bought a really old baseball a few days ago at a card show. It reads: "Grove's Forbes Field Club" and has multicolor stitching (red and green). Above the title panel is a symbol that looks like the old Reach (circular with the brand name in the middle) symbol but says Goldsmith. In the circle around the Goldsmith logo is says: "The Sporting Good with a Guarantee." Underneath the title panel it says its made of horsehide. There are a couple more things on there on the ball but its hard to read. I just picked it up for $40 cause I thought it looked cool and would fit into my collection of baseballs.
I put the whole title "Grove's Forbes Field Club" in google but didn't find anything. I even googled Forbes Field Club and just found stuff on the old Pirates' stadium. Just let me know if anyone on here knows what this might be.
Aaron Cowan
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01-17-2006, 11:02 AM #2
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Aaron- Sounds like a nice pickup and a good price. Can you post a picture? Sounds like from the 1920's. Goldsmith was the official league ball for many minor professional leagues so maybe there is a tie to one of those.
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01-17-2006, 11:23 AM #3
Re: Grove's Forbes Field Club
Would love to see a picture of this ball....It's a mystery to me as no Grove is ever associated with playing for Pittsburgh. I wonder if there was a minor league team out there that also had a Forbes Field. It was not unheard of for some minor league parks to carry the same name as a major league park (ie Wrigley Field in LA)
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01-17-2006, 09:09 PM #4
Re: Grove's Forbes Field Club
If the condition is nice, you stole that ball. Early goldsmith balls are veeery desireable. I would LOVE to see a pic of it.
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01-26-2006, 10:44 AM #5
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Re: Grove's Forbes Field Club
Thanks for your replies to my email. Sorry I haven't gotten a picture up yet for everyone else to see but I will try and do that this weekend.
AC