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Presentation ball from the 1984 Los Angeles XXIIIrd Olympiad

1984
Overview

A boxed presentation baseball from the 1984 Los Angeles XXIIIrd Olympiad made of white leather with blue and red stitched seams. The ball is stamped in blue with the logo of the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics which consists of three interconnecting five-pointed stars made of up 13 horizontal lines. Beside them is the ™ (trade mark) symbol and below is the copyright symbol and the five Olympic rings.

Inside the box is a red plastic display stand.

Historical information

Baseball was included in the 1984 summer Olympics as a demonstration sport. It was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program. At five previous Olympics it had been played as exhibition games. Eight teams competed in Los Angeles, California: Canada, Chinese Taipei, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Korea, Nicaragua and the United States. Games were played at Dodger Stadium. As a demonstration sport, no official medals were awarded. The winners of the semi-finals played each other for first and second place, with Team Japan taking the gold medal and the United States in second place.

Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics]

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-100-2020.132-2
Width
7.5000 cm
Inscriptions and markings

'* The Game Ball *'
'Games of the XXIIIrd Olympiad'
'Los Angeles 1984'

'TM'
'© 1980 L.A. Olympic Committee'

'Rawlings RO-O'

'Haiti'

Contextual Information

This item had been in the possession of Baseball WA and was passed to the Baseball WA Museum & Archives.

Place made
Haiti
Year
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