LeRoy Neiman First Pitch baseball
date: label: date made
content: 1994 - 1999
label: date made
content: 1997
name: label: Associated Name
content: New York Mets
label: maker
content: Rawlings
notes: label: Description
content: Baseball thrown by artist LeRoy Neiman for the honorary first pitch of baseball game held at New York's Shea Stadium on July 5, 1997. In the game, the New York Mets defeated the Florida Marlins 5-3.
label: Description
content: Neiman threw the ball to Mets' catcher Todd Pratt, as indicated by the ball's inscription.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Costa Rica
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: Subject
content: Baseball
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
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content: Sports & Leisure
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content: Autographed Baseballs
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of LeRoy Neiman Foundation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0144.20
label: accession number
content: 2019.0144
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0144.20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: baseball, autographed
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: yarn (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in; 7.62 cm