Aug 6, 1984 - TCMA, Ltd, producer of minor league baseball cards jumped on the first day cover collecting bandwagon. The release of the Babe ruth stamp in 1983 found baseball card collectors building collections of first day covers.
To further reach out to the baseball collector TCMA issued first day covers under the heading "On This Day In Baseball History". Each of these covers would highlight a historical baseball event that occurred on the day a particular stamp was issued, although the issuance of the stamp had no relationship to baseball.
On this day: 1952 a 46 year old Satchel Paige of the St Louis Browns beat Virgil "Fire" Trucks and the Detroit Tigers in 12 innings to become the oldest hurler to pitch a complete game or a shutout...
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