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and trophies from his 266-win career.
Visitors can browse through newspaper
clippings, some of which refer to Feller
by his early nickname of “Rapid Rob
ert," autographed bats and baseballs, and
hundreds of photos.
Feller says one of his favorite items on
exhibit is the bat on which Babe Ruth,
ill and frail, was famously photographed
leaning during his retirement ceremony
at Yankee Stadium in June 1948. The
Cleveland Indians were playing the Yan
kees that day, and the bat that Ruth,
dying of cancer, grabbed to lean on as
he addressed the crowd just happened to
belong to Feller.
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“That bat means a lot,” he says.
The history displayed is the reason
Gerald Johnson of Clive, lowa, took his
two sons, ages 6 and 8, to the museum.
“My boys think Mr. Feller has a very cool
story," Johnson says. “They're amazed
when I tell them he was just 17 when
he signed with the Indians, and that he
took a train out there, then had to take
one all the way back to lowa just to
graduate from high school.”
Feller earned eight battle stars as a
gun captain in the Navy, but also found
time during the war to keep up his
famous fastball.
“We played catch on the ship, condi
tions permitting, and I gave exercises to
the crew,” he says. "It helped me stay in
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