Submitted by: Whatcom Museum
Today is Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season, and the Whatcom Museum is excited to celebrate with the display of this historic baseball that recently made its way back to Whatcom County and into the Museum’s collection.
On May 19, 1952, the Ferndale Eagles and Lynden Lions battled it out at Mount Baker High School in Deming to play what the Bellingham Herald called a “sudden-death playoff.” The champs? The Ferndale Eagles, whose team members’ names can be seen written across the ball. Thanks to the Newberg Public Library in Newberg, Oregon, for finding the baseball in their stacks and using social media to bring it to the museum’s attention. We’re glad to have this piece of our history home!
Visit the Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall to see the baseball on display and to learn more about the story about its journey here.
