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Edison and the Athletics
In the spring of 1927, Thomas Edison visited the Philadelphia Athletics at their spring training facility. What followed created a story that has been repeated and changed over the following century.
Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!
Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!
Listen to the previous episode about baseball, about the Havana Sugar Kings!
All of the music was originally composed.
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In the spring of 1927, Thomas Edison visited the Philadelphia Athletics at their spring training facility. What followed created a story that has been repeated and changed over the following century.
Get your WFM Merch at Cast & Clay Co. on Etsy!
Go to the Wait Five Minutes website for more!
Listen to the previous episode about baseball, about the Havana Sugar Kings!
All of the music was originally composed.
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