1906-2006 City Series CENTENNIAL	10 Differences between 1906 and 2006	1906 Chicago's greatest baseball year!
Difference #5	The same ball was used! For the entire game! It picked up grass stains and dirt marks! It was nicked and scuffed, cut and torn! It got mashed and smashed and bent out of shape! As the game wore on, the ball was harder to see... ... and much harder to hit! Advantage, Pitchers!	MORE DIFFERENCES 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10
DID YOU KNOW . . .	The dirty ball was nearly invisible in late-afternoon October twilight! 8th inning, game 5: "it was too dark to see directly, and in the ninth lights began to gleam      in the windows of neighboring blocks." Final play of game: "... out of the gathering gloom ... Davis was seen running toward      second. He went through the motions of picking up something and throwing it to Isbell." The Sox then made a dash for the bench, leading the crowd to determine that Davis      "actually had seen the ball and retired Tinker."
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