This is a VERY NICE hand-signed-in-ballpoint-pen Reach Official American League Baseball (Joe Cronin, A.L. President).  It is not a souvenir, stamped ball.  The individual players signed the gorgeous bright-white ball in person.

It has been signed by 28 members of the 1963 Kansas City Athletics, who were owner Charlie Finley's fun playtoy.

The ball is beautiful - very clean and in pristine condition.  It is gorgeous no matter the age, let alone a middle-aged one at 46 years young.

The Kansas City A's of 1963 were a colorful team, in more ways than just Charles O. Finley's newfangled colorful jerseys.  The club featured a young Tony LaRussa, coach Jimmie Dykes, manager Eddie Lopat, Rose Bowl and 1959 World Series hero Chuck Essegian, famed hitting coach Charlie Lau, Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, and many more:

George Alusik

Tom Sturdivant

Jose Tartabull

Tony La Russa

Sam Esposito

Charley Lau

John Wyatt

Norm Siebern

Jerry Lumpe

Gino Cimoli

Chuck Essegian (I have Chuck's game-worn Kelly Green and Gold home uniform from this inaugural "colorful-uniform" season (not included in this auction).

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Dick Green

Gus Niarhos

Bill Fischer

Pete Lovrich

Wayne Causey

Ken Harrelson

Orlando Pena

Ed Rakow

Bobby Del Greco

Dave Wickersham

Jimmie Dykes

John O'Donoghue

Ed Charles

Mel McGaha

Eddie Lopat

Ted Bowsfield

There is a capital 'A' in blue ballpoint pen above Bowsfield that appears to have designated something at the time the team signed this baseball. 

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