November 9, 2010

World Series ticket from Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Stadium. The fourth game of the 1971 World Series, the first series game ever played under lights, was not kind to Arkansas native Brooks Robinson. Robinson, the Most Valuable Player of the 1970 World Series, went 0 for 3 with one RBI in a losing battle with the Pirates. The Pirates went on to dethrone Robinson and the world champion Baltimore Orioles in seven games.

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