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Last Update: 09-05-2023

Three Ring Baseball League

Ballantine Brewing Co.

Apparently this league, sponsored by Ballantine never really got off the ground. It was a promotional event which lasted only 2 years (1964-65?) based on articles from 1964 and a Limelight show from June 26, 1965 where Shep made mention of it. That date was also confirmed in a post with photos. See link below for 'The Rusty Bunch' website.

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Time	Category	Date	Title	Comments
•	Radio		Graduation Day
•	Article		3 Folies Bergere Girls Will Umpire Announcer-DJ Game
•	Article		Disk Jockeys to Play Ball

Where Shep Makes Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title
•	July 12, 1964	Article	3 Folies Bergere Girls Will Umpire Announcer-DJ Game
•	July 14, 1964	Article	Disk Jockeys to Play Ball
•		General Topics	Baseball
•		Sponsors	Ballantine Beer

Links to Further Information:

• The Rusty Bunch website - June 26, 1965 game

Related Articles / Reviews:

Date	Publication	Title
July 12, 1964	Asbury Park Press	3 Folies Bergere Girls Will Umpire Announcer-DJ Game
July 14, 1964	The Daily Record	Disk Jockeys to Play Ball

Photos:

July 18,1964
Shep as a Yankee

June 26,1965
Three Ring baseball league "Team" photo

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

June 26,1965
Where's Shep?

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

June 26,1965
According to photo legend, this is Shep

Courtesy: Steve Glazer

"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
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