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Robert Pearlman Editor Posts: 42981 From: Houston, TX Registered: Nov 1999	posted 01-31-2010 09:34 AM Why do astronauts sign baseballs? Because they were baseball players... Courtesy Francis French comes this photo taken during a baseball game between the astronauts and engineers at Downey, done largely as a morale-booster after the Apollo 1 fire. Among the astronauts pictured are Stu Roosa, Fred Haise, Alan Bean and Jim McDivitt. If you look carefully (click on the photo to enlarge), the players' shirts look to have an astronaut Snoopy on the back.
Paul23 Member Posts: 836 From: South East, UK Registered: Apr 2008	posted 01-31-2010 10:00 AM That's that mystery finally solved then!
nasamad Member Posts: 2121 From: Essex, UK Registered: Jul 2001	posted 01-31-2010 02:42 PM Its a fake setup photo! All the kids are work experience kids from the astronaut office, why else would they have the mail code on their baseball caps! (Plus Haise has had to borrow a jacket from Armstrong for the photoshoot.)

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