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Presented is an OAL (Budig) baseball autographed by Dennis Martinez. He signed it on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen (“9”). The ball itself shows toning from age.
Dennis Martinez nicknamed “El Presidente” (The President), is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the first Nicaraguan to play in the majors. Martínez made his debut on September 14, 1976 against the Detroit Tigers at Memorial Stadium. He replaced Dave Pagan in the top of the fourth inning with the Orioles trailing 7–5. He pitched 5.2 innings while allowing no runs on four hits, one walk and five strikeouts as the Orioles rallied in the seventh to win 9–7 and give Martínez his first career win. In four games pitched with the team, he went 1–2 with a 2.60 ERA in 27.2 innings. He had 18 strikeouts and eight walks.
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