This Phillies Scorecard from 1959 Is Fantastic

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images by The Pie Shop

Here's a pretty awesome piece of nostalgia for you baseball scorekeeping / advertising lovers out there. If you thought we are inundated with ads in today's world, check out this official scorecard from a Phillies-San Francisco Giants game from 1959.

It comes from a blog called The Pie Shops (via someone on Twitter, I honestly forget who) and is of game 1 of a doubleheader. You can see the box score here. Seriously, go look at all 15+ pages of it to waste a good portion of your afternoon.

Share your favorite minor detail you find in the comments.

My favorite is the ad for Ortlieb's beer. It's the wet beer:

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