1959 - Rice - All Star Game bat... the only MLB player name Rice at the time was Del Rice of the Milwaukee Braves... he was towards the end of his career, and not an all-star, but the bat could have been made for him as he may have been brought as a bullpen catcher for the two Braves pitchers on the team, Spahn and Burdette... The bat could also have been made for LF Umpire Jon Rice, who umpired 3 all-star games '59, '62, '70
The game featured spectacular pitching by the National League's Don Drysdale who was making the first of eight All-Star appearances. He worked three hitless innings while striking out four. Unexpectedly, the National League took a 3-1 lead into the eight, only to have the American League score three runs, two from a double by O's Gus Triandos. However the National League came back to win it against Whitey Ford in the ninth, as Hank Aaron singled in the tying run, and Willie Mays hit a triple to drive in Aaron and the game winner.
