Official Ford Frick National League baseball displaying evident use and soiling throughout including impact markings. The ball is inscribed, vertically, in blue ink across the sweet spot, "Jackie Robinson Sunday 5/7/50 May". The history of the offered baseball can be traced to a game played by the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday May 7, 1950. Jackie Robinson quite literally defeated the Bucs single handedly driving in all three of the Dodgers' runs including a game winning home run in the sixth inning. According to period newspaper accounts the ball left the field and sailed into the left field bullpen. Pittsburgh Pirates coach Lenny Levy was in the bullpen and retrieved the Robinson home run ball to retain for his collection. The ball was later gifted to Levy's nephew, Lenny, who subsequently sold the ball in 2013. Robinson related game used artifacts are among the most difficult to obtain and rank among the most sought after of the category. Unique and desirable Robinson attributed home run baseball with direct provenance to a primary on field source. Includes 2013 handwritten letter of provenance from Tom Levy (Nephew of Lenny Levy) and copy of news article noting HR went into the left field bullpen: EX