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Beautiful 10K 1970 Spokane Indians Pacific Coast League Championship ring presented to the team trainer. The 1970 Spokane Indians are considered by many as the Greatest Minor League Team of the 2nd half of the 20th Century. Managed by Tommy Lasorda and having 20 players who would go on to play in the majors, including Steve Garvey, Bill Buckner, Bill Russell, Davey Lopes, Bobby Valentine, Charlie Hough, Doyle Alexander, and Tom Paciorek, the Indians went 94-52 during the regular season to take the Northern Division by 26 games and then polished off the leaders of the Southern Division, the Hawaii Islanders, in a 4 game sweep to take the PCL Championship. CZ atop a dark red stone surrounded by "PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE CHAMPIONS". "VIKE" above a baseball design and "19" on one side with "SPOKANE", the Spokane Indian logo, "INDIANS" and "70" on the other. "BALFOUR 10K" stamped on the inside. Ring size 13. Weight 22 grams. Comes in a Balfour ring box.
8/29/2002 LOA from Herbert C. Vike, the original recipient, on Los Angeles Dodgers letterhead.