Joanne Murphy knew something was unusual when she opened up an old Bible last week. The holy book turned up among the tens of thousands of materials donated to the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library each year.
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A Bible signed by 30 players from the 1953 Pittsburgh Pirates, and manager Fred Haney, sits in the Sacramento shop of book restorer Joanne Murphy this week months after being donated to the Friends of the Sacramento Public Library.
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Book restorer Joanne Murphy holds the Bible signed by the 1953 Pirates, and inscribed for the team's general manager, the legendary Branch Rickey.
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Joe Garagiola is of the more famous players who signed the Bible.
