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Lot 8
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Lot Number: 8
Description: 2000 World Series Final Out attributed Game Used Baseball signed by Luis Polonia, Bernie Williams, and Mariano Rivera (Polonia Collection provenance). On October 26, 2000 Mike Piazza of the New York Mets lofted a fly ball to New York Yankees center fielder Bernie Williams. Williams caught the ball and the celebration had begun. For the first time since the 1972-74 Oakland Athletics a team had achieved a three peat with the Yankees capturing the 2000 World Championship. While game used items from such iconic moments are all too often expectedly lost to circumstance in the case of this particular clinching moment the history of the final out baseball is uncommonly well documented. After the catch, Bernie Williams charged towards the infield celebration to join his teammates. In the process, the ball dropped out of Williams glove onto the infield grass at which point Yankees teammate Luis Polonia grabbed the baseball and placed it in his pocket for safekeeping. This specific moment is captured within the video broadcast which can be viewed by scanning the QR code in this catalogue. Polonia had the Official A.Selig 2000 World Series baseball signed by Williams and Rivera later that evening of the game additionally signing/inscribing it himself when he arrived home in the Dominican Republic. Important World Series final out baseball with superlative primary spruce provenance and corroborative video documentation. Includes full LOA from JSA (autographs), 12/16/2009 handwritten letter of provenance from Luis Polonia, color image of Polonia picking up the offered baseball, and certificate of provenance from Geddy Lee: Ball: EX, Signatures: Range EX/MT-NM/MTEstimated Price Range: ($15,000-$25,000)
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