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Lot Number: 473
Description: Wade Boggs auto. game used ball from 3,000th career hit game. Medium toned and soiled Budig AL ball bears Wade Boggs' signature across the sweet spot and adjacent inscription "Game Ball From 3000 Hit Game". Signature and inscription rate 10 out of 10. This ball was used during the game in which Wade Boggs garnered his 2,998th, 2,999th and 3,000th career hits on August 7, 1999 against the Cleveland Indians at Tropicana Field. Boggs' 2,998th that day was a bases loaded run-scoring single in the third off of Charles Nagy between first and second for a run-scoring single. He struck again off Nagy in the fifth, slapping a 1-and-1 pitch to right for another run-scoring single for #2,999. The crowning blow came in the sixth, with Tropicana Field pulsating with excitement and the clock reading 9:08, as he drove a 2-and-2 pitch from left-hander Chris Haney into the right field seats for a two-run homer. Boggs became the first member of the 3,000 Hit Club who homered to get in. Includes letter of provenance from Wade Boggs with additional LOAs from Hunt Auctions (ball) and JSA (auto.): EXEstimated Price Range: ($500-$750)
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