December 1, 2016: Sports & Americana Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/1/2016
This lot offers single-signed baseballs from the "Core Four" of the New York Yankees. The "Core Four" are the former New York Yankees baseball players Derek Jeter, Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, and Mariano Rivera. All four players were drafted or originally signed as amateurs by the Yankees in the early 1990s. They played together in the minor leagues, and made their Yankee major league debuts in 1995. Each of them was a key contributor to the Yankees' late-1990s dynasty that won four World Series championships in five years. By 2007, they were the only remaining Yankees from the franchise's dynasty of the previous decade. All four players were on the Yankees' active roster in 2009 when the team won the 2009 World Series—its fifth championship in the previous 14 years. Pettitte, Posada and Rivera signed OML baseballs on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint pen, while Jeter signed a 1996 World Series ball, also on the sweet spot in blue ballpoint.
NY Yankees "The Core Four" Single-Signed OML Baseballs (4) with Jeter, Rivera
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