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Lot # 806: 1929 World Champion Philadelphia A's Team Signed Baseball

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Item was in Auction "Spring 2014 Catalog Auction",
which ran from 6/23/2014 11:45 AM to
7/25/2014 9:00 PM



On the surface, the 1929 World Series appears to have been a walk in the park by the mighty Philadelphia A's as they downed the Chicago Cubs in five games. But upon closer inspection, the series was very much hanging in the balance midway through Game 4 as the Cubs, trailing two games to one, were poised to tie the series, building a seemingly insurmountable 8-0 lead headed to the bottom of the seventh inning at Philly's Shibe Park. That's when the wheels fell off, however, as the Athletics ripped off 10 runs, aided by a three-run, inside-the-park homer by Mule Haas that was lost in the sun by Hack Wilson, prolonging the record-setting uprising. Philadelphia cruised from there, wrapping things up two days later with another comeback victory, walking off with a 3-2 win thanks to Bing Miller's two-run homer. From that classic "Fall Classic" comes this official Barnard Ball that originates from a scout. The sweet spot reads: "Worlds Champions 1929 Record Out for (unreadable) 11/12/29 10 Runs In the 8th inning." In actuality, the game referenced was played exactly one month earlier and the 10 runs came in the 7th. There are 21 Signatures here, including those of Connie Mack (signed Cornelious McGillicudy), Al Simmons, Jimmie Foxx, Lefty Grove, Eddie Collins And Mickey Cochrane. The ball Appears toned as it would had it seen game action and is VG-EX With markings that are very readable. The signatures range from 3-7 and average 5.

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