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Lot # 173: Carlos Delgado Puerto Rican Winter League Rookie Jersey

Starting Bid: $200.00

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Item was in Auction "December 2005",
which ran from 11/22/2005 12:00 AM to
11/30/2005 9:00 PM



Delgado may have reaped a fortune in the free agent market last winter but the native of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico realized a better-than-money childhood dream when he donned this shirt of the Santurce Crabbers -- the team he idolized in his youth because his hero Roberto Clemente had played for them back in the ‘50s -- in 1989. He was just 17 at the time and a high school junior, freshly signed by the Blue Jays to a minor-league contract. Just after his rookie pro season with Toronto’s Class-A affiliate in the New York-Penn League, he played for the Crabbers, which was managed by ex-big leaguer Juan Pizarro. The knit jersey has “Santurce” across the front and “25” on verso in blue tackle twill, “25” on front and “7” on back in red, with “Jarabes” over the back 7 in blue. Faded size-”Large” tag in collar. Extensive use with caked-in soiling and some loose threads. Clearly a sentimental favorite from one of the island’s best ballplayers and one of the game’s premier power hitters.

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