SUPER RARE, HISTORIC ORIOLES LINEUP CARD--JEFFREY MAIER GAME--1996 ALCS-10/9/96

Description: OFFERED HERE IS AN ACTUAL PIECE OF BASEBALL HISTORY. IT IS THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES LINEUP CARD FROM GAME 1 OF THE 1996 A.L.C.S. ON 10/9/96-----THE FAMOUS JEFFREY MAIER GAME. THE ORIOLES WERE LEADING 4-3 WITH TWO OUTS IN THE 8TH INNING AGAINST THE YANKEES AT YANKEE STADIUM. DEREK JETER CAME TO BAT AGAINST ORIOLES' RELIEVER, ARMANDO BENITEZ. JETER HIT A FLY BALL TOWARDS ORIOLES OUTFIELDER TONY TARASCO IN RIGHT FIELD. TARASCO BACKED UP TOWARDS THE WALL TO MAKE THE CATCH. HOWEVER, A 12 YEAR-OLD KID NAMED JEFFREY MAIER SITTING IN THE STANDS REACHED HIS GLOVE OVER THE WALL AND CAUGHT THE BALL IN HIS GLOVE BEFORE TARASCO COULD CATCH IT. THE UMPIRE, RICHIE GARCIA, RULED IT WAS A HOME RUN. THE ORIOLES, LED BY MANAGER DAVE JOHNSON, WENT NUTS AND PROTESTED THE CALL. HOWEVER, IN THOSE DAYS, UNLIKE TODAY, THE ORIOLES COULD NOT GET A REPLAY REVIEW. SO, THE CALL STOOD. THE ORIOLES OFFICIALLY PROTESTED THE GAME. MEANWHILE, THE YANKEES HAD TIED THE GAME 4-4 AND WENT ON TO WIN THE GAME 5-4 ON BERNIE WILLIAMS' SOLO, WALK-OFF HOME RUN IN THE 11TH INNING.AND ULTIMATELY WON THE SERIES IN FOUR GAMES AND THEN WENT ON TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES VERSUS THE BRAVES. YOUNG JEFFREY MAIER BECAME AN INSTANT NEW YORK HERO AFTER THE GAME AND IS AN ICON TO YANKEES FANS TO THIS VERY DAY, WHILE HE BECAME AN ONGOING OBJECT OF HATRED BY THE ORIOLES FANS TO THIS VERY DAY. UMPIRE RICHIE GARCIA LATER ADMITTED HE CALLED THE PLAY INCORRECTLY, BUT FELT TARASCO WOULD NOT HAVE CAUGHT THE BALL. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL ORIOLES LINEUP CARD FROM THAT VERY FAMOUS GAME. IT IS COMPLETED IN BLACK MARKER AND SIGNED BY ORIOLES MANAGER, DAVE JOHNSON. THE REVERSE OF THE CARD HAS A NOTATION BY JOHNSON OF THE OFFICIAL PROTEST OF THE GAME, THE ORIOLES LOST THE PROTEST. JOHNSON'S SIGNATURE, AS ORIOLES' MANAGER, ON THE CARD HAS A FULL, WRITTEN PSA AUTHENTICATION. THIS IS A ONE OF A KIND, UNIQUE PIECE OF MEMORABILIA FROM BASEBALL HISTORY, WHICH WOULD BE WELCOME ON DISPLAY IN THE BASEBALL HALL OF FAME. COME AND GET THIS BASEBALL TREASURE. PAYMENT BY PAYPAL IS PREFERRED, BUT NOT REQUIRED. POSTAGE AND MANDATORY INSURANCE IS $15.00.

Price: 3499 USD

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2024-10-03T03:40:02.000Z

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