MEARS Auction #25, Ends April 30th, 2011, 9:00 CST, w/ 15-minute rule

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Lot #1912:

1942 depiction Tommy Byrne New York Yankees Signed 8" x 10" Photo - JSA

Yankees pitcher Tommy Byrne, who is perhaps best known for being on the wrong side of a rally started by shoe polish, is pictured in this black and white 8" x 10" photograph. Bryre -- who hit Milwaukee's Nippy Jones in the foot (as a shoe polish mark on the ball proved) to incite a Braves rally in Game 4 of the 1957 World Series -- signed the photo in blue marker with the added inscription "threw the pitch in the Nippy Jones shoe-polish incident" and the date 10/6/57.

Collection of MEARS Staff

MINT condition. JSA auction letter included.

c0115

(JSA Auction Letter)