MEARS Auction #73, Ends January 3rd, 2015, 9:00 CST w/ 15-Minute Rule Per Lot

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Lot #298:

1998 (April 17) Derek Jeter New York Yankees Single Signed OAL Budig Tiger Stadium Game Used Home Run Baseball (MEARS LOA/JSA)

Offered is a Rawlings Official American League Gene Budig baseball which was knocked out of Tiger Stadium by Derek Jeter during the New York Yankees 11-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on April 17, 1998. Jeter has signed the ball on the sweet spot while "HR Ball Hit by Derek Jeter New York Yankees 4th Inning at Tiger Stadium April 17, 1998 Yankees 11 Tigers 2" is handwritten on the side panel below the signature. This would be the first home run of Jeter's 1998 season, the 21st of his career and the first of only two home runs he ever hit at Tiger Stadium, both off of pitcher Justin Thompson coincidentally. (73A0099)

(MEARS Auction LOA; JSA Auction Letter)