One of baseball’s most recently elected Hall of Famers, Ivan Rodriguez played only one season for the Florida Marlins, but “Pudge” made sure it was a memorable one. The sturdy catcher, who suited up for the team in 2003 and 2003 only, led the Marlins to their second ever World Series title. Rodriguez hit .297, with 16 home runs and 85 RBI as the Marlins claimed the National League Wild Card spot. They tore through the playoffs, using the infamous Bartman incident and a NLCS MVP performance from Rodriguez to defeat the Cubs in a tense, seven game NLCS. It took the Fish only six games to win the Fall Classic, defeating the New York Yankees.

Rodriguez wore these Nike high top cleats during the 2003 World Series where he batted .273 with two doubles and an RBI for the victorious Marlins. These black leather cleats show excellent wear and have a hard rubber sole with six stainless steel cleats. The Nike swoosh is in white on both sides of each cleat and Rodriguez’s number “7” is embroidered in white on the heels. There are numerous stains and caked on dirt on the cleats still present and Rodriguez has signed each cleat in silver marker with the inscriptions “2003 World Series Game Used”. These cleats come with a LOA from JT Sports for the game use and a LOA from two-time American League MVP Juan Gonzalez, who in his LOA states that these cleats were gifted to him and has been part of his private collection. There is also a LOA from SGC (AA03099) for his signatures and inscriptions.

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