The Chicago Cubs shed 108 seasons of pain and suffering in an instant as Kris Bryant fielded Michael Martinez’s ground ball in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. When Anthony Rizzo’s mitt closed around the ball celebrations erupted, as the Cubs had accomplished one of baseball’s greatest ever comebacks. Down three games to one to the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, Chicago stormed back to win the last three games of the Fall Classic, consigning Cleveland to heartbreak and finally returning the World Series trophy to the North Side of Chicago.

     This Robert D. Manfred Jr. Official 2016 World SeriesBaseball features Theo Epstein’s signature on the sweet spot, with the added inscription “16 WS Champs”. Other signatures include Kris Bryant, Anthony Rizzo, Jon Lester, Kyle Hendricks, Javier Baez, Dexter Fowler, Addison Russell, Ben Zobrist, David Ross, Hector Rondon, Miguel Montero, Kyle Schwarber, Aroldis Chapman, Chris Coghlan, Albert Almora, Willson Contreras, Carl Edwards, Pedro Strop, Mike Montgomery, and Justin Grimm. The signatures were all written in blue pen. This item comes with a MLB Authenticated hologram (JB 935907) and a Fanatics Authenticated hologram (ZZ0061558).

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