Spring 2020 Premium Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/20/2020
Hall of Famer Frank Thomas joined the exclusive 500 Home Run Club during the June 28, 2007 game between the Toronto Blue Jays and Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome in Minneapolis. Thomas’ first inning home run of Carlos Silva was his 13th of the 2007 season and put in the rarified air of the 500 Home Run Club. Offered here are the official lineup cards from both the home Minnesota Twins and the visiting Toronto Blue Jays. Both cards have the printed date of “06/28/07” in the upper right corner. The Blue Jays “OFFICIAL BATTING ORDER (VISITING CLUB) lineup has printed “RIOS CLARK WELLS STAIRS THOMAS HILL LIND PHILLIPS MCDONALD” with “BURNETT” as the pitcher and the “ALSO ELIGIBLE” “GLAUS THIGPEN CLAYTON ZAUN” for the bench and “DOWNS TALLET FRASOR ACCARDO JANSSEN DE JONG WOLFE” for the bullpen. Others listed were the starting pitchers not available “HALLADAY TOWERS MCGOWAN MARCUM”. The Blue Jays lineup card is printed on blue paper and has been signed by manager John Gibbons in black pen on the “Manager’s Signature” line. The line up card comes with a COA from JSA.
The Minnesota Twins lineup was printed on white paper and “OFFICIAL BATTING ORDER MINNESOTA” with the Twins’ logo on the upper left. The lineup was “TYNER BARTLETT MAUER CUDDYER MORNEAU HUNTER KUBEL RODRIGUEZ PUNTO” with “SILVA” as the starting pitcher. The “ALSO ELIGIBLE” included “CASTILLO FORD CIRILLO HEINTZ REDMOND” for the bench and “GUERRIER ORTIZ RINCON NESHEK NATHAN” in the bullpen with the unused starting pitchers “SANTANA SLOWEY BAKER BONSER” printed in blue. This lineup has a pre-printed signature of Twins’ manager Ron Gardenhire.