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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/6/2021
As the 2001 season was coming to a close, so was the Hall of Fame career of baseball’s Iron Man Cal Ripken, Jr. One of those final stops came during a four-game weekday series with the Kansas City Royals in early August. Presented here is one of the bases from the August 9th, 2001 game in Kansas City that comes directly from the personal collection of Cal Ripken, Jr. This Schutte base features Ripken’s number “8” in large font on the top of the base in orange with black borders. The sides of the base have Ripken’s “8” on opposite panels, with the Kansas City Royals’ logo panel on one side and the MLB logo on the opposite side. The base displays light use with some dirt and abrasion stains and an identification number “034.001.055” is affixed to the underside of the base. Also on the underside of the base is handwritten in blue marker “8-9-2001 Last Game in KC.” This comes with a signed LOA from Cal Ripken, Jr.