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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/6/2021
Joe Girardi contributed a .276 average along with 11 doubles and three home runs in 78 games as the New York Yankees cruised into the Post Season. The Yankees’ veteran catcher’s adept handling of the teams’ pitching was the major factor in New York’s victory in that year’s World Series in which they swept the Padres in 4 games. This offered Rawlings 155B model bat was used by Girardi during the 1998 season and displays outstanding game use. This un-cracked bat has numerous ball marks, blue ink transfers, white leather scuffs and very slight checking or grain swelling from repeated ball contact that is present on the barrel. There is a heavy coating of pine tar on the upper handle and a lighter coating on the lower handle. Girardi’s number “25” is handwritten in silver marker on the knob. This bat comes with a LOA from PSA/DNA (1B25046) for the game use and has been given the highest possible grade of GU 10.