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Tommy John Little League Collection Including an Award and 3 Signed Items.
Lot 280. Tommy John Little League Collection Including an Award and 3 Signed Items. For years, John actively supported Little League. In 2002, he received the organization’s William A. (Bill) Shea Distinguished Little League Graduate Award “for exemplifying the true spirit of Little League Baseball and serving as a positive role model and inspiration to millions of aspiring Little Leaguers.” The handsome acrylic award is 11” tall, 7” across and 2.5” deep. John autographed a Rawlings Hall of Fame Official League ball (gem mint 10 autograph), a 2005 Little League World Series (mint 9 on the bill) and a Little League World Series VIP cap (nm-m 8). The ball rests on a glove-style holder given to John by the Easton Little League in 1988. This collection includes 12 World Series programs, which average ex-m, from 1991-96, 1999, 2002 (2) and 2010 (3). Harvey Frommer presents Little League history in “Growin Up at Bat: 50 Years of Little League Baseball,” 1989, vg. Among 33 other publications are two different issues of “Little League Magazine,” a program from the 1992 Little League Baseball 19th International Congress; state publications from Minnesota, Indiana and Florida, and 18 copies of the 1993 “Little League Magazine for Kids” with John and his family on the cover. Ex-m overall. Other items are a 4.25” clock with the Little League logo; five Little League caps from 1993, 1995, 2002, 2007 and 2010; a cap from ABC’s Wide World of Sports’ 1994 Little League coverage; three coat hooks for the 1996 series; pins from the 1991, 2007, 2009 and 2010 (2) Series; a 2007 pin from the Saudi All Stars; a 2003 Series official ball; a VHS tape with two features, “Keep ‘em Safe” and “Six Innings – The Little League Report”; and two jerseys given to John by players. Three news clippings covering John’s Little League career are also included. More than 70 items.
Winning Bid $68.
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