"Babe Ruth cost him about five years of his life," Myrtle Huggins once said of her beloved brother (and confirmed bachelor) Miller Huggins, with whom she lived. Evidently, Myrtle's connection to the Yankees outlasted both Miller and the Babe, as this autographed Fall Classic program hails from after the former's death and the latter's departure. "Greetings to Myrtle Huggins from the Yankees of 1936," reads the handwritten message at top in an unidentified hand. Signatures average "7" overall and include: Gehrig ("8"), DiMaggio ("5-6"), Lazzeri ("7"), McCarthy, Combs, Dickey, Gomez, Rolfe, Selkirk, Fletcher and Christy Walsh. GD condition, unscored. Full LOA from JSA.
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