Impressive even by lofty Yankee standards, the Bronx Bombers’ 1998 season was one for the record books. The club’s 114 regular season triumphs topped all other Yankee installments. Their 125 overall wins (regular season, ALDS, ALCS and World Series) remains an all-time record. This baseball is autographed by (34) members of that benchmark squad. The gorgeous white OAL Budig sphere (grade “9-10”) is decorated with blue ballpoint pennings that average (“9-10”) quality; Includes: Sweet Spot: Torre (manager); North Panel: Raines, Mendoza, Tessmer, Pettitte, Irabu, Posada, Randolph (coach), Brosius and O’Neill; South Panel: Nelson, Bush, Ledee, Hernandez (inscribed “Duke 26”), Williams (inscribed “SDG”), Buddie and Girardi; West Panel: Stanton, Sojo, Cone, Cloninger (coach), Cardenal (coach), Rivera, Lloyd, Jeter and Strawberry; East Panel: Stottlemyre (coach), Holmes (inscribed “40”), Spencer, Chambliss (coach), Knoblauch, Wells, Martinez and Zimmer (coach). Full photo LOA from PSA/DNA.
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