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NY Yankees: Wally Pipp

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NY Yankees: Wally Pipp

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Auction Date:2011 Dec 07 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
When the Yankees won three straight pennants in 1921–23, Pipp was their solid, sure-handed first baseman. When they again won three in a row in 1926–28, he read about it in the Cincinnati Enquirer. In 1925, his eleventh Yankee year, he had asked for a day off because of a headache. A beaning in practice a few days later prolonged his hiatus. By the time he was fit, Lou Gehrig owned his position (for 2,130 consecutive games). TLS, one page, 6 x 8, June 19, 1944. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I believe the biggest thrill I ever got out of baseball was the time we won the world’s series from the New York Giants back in 1923.” A mild shade of uniform toning, a few heavier spots of toning, and a small mounting remnant to top edge, otherwise fine condition. Scarce correspondence from the man replaced by Gehrig.