This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/23/2018
Graded GEM MINT 10 by PSA. In the 46 years, I have regularly covered major league baseball, I can unequivocally say he was the toughest man I have ever known. And I say that with the greatest of respect. I wish I’d been there the first time the Carl faced Bob Gibson in spring training, 1968 after they’d faced one another in the previous World Series. “I remember when I came up, he walked down towards home plate and said, ‘I’m going to strike you out,” Yaz recalls. “I said, ‘no you’re not.’ He was even competitive in a spring training game.” So was Yaz. They admired one another because they were so much alike.-Peter Gammons. The featured card hails as 1 of just 3 PSA 10 examples of the nearly 1000 copies of this card that PSA has graded. Four precisely sharp corners and a palate of scintillating gloss for a surface are two of the first attributes an enthusiast encounters when viewing this special card. The green on the reverse is absolutely perfect with no chipping at all. A terrific card of in satisfying and impressive GEM MINT condition.