This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/22/2018
No matter what time period or how great the player is, a ground ball that takes a bad hop to the groin is going to be unpleasant. While technological advances have made protection a little easier to work with, there's not much other than a hard shell that can best protect the body parts that need it the most. This game-used jock and cup belonged to Hall of Fame first baseman Jim Bottomley and was part of the estate that was left to his wife Betty and passed on through several turns of inheritance, eventually landing with the step-daughter of Jim Bottomley's widow.