Box Score Game Card (19) – WSFL0033

Box Score Game Card: WSFL0033
Card Date: October 15, 1988
Autograph(s): Card #1 – Kirk Gibson; Dennis Eckersley – HOF; Jose Canseco: Tony LaRussa – HOF.  Card #2 – Kirk Gibson: Dennis Eckersley – HOF; Jose Canseco: Tony Lasorda – HOF.
Grade Value:  VP

Significance of autograph (very valuable):

Comment:
It is a classic and yet, it was only Game #1 of the World Series.  Jose Canseco hits a grand slam in the second inning that looks like it is going to hold up for the Oakland.
Reliever Dennis Eckersley who has been totally un-hittable all year … he would later win the Cy Young and MVP in the same year (1992) … comes in the ninth with a one run lead to face Kirk Gibson whom because of a bum knee cannot run but Lasorda hopes maybe he can punch a single.  Gibson does more than that he hits a walk-off home run and the A’s never recover losing the series to the Dodgers four games to one.  Having two box score game cards with these specific signatures, priceless.
Note: Gibson’s home run is considered by many one of the greats in World Series history.
Player’s link:
Kirk Gibson – Wikipedia
Dennis Eckersley – Wikipedia
Jose Canseco – Wikipedia
Tommy Lasorda-Wikipedia
Tony La Russa – Wikipedia