1986 World Series Game Used Baseball - Gary Carter - Mets vs Red Sox - Mears COA

1986 World Series Game Used Baseball - Gary Carter - Mets vs Red Sox - Mears COA (image 3/[null, null, null, null])

1986 World Series Game Used Baseball - Gary Carter - Mets vs Red Sox - Mears COA (image 4/[null, null, null, null])

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This is a rare Game Used 1986 World Series baseball.The New York Mets defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the World Series.Ball shows use including mud, dirt, scuffing and toning.It shows all the official markings of the time period.I have n o knowledge of which game this ball was used in or who the batter or pitcher was. I can't attest to this authenticity of the ball other than the ball was purchased from Mears which provided a letter of authenticity on its game use. A copy will be included.I am not affiliated with Mears or do I represent them.I will consider all offers.The shipping includes tracked, insured and/or registered mail.Please check my other auctions for more great items.Wikipedia: The 1986 World Series pitted the National League champions New York Mets against the American League champions Boston Red Sox . The Mets won the Series in the seventh game, after overcoming a nearly hopeless deficit in Game 6 -- a game in which the Red Sox were twice one strike away from victory and that ended on a famous error by Boston's first baseman Bill Buckner . Game 6 has been cited in the legend of the " Curse of the Bambino " to explain the error. The New York Mets finished the regular season with a franchise record 108-54, winning the National League East division by 21 1 ⁄ 2 games over division rival Philadelphia Phillies . [4] [5] [6] They then won a tightly contested 1986 National League Championship Series , four games to two, over the Houston Astros , clinching the series in a sixteen-inning Game 6. The talent of the team was colored by controversy during much of the season, with scrappy players both on and off the field. On July 19, 1986, Mets infielder Tim Teufel and pitchers Rick Aguilera , Bobby Ojeda , and Ron Darling were arrested after fighting with policemen outside a bar in Houston . Just three days later, they played a game which became a microcosm of their season when two Mets were ejected after a bench-clearing brawl. A total of three ejections in the game forced starting catcher Gary Carter to play third base, and the Mets to play a pitcher in the outfield, with left-hander Jesse Orosco and righty Roger McDowell alternating between the pitcher's mound and the outfield as needed. Despite the adversity, they still won the game in the fourteenth inning on a three-run homer by Howard Johnson . [7] Former NL MVP George Foster was released a few days after the game, based partly on his refusal to move from the Mets' bench during the fracas. [ citation needed ] Boston went 95-66 during the season, winning the American League East division by 5 1 ⁄ 2 games over their biggest nemesis , the New York Yankees . [8] The gritty play of eventual ALCS MVP Marty Barrett and Rich Gedman ; clutch hitting from veterans Jim Rice , Wade Boggs , Don Baylor , Dwight Evans and Dave Henderson ; and quality starting pitching, especially from 1986 American League MVP and Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens , Bruce Hurst and Oil Can Boyd , pushed the Red Sox to the World Series. The team's defining moment occurred in Game 5 of the 1986 American League Championship Series against the California Angels . With the Angels leading three games to one in the best-of-seven series and their top reliever Donnie Moore on the mound, the Sox needed a last-out miracle home run from Henderson to survive Game 5; they later loaded the bases and got the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly from Henderson off Moore in the eleventh. The Angels never recovered from this blow, and with Boston capitalizing on some defensive miscues by the Angels, and clutch performances by some of their big name players (namely Rice and Clemens in the deciding game), the Red Sox clinched the pennant with a seven-game win.SummaryNL New York Mets (4) beat AL Boston Red Sox (3)Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 18 Boston Red Sox - 1, New York Mets - 0 Shea Stadium 2:59 55,076 [9] 2 October 19 Boston Red Sox - 9, New York Mets - 3 Shea Stadium 3:36 55,063 [10] 3 October 21 New York Mets - 7, Boston Red... read more

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