1914 World Series GAME 1 Boston Braves v Philadelphia As Ticket Stub PSA VG3

Description: This is a sale for a VERY VERY SPECIAL 100% authentic & original ticket STUB in VERY GOOD condition for the BOSTON BRAVES at the PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS for GAME 1 of the 1914 WORLD SERIES at Shibe Park in Philadelphia. THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT TICKET, for a host of reasons. 1) This is one of only eight ticket stubs for this game known to exist. 2) This is the Highest Graded ticket known to exist. 3) This is a ticket from the Famed MIRACLE BRAVES run to a championship!!! 4) The Series featured many Hall of Famer's including: the Athletics' - Connie Mack (manager), Frank Baker, Chief Bender, Eddie Collins, Herb Pennock & Eddie Plank and the Braves' - Johnny Evers & Rabbit Maranville. 5) This is a legit actual ticket, not a proof, and has a full seat number!!! 6) This ticket is also graded and encapsulated by PSA with a Grade of Very Good 3 and code # 56492978. CONDITION: The good thing about a 3 is you know it has no major creases as those are Good 2s and down. The corners are rounded, the perforation is ever so started to be torn (see back side pix). There is likely surface, edge wear as well as light handling soiling, etc. The back is awesome, clearly not attached to a scrapbook which was so common in the day. Game/Series Highlights include: In the 1914 World Series, the Boston Braves beat the Philadelphia A's four games to none. The "Miracle Braves" were in last place on July 4, then won the National League pennant by 10+1⁄2 games. The Braves' relatively unknown starting trio of pitchers, with a combined career record of 285–245, outperformed the Athletics vaunted rotation (929–654) in all four games. Hank Gowdy hit .545 (6 of 11) with five extra-base hits and also drew five walks for Boston in the series and was the difference maker in Games 1 and 3. Adding to their supposed disadvantages, the Braves arguably lacked a notable home-field advantage. They had abandoned their 43-year-old home field South End Grounds in August 1914, choosing to rent from the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park while awaiting construction of Braves Field (1915). Thus their home games in this Series were also at Fenway. This was the first four-game sweep in World Series history. The Cubs had defeated the Tigers four games to none in 1907, but Game 1 had ended in a tie before the Cubs won the next four in a row. At least one publication, To Every Thing A Season by Bruce Kuklick, has suggested other factors that might have contributed to the sweep, noting that some of the A's may have been irritated at the penny-pinching ways of their manager/owner Connie Mack and thus did not play hard, and also noting the heavy wagering against Philadelphia placed by entertainer George M. Cohan through bookmaker Sport Sullivan, who was also implicated in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Chief Bender and Eddie Plank jumped to the rival Federal League for the 1915 season. Mack unloaded most of his other high-priced stars soon after and, within two years, the A's achieved the worst winning percentage in modern history (even worse than the 1962 New York Mets or the 2003 Detroit Tigers). Game 1 Summary, 26-game winner Dick Rudolph scattered five hits while striking out eight as the Braves won the opener in convincing fashion against the Athletics ace, Chief Bender. Catcher Hank Gowdy had a single, double and triple as well as a walk in leading Boston's offensive attack. He was also on the back end of a double steal in the eighth inning, with Butch Schmidt's steal of home the Braves' final run. According to Tom Meany's 1950 book "Baseball's Greatest Teams", with one chapter on each of the then 16 major league teams' one most outstanding season in the author's opinion, the chapter on the Boston Braves was naturally on their one world championship year, 1914. Meany recalled that manager Stallings and the Braves showed utter contempt for Connie Mack's heavily favored A's by spurning the Shibe Park visiting clubhouse for the one in the National League Phillies' deserted home park, Baker Bowl (the NL site of the next World Series, which again featured Boston defeating Philadelphia, but this time Red Sox 4, Phillies 1). Meany may also have been the source for the sensational sidelight that Stallings' motive for this may have been the rumor that the A's may have sabotaged the Shibe Park visiting clubhouse (with war clouds gathering in Europe as World War I was just beginning). This is a MUST HAVE piece for the biggest of A's, Braves, & MLB fans. NOTE - Tickets do shift inside PSA cases. If you like them centered, just lightly tap them on a hard object (I use my wedding ring) till you like the presentation. Returns & Terms: Payment due no later than 3-days after auction closes. Will ship to continental U.S. (48-states) via Priority for the listed price which includes Tracking, Insurance & Sig Confirm.   Returns are welcome, but Bidder pays return shipping and return postage will need to have Tracking, Sig Confirmation - original shipping not refundable. Item MUST BE RETURNED in EXACT SAME CONDITION. Given the inherent value condition drives, any degradation of the item will be subject to a damage fee determined at sole discretion of Seller.   I am happy to combine shipping to save you $ too if any other auctions appeal to your interests. Questions? Please contact me before bidding. Serious Buyers only, non-payment by winning Bidder will preclude that eBay Buyer from bidding and buying any of my listings moving forward. So please ensure you are 100% committed to sending cash prior to bidding. Note - I leave feedback after the entire transaction is complete, including Buyer having left feedback. 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Price: 3999.99 USD

Location: Canton, Michigan

End Time: 2023-12-28T05:48:52.000Z

Shipping Cost: 45 USD