If you happen to’re a baseball fan with 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 {dollars} lyin’ round — you are in luck … ‘trigger an ultra-rare bat that Corridor of Famer Roberto Clemente as soon as used and signed is about to go on sale!!
TMZ Sports activities has discovered … the Hillerich & Bradsby signature mannequin U1 bat that Clemente swung throughout the 1971 season is hitting Heritage Auctions in February — and it is superior.
The 36-inch, 35.5-ounce relic has been photo-matched … and it is also been autographed by Clemente himself.
The inscription — which Clemente made out to famed memorabilia collector Carey Diab — reads, “To my friend Carey, Best Wishes Always, Roberto Clemente.” It additionally has the No. 21 written on the knob.
Specialists at Heritage Auctions anticipate it to go for $250K when it in the end sells … explaining, “It is one of a tiny handful of known photo-matched Clemente gamers.”
Clemente was the primary Caribbean and Latin-American MLB participant to be inducted into the Corridor of Fame after taking part in 18 seasons within the execs. In his profession, he logged 3,000 hits and 240 dwelling runs.
He additionally received two World Sequence with the Pittsburgh Pirates and have become a 15-time All-Star, a four-time NL batting champ, and an NL MVP. Clemente additionally received 12 Gold Gloves.
Tragically, Clemente was killed in a airplane crash that was en path to ship emergency assist to Nicaragua earthquake victims in 1972. He was solely 38.
