{"product_id":"autographed-signed-bret-saberhagen-kansas-city-light-blue-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa","title":"Autographed\/Signed Bret Saberhagen Kansas City Royals Light Blue Baseball Jersey JSA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eAutographed Bret Saberhagen Kansas City Royals Signed Light Blue Baseball Jersey — JSA COA — Chicago Heights, Illinois — Reseda, California — Kansas City Royals — 1985 World Series Champion and MVP — Two-Time Cy Young Award Winner — Signed in the Iconic Royals Powder Blue — James Spence Authentication Certificate of Authenticity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Bret Saberhagen signed this Kansas City Royals light blue baseball jersey himself — a direct, in-person autograph from the pitcher who won the 1985 World Series MVP Award for the Kansas City Royals, who took home two Cy Young Awards before he turned twenty-six, and whose name belongs permanently in the conversation about the most dominant pitching performances of the 1980s. The Royals light blue powder uniform is one of the most beloved vintage jersey designs in baseball history — the look that defined the Kansas City team during the era of George Brett, Dan Quisenberry, and Frank White — and having it signed by the pitcher who was the MVP of their only World Series championship gives this jersey an authenticity and historical resonance that go well beyond a standard collectible. Authenticated by James Spence Authentication (JSA). Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌟 \u003cstrong\u003eFrom Chicago Heights to Reseda — A California Kid Becomes a Kansas City Legend\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🌟 Bret Saberhagen was born on April 11, 1964, in Chicago Heights, Illinois, but grew up in Reseda, California — the San Fernando Valley, the Los Angeles suburb that in the early 1980s was producing baseball talent at a remarkable rate. He was a high school kid from the Valley when the Kansas City Royals drafted him in the 19th round of the 1982 MLB Draft, and he was twenty years old when he made his major league debut in 1984 — a teenager drafted in a late round who developed faster than any timeline the Royals organization could have reasonably projected when they selected him. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏆 \u003cstrong\u003e1985 — Cy Young, World Series Champion, World Series MVP at Twenty-One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e🏆 The 1985 season belongs to Bret Saberhagen in a way that very few individual seasons belong to a single pitcher. He went 20-6 with a 2.87 ERA during the regular season and won the American League Cy Young Award. The Royals made the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, and Saberhagen went out and won Games 3 and 7 — pitching a complete-game shutout in Game 7 to deliver the championship — and was voted the World Series Most Valuable Player. He was twenty-one years old. The powder blue Royals jersey he wore that year is the jersey of a champion, and his signature on this light blue jersey carries the weight of that championship moment. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ \u003cstrong\u003e1989 — The Second Cy Young, Even More Dominant\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⭐ If 1985 was the season that introduced Bret Saberhagen to the national baseball audience as a genuine ace, 1989 was the season that confirmed it. He went 23-6 with a 2.16 ERA — the kind of pitching line that wins Cy Young Awards unanimously and puts a pitcher in the conversation with the greatest single-season performances in the American League's history. It was his second Cy Young in five seasons, and it cemented his place in the Kansas City Royals' all-time pantheon alongside the franchise legends he had worked alongside throughout the decade. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾🌟 Bret Saberhagen. Chicago Heights. Reseda, California. Kansas City Royals. 1985 World Series champion and MVP. Two-time Cy Young Award winner. Signed Royals powder blue jersey, JSA COA. The pitcher who delivered the only championship Kansas City has ever known. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039466533096,"sku":"J-BRETTSABERHAGEN-KC-BLUE-JSA","price":59.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/autographed-signed-bret-saberhagen-kansas-city-light-blue-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa-vintage-698.webp?v=1770292769","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/autographed-signed-bret-saberhagen-kansas-city-light-blue-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}