{"product_id":"autographed-signed-mark-prior-chicago-pinstripe-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa","title":"Autographed\/Signed Mark Prior Chicago Pinstripe Baseball Jersey JSA COA","description":"\u003cp\u003e⚾ \u003cstrong\u003eAutographed\/Signed Mark Prior Chicago Cubs Pinstripe Baseball Jersey JSA COA — The JSA-Authenticated Signed Chicago Cubs Home Pinstripe Jersey of the San Diego, California-Born Right-Handed Pitcher Who Was Selected 2nd Overall in 2001 and Delivered One of the Most Dominant Short-Career Stretches in Cubs Pitching History Before Injuries Shortened What Everyone in Baseball Expected to Be a Hall of Fame Career\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ This is the Mark Prior Chicago Cubs Autographed Pinstripe Baseball Jersey — the signed Cubs home pinstripe jersey of the right-handed pitcher whose combination of physical projection, arm action, and the advanced feel for pitching that USC refined before the Cubs selected him made him the most technically praised pitching prospect of his draft year — and whose 2003 season delivered on that evaluation in a way that placed him in the conversation about the best starting pitchers in the National League at a moment when the Cubs were building toward what the North Side believed was their best chance at a World Series championship in decades. JSA (James Spence Authentication) has examined and certified the signature, with a COA providing the professional documentation that the sports memorabilia community recognizes as one of the sport's most respected authentication authorities. The Chicago Cubs home pinstripe jersey carries the visual identity of one of baseball's most beloved and storied franchises — white with the distinctive Cubs blue pinstripe pattern and the \"Cubs\" script across the chest that Wrigley Field crowds have cheered for more than a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Mark Prior was born September 7, 1980, in San Diego, California — the Southern California coastal city that has contributed to baseball's professional ranks with consistent regularity across the sport's modern era, through a baseball development infrastructure of high school and collegiate programs that has produced a succession of major league talent. Prior attended the University of Southern California — the Trojans' pitching tradition under head coach Mike Gillespie produced one of the most mechanically sound deliveries that evaluators had assessed in the collegiate ranks in years — and his 2001 College World Series performance at USC placed the national audience on notice about a pitcher whose arm action, release consistency, and the late movement on his fastball combination created the first-round evaluation that the Chicago Cubs prioritized with the 2nd overall pick in 2001, selecting him immediately after the Minnesota Twins took Joe Mauer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ The 2003 Chicago Cubs season remains one of the most discussed could-have-been campaigns in baseball's modern history — a team that took a 3-1 series lead over the Florida Marlins in the NLCS and whose rotation featured Prior and Kerry Wood as the left-right power pitching combination that Cubs fans believed was generational. Prior's 2003 regular season — 18-6, 2.43 ERA, 245 strikeouts — was one of the most complete individual pitching performances of the year, delivered in the pinstripe uniform that this signed jersey represents. The signed Cubs pinstripe documents the arm that delivered that 2003 performance, JSA-authenticated and preserved in the New Old Stock condition that allows collectors to hold a piece of the North Side's most celebrated modern pitching legacy. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e⚾ Mark Prior. San Diego, California. USC Trojans. Chicago Cubs. Right-Handed Pitcher. 2001 MLB Draft, 2nd Overall. 2003: 18-6, 2.43 ERA. JSA Authenticated. Signed Chicago Cubs Pinstripe Baseball Jersey. Autographed Sports Memorabilia. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48039538589928,"sku":"J-MARKPRIOR-CHI-PIN-JSA","price":134.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/2718\/4037\/files\/autographed-signed-mark-prior-chicago-pinstripe-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa-vintage-treasures-921.webp?v=1770217201","url":"https:\/\/vintageantiquesgifts.com\/products\/autographed-signed-mark-prior-chicago-pinstripe-baseball-jersey-jsa-coa","provider":"Vintage and Antique Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}