⚾ Framed Autographed/Signed Doug Mientkiewicz 35x39 “Final Out! 04 WS Champs!” Boston Red Sox White Baseball Jersey with Beckett BAS COA – The Framed Hand-Signed Boston Red Sox Home White Baseball Jersey of Doug Mientkiewicz, Inscribed “Final Out! 04 WS Champs!” by the First Baseman Who Caught the Final Out of the 2004 World Series to End Eighty-Six Years of Waiting for the City of Boston, Certified Authentic by Beckett Authentication Services (BAS), From the Hall of Fame Sports Collection

⚾ October 27, 2004. Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The Boston Red Sox were three outs away from something that four generations of their fanbase had not experienced. Edgar Renteria hit a ground ball toward first base. Doug Mientkiewicz fielded it and stepped on the bag. The last out. The 2004 World Series was over. The Boston Red Sox were World Champions for the first time since 1918. Eighty-six years. The Curse of the Bambino – the superstition that arose after Boston sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920 – had just ended. In Doug Mientkiewicz's glove. 🌟

⚾ He had come to the Red Sox that July in one of the most consequential midseason trades in baseball memory. Boston sent Nomar Garciaparra – their franchise shortstop and the most beloved active player in the organization – to the Cubs as part of a four-team deal that brought in Orlando Cabrera to play shortstop and Mientkiewicz to play first base. The trade was controversial. Nomar was Boston. He had been with the organization since 1994. And the Red Sox were gambling that the player they were acquiring could help more in October than the player they were losing. They were correct, in the most absolute possible way, because Mientkiewicz caught the last out of the last game of the October that ended the drought. ⭐

⚾ The ball is the famous part. He kept it – the game ball, the final-out ball, the physical object that ended eighty-six years of waiting. There was conversation about what the ball meant and who it belonged to, and eventually Mientkiewicz donated it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The jersey inscribed “Final Out! 04 WS Champs!” is the piece he signed to commemorate his role in that moment – the player who was there, who fielded it, who touched the bag, who holds that forever in the historical record of the franchise and the game. 🏆

⚾ The Boston Red Sox home white jersey – “Red Sox” across the chest in the navy script – is the jersey worn when the series was swept and Boston celebrated in St. Louis. This Beckett BAS-authenticated framed 35x39 signed jersey with its “Final Out! 04 WS Champs!” inscription is among the most specifically documented pieces in the HOF Sports collection: a first baseman's jersey signed by the man who caught the out that ended the Bambino. 🎯

⚾ Doug Mientkiewicz. Boston Red Sox. First Baseman. 2004 World Series Champion. Final Out Catcher. Curse of the Bambino Ended. October 27 2004. Nomar Trade. Busch Stadium. Home White Jersey. Inscription: “Final Out! 04 WS Champs!”. Framed Hand-Signed Boston Red Sox White Baseball Jersey 35x39. Beckett BAS Certified Authentic. Sports Memorabilia. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.

⚾ Framed Autographed Doug Mientkiewicz Boston Red Sox White Baseball Jersey Final Out 04 WS Champs Beckett BAS COA 35x39. Hall of Fame Sports. Condition: NOS.