⚾ Vintage Framed Jose Rijo Autographed 1990 World Series MVP Cincinnati Reds White Baseball Jersey Beckett BAS COA – The Beckett Authentication Services BAS COA Certified Hand-Signed Framed Cincinnati Reds White Baseball Jersey of Jose Rijo, the 1990 World Series MVP Who Led the Cincinnati Reds to One of the Greatest Upsets in World Series History

⚾ October 1990. The Oakland Athletics are the defending World Series champions. They have won 103 games in the regular season. They have Jose Canseco and Rickey Henderson and Dave Stewart and Dennis Eckersley, the most dominant closer in the game. They are favored to win the World Series by nearly everyone who covers baseball. They meet the Cincinnati Reds, led by manager Lou Piniella and a starting rotation with a pitcher who was born in the Dominican Republic, who grew up in the Yankees organization, and who is about to pitch the best baseball of his life in the biggest games of the year. The Cincinnati Reds sweep the Oakland Athletics four games to zero. Jose Rijo, pitching two complete games over the course of the four-game sweep, is named the World Series Most Valuable Player. This framed hand-signed Cincinnati Reds white jersey, certified authentic by Beckett Authentication Services (BAS) with a Certificate of Authenticity, carries the signature of the pitcher who made that sweep possible.

⚾ José Antonio Rijo was born on May 13, 1965, in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, in the same baseball-rich Dominican tradition that has produced an extraordinary number of major league pitchers over the past five decades. He signed with the New York Yankees at a young age, was traded to the Oakland Athletics in the Rickey Henderson deal, and eventually landed in Cincinnati, where he became the most important starting pitcher on the team that Lou Piniella built into a 1990 world championship. The 1990 World Series remains one of the most stunning upsets in modern baseball history, and Rijo's performance in that series – dominant, unflinching, precise – is one of the most celebrated pitching performances in World Series lore. The Cincinnati Reds white jersey, signed by the pitcher who won the MVP in a sweep of the most favored team in baseball and presented in a 35x39 framed display, is a piece of that story. Beckett Authentication Services is one of the most trusted organizations in the memorabilia industry. Condition: NOS.

⚾ Jose Rijo. San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic. Cincinnati Reds. Pitcher. 1990 World Series MVP. Oakland Athletics. Sweep. Lou Piniella. BAS. Beckett. COA. Autographed Jersey. White. Framed. Hall of Fame Sports Memorabilia. Condition: NOS.