Jeffrey Maier’s glove from 1996 ALCS now up for auction
Jeffrey Maier’s glove from game one of the 1996 ALCS played between the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles is now available for auction.
Do you want to own a piece of Major League Baseball history? Nostalgic New York Yankees fans can bid on the very same glove that sent the team to the 1996 World Series. Or if one is a supporter of the Baltimore Orioles, perhaps you could get a little bit of closure in destroying said glove.
Whatever the case might be, Jeffrey Maier’s mitt is now available for bidding through Heritage Auctions, and will be sold on February 21st.
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Depending on whom you were rooting for 19 years ago, the name Jeffrey Maier either conjures up memories of dynastic beginnings, or feelings of outrage toward umpires, and the lack of instant replay (at the time) that likely cost your team the momentum necessary to carry themselves to their first World Series title since 1983.
Maier’s name is one forever linked with baseball’s postseason history.
It remains a crucial part of the argument for instant replay in baseball; a feature that has been utilized since 2008, and even resulted in another Yankees postseason home run in 2009, when Alex Rodriguez was awarded one in the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Maier’s snag of a fly ball that was later evidenced to be heading for the glove of Orioles outfielder Tony Tarasco remains one of the more famous plays in the sport’s history. It, for all intents and purposes, catapulted shortstop Derek Jeter’s name into Yankees folklore for the first time.
Perhaps it is because of the moment’s significance, that the item itself is currently going for $18,000 on Heritage Auctions’s official website. Additionally, it has been valued at $50,000 by the house.
Tarasco, now a first baseball coach for the Washington Nationals, ironically won a World Series ring three seasons later with the Yankees.
Now, he could purchase the very same glove that tormented him for years. With a major league salary, it is hard to imagine it would be out of his price range.
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