Lot # 58: 1952-53 Colecciones Victoria #48 Edmundo "Sandy" AmorĂ³s SGC 1

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1952-53 Colecciones Victoria #48 of Edmundo "Sandy" Amorós. Graded a 1 by SGC. There have been 3 examples of this card graded by SGC, with only one grading higher than this one.

Amorós is known almost entirely for one play, which happens to be one of the most famous plays in the history of baseball. In the 7th game of the 1955 World Series, Amorós entered the game as a defensive replacement. In the 6th inning, with the Dodgers holding on to a 2-0 lead, the Yankees' first two batters reached base. Yogi Berra, a lefty, was up next and hit an opposite field shot down the left field line that was virtually guaranteed to tie the game, but a sprinting Amorós, a lefty himself, reached out with his right hand and caught the ball at the line. He quickly threw it in and doubled off Gil McDougald, keeping the shoutout intact. The Yankees failed to score in that inning, or the rest of the game, and the Brooklyn Dodgers won their first ever World Series championship.

 

The 1952-53 Colecciones Victoria set contains 168 cards of players in the Cuban League, featuring numerous Negro Leaguers and future Major Leaguers. There are several cards of HOFers, including Billy Herman, and Negro Leaguers Orestes Miñoso and Ray Dandridge. The cards measure roughly 2" by 3" with some size variance. They are printed in color on thin paper stock. Teams represented are: Habana, Almendares, Marianao and Cienfuegos. Like most Cuban issues, the cards were designed to be pasted into an album, and thus back damage is extremely common.

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