Previous Item Next Item

MOMENTS: BOONE GAME 7 WALK-OFF

$1340 current bid
20 Bids

Description of the Item:

Register or sign in to buy or bid on this item. Sign in and register buttons are in next section

Want to place a bid?

REGISTER NOW

Already have an account?

6 Watchers

Every child who played baseball in the back yard as a youngster has imagined hitting a Game 7 walk-off HR, complete with play-by-play like big league announcers: "Game 7 - tie game -- bottom of the inning in extra innings - here's the pitch - he hits it waaay baaack - it's going, going, gone! Yankees Win!!!!"

Aaron Boone actually accomplished that dramatic feat with his Game 7 walk-off home run against, of course, the rival Boston Red Sox in the 2003 ALCS. His home run sent the Yankees to the World Series and fulfilled the dreams of Yankee fans young and old and is our Greatest Moment in Yankee History for the 2000s.

The game marked the 26th time the Yankees and Red Sox played each other in 2003, so there were no secrets between the teams. In the bottom of the 11th, the game was tied at 3-3 and Mariano Rivera had just finished shutting out the Red Sox for three innings and was likely done for the game. Boone led off the Yankee 11th against Tim Wakefield, the Bosox knuckleballer. Wakefield threw his first pitch squarely into Boone's wheelhouse and he didn't miss it. He sent a rocket into the left field stands and sent the Yankees to the 2003 World Series. As the crowd collectively lost their minds, Boone jogged around the bases before being mobbed as he jumped on home plate for the win. He then proceeded to hug every teammate he could locate in the wild celebration on the field.

Every Yankee fan alive at the time remembers that scene as if it were yesterday. But you cannot have enough memories of that moment, so don't let this opportunity get away! This Boone jersey has been personally autographed by the current Yankee skipper for the Rizzo Family Foundation.

Includes letter of authenticity from the Anthony Rizzo Family Foundation.

Donated By Aaron Boone