{"product_id":"stan-musial-signed-cardinals-white-custom-jersey-bas-authenticated","title":"Stan Musial Signed Cardinals White Custom Jersey BAS Authenticated","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecure a signed piece from one of the greatest \nand most consistently excellent players \nin the history of professional baseball \nwith this \n\u003cstrong\u003eStan Musial Autographed St. Louis Cardinals \nCustom White Baseball Jersey — Beckett BAS Authenticated\u003c\/strong\u003e. \nStan Musial died on January 19, 2013. \nEvery jersey, baseball, photograph, and piece of equipment \nhe ever signed is now in permanent fixed supply — \nthe number will never increase, \nonly decrease as signed pieces are absorbed \ninto permanent collections. \n\u003cstrong\u003eThe white Cardinals home jersey \nis the most personally specific available \nMusial signed jersey format: \nthe only franchise he ever played for, \nthe home colorway of the team \nhe represented across 22 seasons \n(1941-1944 and 1946-1963), \nthree World Series championships, \nthree National League MVP awards, \nseven batting titles, \nand the most extraordinary statistical symmetry \nin baseball history — \n3,630 career hits, \nexactly 1,815 at home \nand exactly 1,815 on the road.\u003c\/strong\u003e \nBaseball Commissioner Ford Frick, \nat the dedication of Musial's bronze statue \noutside Busch Stadium, \ndelivered the words that now appear \nat the base of the monument: \n\"Here stands baseball's perfect warrior. \nHere stands baseball's perfect knight.\" \nThe white Cardinals custom jersey signed by Musial \nis the home colorway of that career — \nthe uniform of the player \nPresident Barack Obama called \n\"an icon, untarnished; a beloved pillar of the community; \na gentleman you'd want your kids to emulate\" — \ncertified authentic by Beckett Authentication Services \nwith a tamper-proof hologram verifiable \nat Beckett's official website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eSt. Louis Cardinals Custom White Baseball Jersey\u003c\/strong\u003e \nhas been \u003cstrong\u003ehand-signed by Stan Musial\u003c\/strong\u003e. \nThe autograph has been certified authentic by \n\u003cstrong\u003eBeckett Authentication Services (BAS)\u003c\/strong\u003e \nwith a tamper-proof hologram verifiable \nat Beckett's official website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-signed by \u003cstrong\u003eStan Musial\u003c\/strong\u003e — \n\"Stan the Man\"; St. Louis Cardinals 1941-1963; \nBaseball Hall of Fame 1969 (first year of eligibility); \nthree NL MVP awards; three World Series championships; \nPresidential Medal of Freedom 2011\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSt. Louis Cardinals Custom White Baseball Jersey\u003c\/strong\u003e — \nthe Cardinals' home colorway; \nthe only uniform franchise \nMusial wore in 22 professional seasons; \nsupply of signed pieces permanently fixed \nsince his passing on January 19, 2013\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBAS Authenticated\u003c\/strong\u003e — \ntamper-proof Beckett hologram verifiable \nat Beckett's official website\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe 1,815\/1,815 credential\u003c\/strong\u003e: \n3,630 career hits — \n\u003cstrong\u003eexactly 1,815 at home, exactly 1,815 on the road\u003c\/strong\u003e — \nthe most mathematically precise expression \nof consistency in baseball history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e17 Major League records, \n29 National League records, \nnine All-Star Game records\u003c\/strong\u003e \nheld at retirement (September 29, 1963); \nfirst Cardinals number retired (#6)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e24 All-Star Game selections\u003c\/strong\u003e — \ntied for the most in MLB history \n(with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays); \nseven NL batting titles; \n.331 career batting average; \n475 home runs; 1,951 RBI\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNever ejected\u003c\/strong\u003e in 3,026 regular-season games — \n22 seasons, one franchise; \n\"baseball's perfect warrior, baseball's perfect knight\" \n— Commissioner Ford Frick\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBacked by our \u003cstrong\u003eLifetime Authenticity Guarantee\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSupply Permanently Fixed — The White Cardinals Jersey\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStan Musial played his entire career \nin one uniform — \nthe St. Louis Cardinals — \nwhich means there is precisely one franchise \nwhose jersey carries the full weight \nof what he accomplished. \nThe white Cardinals home jersey \nis the specific colorway \nof the player the Cardinals' ownership \nrefused to trade \neven when their own general manager \nopened negotiations with Philadelphia: \nCardinals owner Gussie Busch \nmade clear that Musial was not available \nat any price. \n\u003cstrong\u003eHe played 22 seasons in that jersey — \nmore seasons with one club \nthan any player in National League history at the time — \nand signed pieces from that career \nare now in permanent fixed supply. \nMusial passed away on January 19, 2013. \nNo new signed pieces will ever be created. \nThe white Cardinals jersey bearing his autograph \ndocuments the home colorway \nof the only franchise the greatest Cardinal \never wore, \navailable only from the inventory \nthat existed on the day he died \nand has been diminishing since.\u003c\/strong\u003e \nThe Cardinals retired his number 6 \non September 29, 1963 — \nthe day he played his final game — \nbecoming the first number in franchise history \never retired. \nHis statue stands outside Busch Stadium \nwith the most precise available summary \nof what he was \ninscribed at its base.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e1,815 and 1,815 — The Perfect Symmetry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaseball produces statistics \nin enormous quantities, \nand most careers are measured \nby totals that accumulate unevenly — \nbetter at home than away, \nbetter in certain ballparks, \nbetter against certain opponents. \nStan Musial's career produced \nthe one available exception in baseball history \nto everything statistics measure unevenly: \n3,630 career hits, \ndivided into exactly 1,815 at home \nand exactly 1,815 on the road. \n\u003cstrong\u003eThe mathematical precision is not the product \nof deliberate engineering — \nit is the natural result \nof 22 seasons of consistent performance \nin which Musial produced \nat essentially the same level \nregardless of which stadium he was in, \nwhich crowd was watching, \nwhich opponent was pitching. \nHe batted .331 for his career. \nHe batted over .300 in 16 of his first 17 seasons. \nHe held 17 Major League records \nupon retirement in 1963 — \nrecords that documented consistency \nso sustained and so complete \nthat they required the better part of a career \nfrom Hank Aaron and Pete Rose to eventually surpass.\u003c\/strong\u003e \nThe 1,815\/1,815 split is the most available \nmathematical expression \nof what made Musial different \nfrom every other hitter \nof his era or any other: \nnot peak performance on a single occasion, \nbut consistency so absolute \nthat 22 years of home games \nand 22 years of road games \nproduced the same result.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBaseball's Perfect Warrior — The Legacy\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick \ndedicated the bronze statue of Stan Musial \noutside Busch Stadium in 1968, \nhe delivered two sentences \nthat have served ever since \nas the most precise available summary \nof what Musial represented: \n\"Here stands baseball's perfect warrior. \nHere stands baseball's perfect knight.\" \nThe language was specific. \nA warrior and a knight are not the same thing — \nthe warrior is the competitor, \nthe player who produced \nthree NL MVP awards, \n24 All-Star selections \n(tied with Hank Aaron and Willie Mays for the most ever), \nthe five home runs in a single doubleheader \n(first player in baseball history to do it), \nthe first player to simultaneously hold \nboth 400 career home runs and 3,000 career hits. \n\u003cstrong\u003eThe knight is everything off the field — \nthe player who was never ejected \nin 3,026 regular-season games; 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