Hit a Home Run. . .

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

A nation turns its lonely eyes to you 

Woo, woo, woo

What's that you say, Mrs. Robinson?

Joltin' Joe has left and gone away

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey

"Mrs. Robinson,"  Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, 1968

. . .with this autographed baseball by Joe DiMaggio. Joseph "Joe" DiMaggio (1914 –1999) is considered one of the greatest baseball players in the history of the game. He joined the New York Yankees in 1936 and spent his entire 13-year baseball career with the club, during which the team won 10 American League pennants and nine World Series championships. Also known as "Joltin' Joe" and "The Yankee Clipper," he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. The baseball carries both the DiMaggio's signature and "HOF 55," referring to his 1955 Hall of Fame induction.

The baseball comes in an acrylic display case and with a certificate of authenticity from The Score Board, Inc. This company was founded in 1987 by father and son Paul and Ken Goldin, both baseball card enthusiasts. The company became one of the largest baseball card distributors in the country, with 

contracts with every major card company. The company soon expanded beyond baseball cards, contracting with past and current sports superstars like DiMaggio to autograph sport memorabilia, much of which was sold through venues like the Home Shipping Network. In 1994, the father, Paul Goldin, passed away. By this time, the sport memorabilia market was flooded with competing brands, the major league baseball strike dimmed interest in baseball, and Score Board had became involved in a series of lawsuits both with competitors and some of its own contracted players. In 1998, the company declared bankruptcy. This certificate carries the name of the father, Paul Goldin.

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