Lot # 1601: 1970 World Series Game 1 Full Ticket - Baltimore Orioles vs. Cincinnati Reds - Pete Rose First World Series Game - PSA NM 7

A blast from the postseason past arrives, with this 1970 World Series Game 1 full ticket. Played on October 10, 1970 at the newly opened Riverfront Stadium, this game featured the Baltimore Orioles versus the Cincinnati Reds. It was the ever World Series game for hometown hero Pete Rose, but Series MVP Brook Robinson turned out to be the biggest story. With O's ace Jim Palmer on the mound, manager earl Weaver didn't get his three-run homer, but he did get a two-run blast from Elrod Hendricks and solo shots from Brooks Robinson and big Boog Powell. Robinson's homer proved to be the game-winning hit, and in the sixth inning, the Human Vacuum Cleaner made the first of his many spectacular fielding plays in the Fall Classic, when he made an astonishing backhand diving stop of a hard-hit grounder by Lee May, who hit the Reds only home run of the game. The final score of this tight contest was 4-3. Palmer got the win, and the Reds Gary Nolan was tagged with the loss. PSA has encapsulated this attractive full ticket with a pleasing grade of NM 7. If you witnessed this 1970 World Series, you couldn't forget it, or the moment during a postgame TV interview, when Reds manager Sparky Anderson was mysteriously waving his hand around Brooks Robinson's head. When asked what he was doing by the interviewer, Sparky stated he was trying to rub off Brooks' halo, a testament to how valuable Robinson's play was throughout this Orioles championship win.