Why did this ticket to a 1992 Phillies-Pirates game sell for over $1,500?
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When Mickey Morandini pulled it off, it came so quickly, even the announcers didn’t realize what happened.
And who could blame them? An unassisted triple play had only happened eight times in Major League Baseball history.
Why are we talking about Morandini’s magical moment? Because, on Tuesday, a ticket to the Sept. 20, 1992 game featuring Morandini’s Philadelphia Phillies against Barry Bonds’ Pittsburgh Pirates — sold for a whopping $1,540.
To put that in perspective of Pirates tickets, the most recent sale of Bill Mazeroski’s Game 7 World Series walk-off was $945. Paul Skenes' rookie debut ticket last sold for $708. But unlike those two, PSA had never graded an exemplar from this game.
At the time, Morandini, who caught a fly ball from Jeff King, doubled off a runner who left second and tagged Bonds on his way to second, was also ticked about not thinking about the memorabilia.
Video shows Morandini, who batted .268 in 11 years in the majors, flipping the ball up in the air as he runs by the mound.
“That was stupid on my part,” he told reporters after the game. “It was probably hit as a foul ball to some fan.”
Darren Rovell is the founder of cllct and one of the country's leading reporters on the collectibles market. He previously worked for ESPN, CNBC and The Action Network.
