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A baseball that Michael Jordan signed when he was 13 years old is reportedly up for auction. The ball was signed in 1976 when Jordan played for a local baseball team, in Wilmington, North Carolina.<\/p>\n
Given everything else about Jordan's legacy in the world of sport, the ball was signed by everyone on the team to commemorate a championship season that the Babe Ruth League youth baseball team had achieved. According to the ball itself, the team won 11 games and lost only three.<\/p>\n
Goldin Auctions is hosting the sale of the ball, which comes with a letter of authorization from Jordan's former baseball coach, Richard Neher, along with the little league roster and a photograph of the team. The coach had the ball in his possession until 2002, when he decided to sell it.<\/p>\n
\"It is the sport that pulled Michael Jordan away from basketball,\" the baseball's description reads on the auction site. \"America's pastime baseball was always a part of the great Michael Jordan's sporting legacy. Already a superstar basketball player in high school, Jordan was an excellent baseball player, so much so, his father - the late James Jordan hoped his son would become a professional baseballer.\"<\/p>\n
The bidding began at $2,500 and is currently at $3,250 as of this posting.<\/p>\n
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