^Lot 1407 Bart Giamatti

Former president of Yale University who served as Major League Baseball’s National League president from 1986 to 1988 and as baseball commissioner from 1988 until his death in 1989. Best-known for imposing the lifetime ban on Pete Rose as the result of Rose’s gambling activities. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs business check, 8.25 x 3, filled out in type and signed by Giamatti, “A. Bartlett Giamatti,” payable to Pilot Air Freight for $54.30, January 8, 1987. In fine condition, with light show-through from stamps on reverse.