1985 Original Slide Transparency STEVE BALBONI Kansas City Royals

DATE SHOT: Spring 1985

SUBJECT: Steve Balboni

APPROXIMATE SIZE: 35mm in standard slide mount

MARKS / STAMPING: Mount is pre-printed with team name, player identification and position.

TYPE CLASSIFICATION: Original Promo Slide

COMMENTS / CONDITION: This is positive film that can be viewed with a backlight source without having to invert the image. As with original negatives, it can be used to produce high-quality photographic prints (no print is included with this item though). This is one of a large number of sports promo slides that I will be listing in the coming weeks. Wear on these, if any, is mostly confined to the mount's edges, but see scans for further details including film condition. We do not deal in stock images or modern reprints, and all scans shown are of the actual vintage photograph, slide or negative being sold. If you have any questions about a particular piece, please ask before the auction ends.

Stephen Charles Balboni was born in 1957 in Brockton, MA and went to college at Eckerd College. He played major league baseball from 1981 to 1993 as 1st baseman for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers, and appeared in the 1985 World Series. Balboni also coached for the Kansas City Royals organization, developing their younger hitters. After three years with the Royals, he joined the Montreal Expos organization, where he ran their extended spring training program and managed the Vermont Expos in 2001. Following his time with the Expos, he became the St. Louis Cardinals' AA hitting coach for three years. He still coaches part time at the Steve Balboni Baseball School. As of 2010, Balboni was a major league scout for the San Francisco Giants. In 2011 he was elected to the International League Hall of Fame.

Explanation of Type Classifications:

Type 1 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during the period (within two years of when the shot was taken).

Type 2 = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, during a later period (more than two years after the shot was taken).

Type 3 = A 2nd generation photograph, developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during the period.

Type 4 = A 2nd generation photograph (or 3rd or later generation), developed from a duplicate negative or wire transmission, during a later period.

Original = A 1st generation photograph, developed from the original negative, which appears to be of the period but for which a print date cannot be determined for definitive Type classification. Essentially, a photo we feel is a Type 1, but which lacks certain elements necessary for definitive dating of the print.

For further information regarding "Type" classification of photographs, please refer to "A Portrait of Baseball Photography" by Fogel, Oser and Yee, and to PSA's website at http://www.psacard.com/Exhib/B-W-Photography/index.html.

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1985 Original Slide Transparency STEVE BALBONI Kansas City Royals1985 Original Slide Transparency STEVE BALBONI Kansas City Royals
1985 Original Slide Transparency STEVE BALBONI Kansas City Royals
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