Well-worn ticket stub from the 1911 World Series' second game at the National League park, which was Brush Stadium in New York. That game (Game 3 of the Series) pitted the New York Giants against the Philadelphia Athletics, the two teams tied at one game each.  Christy Mathewson and Jack Coombs each went the distance and then some, as the game went into extra innings a 1-1 tie.  In the top of the 11th, the Athletics scored two runs against Mathewson, and Coombs managed to hold the Giants to one run in the bottom half, as the Athletics won, 3-2.

The game is significant, however, because with the Giants leading 1-0 in the ninth, Philadelphia third baseman Frank Baker blasted a home run against Mathewson to tie the game.  It was Baker's second home run in as many games, and as a result, a new nickname was born. From then on, "Home Run" Baker was his name, a slugger who finished his career with 96 round-trippers, leading the league four years in a row.

The stub is in poor condition, having been torn in half at the top edge, repaired on the reverse with tape. The tape was applied in such a way that the two pieces of stub fit together unevenly.  Additional creasing is apparent throughout, consistent with a ticket that remained in a patron's pocket during a baseball game.  Regardless, a significant piece of baseball lore.