I've been working on this since 2014, and just added the final ingredient.
It started with a Houston Astros Home Plate from the first first home-stand of 2014, against the Yankees. It was Jeter's final season. I picked it up in an MLB auction. There were three future HOF'ers who scored runs on the base, and Nolan Ryan threw out the first pitch, so I decided to get signed balls of each.
- baseball signed by Derek Jeter at the first game of the series, along with a ticket. Bought this on ebay from a guy who went to the game. PSA-authenticated when Al (LOTG) visited Seattle.
- 2001 rookie Ichiro signed baseball for $9.95 in an antique store, also authenticated at Al's event. Dated by having four Mariner signatures and 2001 was the only year all three played together.
- Nolan Ryan signed ball - he threw out the first pitch.
- Today I received a 2013 1st AL year Altuve signed ball, with 2014 inscription.
The base is four tiles on a wood base, with a special order acrylic cover.
The base was authenticated on April 16, so I believe it was switched out before the game, which was George Springer's MLB debut. It that's correct, it was also used in the Angels series, in which Pujols and Trout played. But I'm going to try to forget that.
