Group of Five La Primera Serie Related Items 1996 including game-used base, photo, and Revista Padres magazine cover, and two San Diego Padres team-signed balls. Balls are stamped 'la Primera Serie' and have approximately 25+ Padres signatures on each official National League ball (Coleman) Footnotes: Provenance Property of Larry Lucchino, legendary former CEO of the Boston Red Sox. Note La Primera Serie was the brainchild of Lucchino. The GOP wanted to use Jack Murphy Stadium for the Republican Convention, and Lucchino took this opportunity to schedule a series in Mexico at that time. Per the Los Angeles Times, his goal, as stated by the Padres director for Hispanic marketing, was 'We want to become Mexico's, team.' From August 16-18, 1996, the Padres made history by hosting the New York Mets in La Primera Serie, the first MLB regular season games played outside of the US, in Monterrey, Mexico. Despite some players getting food poisoning, San Diego took the series, 2 games to 1. The balls used in the series had red and green stitching in recognition of the colors of Mexico. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing