Carl Yastrzemski CGC 6.5 February 1968 Sport Magazine Newsstand 

February 1968 Sport magazine newsstand issue of Boston Red Sox Carl Yastrzemski. This is Yaz's first solo cover on Sport. CGC graded 6.5.

Carl Yastrzemski had a 23-year career, all with the Boston Red Sox. He was an 18x All-Star, 7x Golden Glove winner, and 3x Batting Champion.  In 1967 Yaz won both the AL MVP Award (with a near unanimous vote, but for one writer) and the Triple Crown with 44 Home Runs, 121 RBIs, while batting .326.

The Red Sox retired his number 8, and he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. Carl Yastrzemski was one of the great Red Sox to have graced the hallowed halls of Fenway Park and The Green Monster. 

Sport magazine can sometime be overshadowed by Sports Illustrated but should not be. Firstly, Sport pre-dates SI by eight years - the first issue published September of 1946 (Joe Dimaggio cover). Sports Illustrated's first issue was published on August 16, 1954. Sport was monthly - SI was weekly. 

It might be that over the years SI was more in the forefront of sports enthusiast's minds because they received and read the publication more often. And although publication of Sport magazine ceased after the August 2000 issue, for 54 years the magazine was a monthly staple for in depth articles of the greatest sports figures of all-time, most of whom graced the cover. 

In addition, some superstar athletes of the 1940's and 1950's were on the cover of Sport but never appeared on the cover of SI during their playing days, such as Joe Dimaggio, Jackie Robinson, and George Mikan.

CGC graded Sports magazines have become more and more desirable and valuable in the last several years. In the comic book hobby, every valuable, desirable comic book sold is graded. And certainly also the case with sports cards.

Vintage Sport magazine newsstand issues that never had a subscription label are truly scarce. And if a person occasionally bought an issue at the newsstand, they probably threw them out after reading the issue, or a few weeks later. But if a person was a subscriber, they most likely tended to save and collect their issues (that all had labels) - the subscriber was probably more of a pack rat or collector. That could be why there are so many Subscription "label" issues of vintage Sport magazines.  

A high grade CGC Carl Yastrzemski Sport magazine to add to one's Yaz, Red Sox, baseball or CGC collection.15.00 shipping in the USA.