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Maris #61 HR Inscribed Baseball on the account by Tracy Stallard PSA Pre-Certified

Roger Maris's 61st home run "Story-Ball" done entirely in the hand of Tracy Stallard! Magnificent OAL baseball signed on the SS "Tracy Stallard/#61 to Roger Maris 10/1/61" and covered on four panels by Stallard's writing telling the story of that fateful home run: "-1-Last game of 1961 season. I arrived Yankee Stadium one hour before game time, with no clue who was going pitch when Sal Maglie handed me the ball. /-2-I warmed up for 15 minutes. 1st inning Maris popped out.

In the 3rd with the score at 0-0 count 2-0 I threw a fastball on the inner part of plate & he hit it high & hard in the right field seats for his 61st home run/-3-The hit broke Babe Ruth's single season record set in 1927. I pitched to Roger in the 7th and struck him out. /-4-When I later talked to Roger he thanked me for having the nerve to pitch to him. We lost game 1-0. " An incredible, unique, "must-have" for all serious collectors! PSA Pre-Certified

MIN BID $400