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Originally Posted by Scott Garner
I recently added this game used ball from HOF Sandy Koufax's 1st no-hitter. This ball originated from long-time NL umpire Stan Landes.
Stan Landes was the 2nd base umpire in Sandy's 1st of 4 career no-hitters on June 30, 1962.
The fledgling NY Mets in their inaugural season were the victims in Koufax's 5-0 whitewash. Landes gifted this ball and two other game used balls to a young Dodger fan from the LA area.
I'm very proud to add this historic ball to my advanced no-hitter collection. I now have game used balls from HOF no-hit kings Nolan Ryan (6 of his 7 no-hitters), Sandy Koufax (his first of 4 no-hitters) and Bob Feller (his 2nd of 3 no-hitters).
This ball is a nice compliment to my signed full ticket and scored program from Koufax's 1st no-hitter
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Scott:
Here is a photo of the Koufax Fan Club "patch" I PM'ed you about
Fred