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Originally Posted by doug.goodman
According to the Baseball HOF :
"Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. The ball and Mantle’s bat eventually made its way to Cooperstown."
https://baseballhall.org/discover/in...-foot-home-run |
Thanks for the extra info!
I suppose that was a bit better, but still comes off as being not enough, even for the era. How about some box seats at Griffith Stadium for the kid and his family the next time the two teams faced off? A meet and greet wouldn't have been out of the question, either. Good photo op material there for the club as well.
I wonder if those balls had any clubhouse signatures on them, or if they were Autoballs!