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Lot 1149: Roger Maris’ First Major League Game Ticket Stub

ITEM DESCRIPTION

 
Reserve: $100.00
Winning Bid: $172.08
Price Realized: $205.63
Auction Date:11/30/2005 9:00 PM EST

Who could have foreseen at the dawn of the 1957 Major League Baseball season that Roger Maris would go on to eclipse Babe Ruth’s single season Home Run mark just 4 years later? This ticket stub from Maris’ first MLB game is charged with all the history that would follow: the infamous “asterisk” decision, the Mantle-Maris “rivalry” and much more Yankees lore. The ticket for Cleveland Stadium Lower Box seat Sec 28 Box 429 Seat 12 has the Rain Check intact. EX+.

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