The Commerce comet came soaring into the hearts and minds of New Yorkers and baseball fans everywhere, from Commerce, Oklahoma, switch-hitting into history after minoring in Kansas. Mickey Mantle and the New York Yankees were a staple in nearly every World Series in the 1950’s and early ‘60’s, with Mantle hitting his way into our cultural stratosphere, becoming an American Icon. He signs, with his familiar scooping “M”, on the sweet spot of this Rawlings Official American League (Brown) Baseball, a blue ballpoint rating 8.5/10.