Mickey Mantle Signed Cachet FDC Yankees – COA JSA – TO BE FRAMED

Presented is a First Day Cover autographed by Mickey Mantle. The FDC cachet by Zaso was in commemoration of Yankees post season World Series home runs with Babe Ruth being one of the top (naturally). Mantle eclipsed Ruth’s record with 18 World Series home runs. Mantle signed it in blue ballpoint (“7-8” mild bleed).

In an epic drama spiced with improbable plot twists, New York Yankees stars Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris dueled in 1961 to break Babe Ruth’s Major League Baseball season record for home runs. Their pursuit of the magical mark of 60, set by the Yankees’ legend in 1927, captured the imaginations of the nation’s baseball fans and dominated America’s sports sections.

The double pursuit of Ruth was a preseason storyline, and the intensity of the chase built by the end of June, when Maris and Mantle were ahead of the Bambino’s 1927 pace. Then the pressure really ratcheted up that sizzling summer. Five years earlier, in 1956, Mantle had challenged Ruth’s record for most of the season, and the New York press had been protective of Ruth on that occasion also. Maris eventually was the one to break the record (he finished with 61). Mantle finished with 54 home runs while leading the American league in runs scored and walks.

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Mickey Mantle Signed Cachet