Found: Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series Home run baseball?

[karamaxjoe]

Re: Found: Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series Home run baseball?

The one thing that doesn't add up is the newspaper article claims Maz signed the ball and gave it back to the kid. Jason's ball does not have a Maz signature.

Mike

[JCC1968]

Re: Found: Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series Home run baseball?

Guys

The Hall of Fame has no record of anything signed on the Mazeroski baseball. Nothing has been proven either way. It is all hear say at this point. I am hoping maybe Mazeroski can clear up if he did or did not sign the baseball in May.

Jason

[bobw]

Re: Found: Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series Home run baseball?

Found this AP article on Newspaper archive from the Syracuse Post Standard from October 14, 1960

Maz Returns Home Run Ball To Youngster

PITTSBURGH (AP)-The home run ball which beat the New York Yankees 10-9 Thursday for the 1960 World Series title becomes the souvenir of a 14-year-old Pittsburgh schoolboy. Andy Jerpe was waiting in a vacant lot outside Forbes Field and retrieved the ball which Bill Mazeroski hit over the left center field fence for the deciding run. Later the boy brought the ball to the Pittsburgh dressing room
to present it to the Pirate second baseman. Mazeroski autographed it and turned it back to the boy. "You keep it, son," Mazeroski said. "The memory is good enough for me.

[CollectGU]

Re: Found: Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series Home run baseball?

Unfortunately, I think these two stories corrobrate that it was signed by him and pretty much kills this ball as being the one....Other's agree?

Dave