They didn't do this to a piece of history... did they?

[bigaust001]

2001 Leaf Rookies & Stars - BaseballCardPedia.com (http://www.baseballcardpedia.com/index.php/2001_Leaf_Rookies_%26_Stars)

In the Great American Treasures set, it shows that the Maris card features a piece of the 61st HR ball... that's wrong, right??? Because...

Roger Maris' 61st home run ball - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaAm_v-Ko8U)

She's at home in the HOF..

[JoshHamilton]

It was a ball used during the game. Not the one he hit 61 with

[XL5]

Maybe it was a ball he hit for a home run during a stickball game on 61st Street.


But according to Sotheby's (www.sothebys.com/ru/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.pdf.N08146.html/f/337/N08146-337.pdf)(PDF) in one of their auctions:

Other memorabilia items used in the making of these cards includes; the cap that Hank Aaron wore when he hit his 755th Home Run, Nolan Ryan's 7th No-Hitter ball, and Roger Maris’ 61st Home Run baseball from his record setting year of 1961.

[dhcollecting]

Maybe it was a ball he hit for a home run during a stickball game on 61st Street.


But according to Sotheby's (www.sothebys.com/ru/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.pdf.N08146.html/f/337/N08146-337.pdf)(PDF) in one of their auctions:

where is the Aaron card that features the logo from this hat? that should be worth a lot!

[thecardstore99]

JoshHamilton is correct. The back of the card states it's from the game where he hit #61.