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Jim VBJim C.,
I lived in NYC as a kid. My first baseball memories were the Mantle/Maris HR race in 1961. I was 6 at the time. After a couple of good years, the Yankees dropped from the pinnacle to the depths. During those years of the mid-late 60's I watched the other AL teams get revenge for years of Yankee dominance. Meanwhile the Yankees continued to look for "the next Mantle." (Would it be Tom Tresh? Roger Repoz? Bobby Murcer?)
The whole time there were a handful of players who seemed to play their best against the Yanks. My memory says among that group were Frank Howard, Hank Aguirre, Dick Radatz and Vic Davalillo. I'm sure there were more, but that's who I remember.