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Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B
Wow, a whole dollar? Red Patterson comes off looking like a colossal douche here. While things didn't have the same value in those days, there was certainly still much publicity value to having the ball in hand for display purposes. Give the kid more than a dollar.
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According to the Baseball HOF :
"Patterson gave the boy a dollar and later sent him five more dollars and two autographed baseballs in return for the home run ball. The ball and Mantle’s bat eventually made its way to Cooperstown."
https://baseballhall.org/discover/in...-foot-home-run