Rare Willie Mays & Sandy Koufax Signed "Spaldeen" Stickball Baseball PSA DNA COA

In his early seasons in the Major Leagues, the "Say Hey Kid" would spend time playing stickball in the streets of Harlem with young kids. He claimed that this was how he learned to hit a curveball.  "I played stickball in the morning, around 10, for about an hour," he explained.  "There was a bunch of kids.  They'd come and knock on my window, 'cause my window was on the ground level.  I could walk from where I lived down the street to the Polo Grounds.  So I'd buy the kids ice cream, then go to the ballpark.  I did that all year in '51, and in '52 till May, when I went into the military."

Kids in New York would play with what they called a "Spaldeen" - a Spalding "Hi-Bounce" rubber ball.  A bit smaller than a tennis ball, the "spaldeen" got its name simply from the sound of "Spalding," pronounced with an affected New York accent.  Like many great names, "Spaldeen" came to represent any pink, bouncy rubber ball - though the Spalding Hi-Bounce was always the original "Spaldeen."

Presented here is a Willie Mays & Sandy Koufax Signed "Spaldeen" Stickball Baseball.

Comes with full letter PSA DNA COA.