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A TEAM EFFORT
Date: 1969
The signatories on this bat put the t-e-a-m in team. The 1969 World Series championship was truly a collaborative effort. Gil Hodges’s platoon system meant that victory depended on teamwork, not individual stars. When a Met was called into action, he performed.
From the collection of Andy Fogel (photo by Heritage Werks)