New York Yankees - WPLJ 95.5fm : 1979

2.25-inch

New York Yankees WPLJ Radio Give away pin back button. These Buttons were given out in front of  the Stadium as a promotion.

ASSCA - American Sports Card Collectors Association - New York NY

American Sports Card Collectors Association, held in New York City

SABR's Baseball Cards Research Committee

Roger Maris - '61 in '61

1.75-inch

I'm For Maris sold $1250.00 (2020 Leland Auction

Greatest Home Run Hitter - 6-inch - sold at Yankee Stadium Souvenir shop. Reproductions exist at 2.25-inches - Keyman Collectibles

As the 1961 mid-season approached, it seemed quite possible that either Roger Maris or Mickey Mantle, or perhaps both, would break Ruth's 34-year-old home run record. Sportswriters began to play the "M&M Boys" against each other, inventing a rivalry where none existed; in fact, the two men were friends and roommates. Mantle, however, was felled by a hip infection causing hospitalization late in the season, leaving Maris as the single remaining player with the opportunity to break Ruth's home run record.

Maris had 59 home runs after the Yankees' 154th game and therefore failed to beat Ruth's 60 home runs within the original season length. Maris hit his 61st home run on October 1, 1961, in the fourth inning of the last game of the season, at Yankee Stadium in front of 23,154 fans. Maris was awarded the 1961 Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year and won the American League's MVP Award for the second straight year.

Yankee ticket as seen on Sotheby's

Reggie! : 1978

 

3-inch 1978 promotional pinback button for the Reggie candy bar

In 1976, while playing in Baltimore, Jackson had said, “If I played in New York, they’d name a candy bar after me.” When Reggie came to the Yankees in 1978, The Standard Brands company responded with a repacking of their Bun Bar, a circular “bar” of peanuts dipped in caramel and covered in chocolate