Spalding baseball from Hodges’ Mets tenure has stylish inscription and autograph which reads “To Lee Hazen, Best Wishes, Gil Hodges” in blue ball-point. The writing fills an entire panel and is very uniform and bold (8.5/10). Ball is a clean Near Mint. All in all, a choice single from this beloved Bum, who also led the Metropolitans to their first World Series title in 1969.