Reggie having a ball

Bill Mazeroski, Juan Marichal, Tony Gwynn and Don Sutton have become the most recent members of Reggie Jackson's Statball Club. Mazeroski is the hero of the '60 Series and nine-time gold glove winner. Sutton is a member of the 300-win Club. Marichal was the high-kicking Dominican Dandy was one of the game's most dominating pitchers in the '60s. Gwynn won numerous batting championships and retired with one of the highest career averages ever. The balls will list more than a dozen stats chronicling the Hall of Famers' careers. Maz became the 31st member of Jackson's Statball Club. After Jackson once signed baseballs with his baseball biography, Mr. October figured he could bring in a few of his pals and market the "statballs" through his website, www.reggiejackson.com. Imagine the tedium of scrawling at least 15 career statistics on a baseball with no smudges. Instead of three or four seconds, the players spend more time signing a ball than it takes to slurp a pile of spaghetti.
The most popular "statballs" are those signed by Jackson, Stan Musial and Nolan Ryan. Ranging in price from $400 to $600 each, the priciest ball is signed by Ryan and two non-baseballers, Magic Johnson and Joe Montana. Magic and Montana on a baseball? Some collectors like the uniqueness. Whatever. Only 1,000 "statballs" exist for each player. Jackson is trying to add Koufax, Mays and Eddie Mathews to the Club. Anyone of these players would clearly be a home run for Jackson, but the odds of adding them are against him. Mays' notorious temperment makes him an unlikely candidate for such labor. The reclusive Koufax is best remembered for his volume of strikeouts, not volume of autographs. Koufax and Mays "statballs" would no doubt be most coveted.
Jackson is apparently tuned into collectors. He's added a card of each player as part of a very slick box that's certain to become equally collectible. For more information call (877) 808-4400.