This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/10/2017
Hasbro of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, created this board game called Challenge the Yankees. The game featured a replica of old Yankee Stadium. One of the boards depicted a baseball diamond (players used pegs to denote runners on base), and there were strategy cards to use 1964 Challenge the Yankees game when a player hit a grounder or a fly ball. The left side of the box cover had small action shots of Mickey Mantle, Tom Tresh and Elston Howard. The rest of the box had a magnificent aerial view of the original Yankee Stadium. An inset encouraged would-be young managers that “each player performs as in a real game.”This was a dice-driven baseball game, not as cerebral as APBA or Strat-O-Matic, but simple to learn and easy to play.The game had 50 cards with player images — 25 members of the Yankees, and 25 all-stars. The All-Star roster seemed kind of dubious with the likes of Hank Aaron, Al Kaline and Willie McCovey who were part of the set The cards measured 4 inches by 5 3/8 inches and had a small black-and-white photograph in the upper left-hand corner. The offered set includes all of the pieces and most importantly all of the cards with are all separated from their perforations and appear minimally NM or better with the all important Mantle card NM/MT. The box has some wear in the form of small tears and scuffing but still displays nice in a VG or so condition.