Today I start a fun new thread, profiling each card I created for my custom "Lost" 1963 Fleer set I produced a few months back, beginning with my Mickey Mantle card:
The
set contained 22 cards, 20 "missing" 1963 Fleer cards as well as two
special 1961 Fleer "Greats", Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige.
I'll profile about one a week from this set to bring them to those who didn't pick a set up when available for purchase.
Mantle
was coming off his third MVP season when this card would have seen the
light of day, helping the New York Yankees win another World Series, his
seventh and final championship of his incredible career.
Mantle is one of those guys I really don't think we need to get
into as far as his accomplishments on the baseball diamond. It'd be kind
of like a joke to start writing about his career since it would take up
a book's worth.
But alas, 500+ homers, a bushel of World Championships, three Most
Valuable Player Awards, and the hearts of more fans than we can even
imagine to this day.
"The Mick" in all his glory, enshrined in his rightful place in
Cooperstown, along with his longtime buddy Whitey Ford in the same HOF
class.
Not too bad a Hollywood script...
