Good day all!
Today on the blog, we come
to my 1964 "In-Action" card for all-timer Mickey mantle, from my latest
custom set released a couple months back:
Really
would have been fun if Topps started using In-Action photos earlier
than the 1971 set, though I do understand the limitations at the time.
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...