Up
on the blog today, a special release from about a year or so ago,
my"missing in action" Milk Duds Mickey Mantle box, super-fun item to
create and release for you all:
I was so happy to find a commercial printer that was able to produce these in the quantity I needed, at the right price!
Identical
in size and card stock quality as the originals released way back when,
I wanted to get a Mantle version out there just for the fun of it,
imagining if the fine folks at Milk Duds celebrated his "recent"
retirement with inclusion in their set which is STILL wildly popular
with collectors to this day.
As I have stated before here on the blog many times, Mantle is one of those guys I really don't think we need to get
into as far as his tenure on the baseball diamond. It'd be kind
of 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.
One of the great icons of the sport over its 150+ year history.
Not too bad a Hollywood script...
I just wished I would have gotten to see him play!
