On the blog today, we begin to spotlight my custom WTHBALLS Gelatin "1960 Stars of Baseball" set released back in 2018 in custom Gelatin box with lots of goodies:
We'll start off with uber-star Mickey Mantle.
The set featured 40 postcard-sized cards with cut-out player cards to mimic the Jello sets of that era.
Fun set to produce, as it even contained a packet of gelatin to complete the set!
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!
