I grew up in Billings, MT and Spokane, WA. I never saw a baseball autograph session of a HOF player in MT. The Rockies came on a caravan once. In Spokane, we had a card store that operated 3-4 years and invited HOF players, and the biggest name that came to town was Al Kaline. Great guy. Never have met Willie, Mantle died while I lived in Montana. I think of Mantle more often than Mays simply because of '61. When the Sosa and McGwire chase happened, Mantle's and Maris' name came up all the time. I decided to collect the 1961 Topps set for that simple reason. I didn't collect it because Mays was in the set.
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Barry Larkin, Joey Votto, Tris Speaker, 1930-45 Cincinnati Reds, T206 Cincinnati
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