1953 Bowman
My fave has always been the Whitey Lockman card for reasons as subjective as the Reese card long being considered the standout in the set. The Dodger shortstop was caught high in mid-air in an unusual action shot that imprinted many eight-year-old NY-ers in '53 who apparently never forgot their awestruck first impression. In '53, in my area of Ohio, most cards of NY players were hard to come by, or not found at all. But, when I opened a wax pack of mostly doubles of A's or Browns, and uncovered a pristine shot of Lockman in an action pose, it burned into my childish memory like few other cards ever did.
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