My dad had his cards thrown away by my grandmother before I was even born and he still talks about it to this day. I think the part that bothers him the most is that he not only asked her to save them, they were on a shelf in the back of their finished basement and the shelf wasn't being used for anything else. He didn't have many cards, maybe a shoebox full, but he also had comic books he kept in great shape and 100+ ticket stubs from Yankee games in the late 50's-60's. The shelf was built for his stuff and it was so far out of the way, there was no reason the stuff couldn't have stayed there.
One item that luckily was kept from the scrap heap was a Mickey Mantle Day program from 1965 with signatures from Tommy Henrich, Phil Rizzuto, Jerry Coleman, Joe Garagiola and Dizzy Dean. They were all broadcasters at that time, though not all for the Yankees.
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