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Originally Posted by JollyElm
Since there is (let's be honest) a complete obsession with Mickey Mantle in baseball card circles, I would like to get a glimpse of how much of this is based on first-person experience. For example, in the future everyone here can say that they were around to see Mike Trout and Albert Pujols (just to name a couple of players) in action on TV and/or in person while they were active players. How many people here can say the same about Mickey Mantle?
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I am old enough to have seen him live in a few games at the old DC/RFK Stadium.
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Last edited by Peter_Spaeth; 05-16-2018 at 09:40 PM.
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