[Tanman7baseball]

Everyone's stories were amazing and thank you for sharing.

I'm posting this Mantle because it was my grandfather's favorite player. He got me into the hobby in 2001 when I was 9 years old and taught me everything about baseball. Back in the day he had every set from 1950 to 1965 but he suffered from a bad arm injury that was unfixable at the time. He was so furious that he threw away anything that reminded him of baseball.... He got back into collecting when I was 9 years old and collected Mantles while he funded my baseball card addiction. When he passed away from cancer in 2004 I split up his Mantle collection between my Uncles and I. This is one of the Mantles I was left with. I love this hobby because it connects me to my grandpa and the love of the game.