Disagree on the Koufax. As a sextogenerian (yes, I am exactly the same age as Sixto Lezcano), I can tell you that Koufax is firmly ensconced in baseball lore and will not fall out of favor - he's beyond a legend, and not only for those of us who saw him pitch, either in person or on TV. A good friend of mine who is also a friend of Sixto - and both his (my friend's) children, boy and girl, who never saw Koufax live, know precisely who he is and can quote you his bio and stats as easily as they, and the rest of us, can quote Mantle or Wajo. They don't live in a vacuum. Why do those of us now still buy and covet prewar vintage of players we never saw.
But really, comparing the 52T Mantle with the 55T Koufax rookie is unfair: it's like comparing the T206 Wagner to a Young or Wajo. I think one piece of $$$ criteria between now and then is the fact that we take much better care of the postwar than people did in the prewar era: there's so many of them, and nowadays encased in plastic.
Anyway, gotta run. Me and Sixto need to catch the Early Bird Special at the diner.
Last edited by Paul S; 06-17-2016 at 11:09 AM.
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