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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Continuing from my previous post. When we were kids in the
late '40s, we loved to watch Satchell Paige pitch. He had an
unusual double-loop wind up in his pitching motion which we
all tried to emulate.

And, don't get me wrong, I loved Mickey since I was an avid
Yankee fan. I still quite well remember when I opened my very
last wax pack of 1952 Topps Hi#s in the fall of '52. I put
the skinny slab of Topps bubble gum in my mouth and carefully
removed the cards....1st one was George Spencer, then Hal
Jeffcoat, Billy Herman, Ben Chapman, and Mickey Mantle.

Boy was I excited as I ran home as fast as I could to show off
my Mantle card to all my buddies..