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12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 3:14AM #1
craner7 Posts: 12,782	How many of you still have baseball cards in your possision from so long ago? Got posting about baseball cards in another thread and just wondering if any of you were smarter than me and saved yours. Googling the Mantle cards I did have brought back painful memories..I had those, I remember the excitement opening up the wrapper, sticking the gum in my mouth and finding a Mantle in there.....but who knows where they went. Anyone can post but really looking for input from those who grew up before these cards were collectibles and worth money. I know Newinn and BG had Babe Ruth cards. 69 "68 '67 '66
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 5:00AM #2
TheStripes Posts: 1,547	I'm in my late 40's am I allowed? I remember having the '69 card, the 68's were the first time I remember buying baseball cards can't say if I had it or not. Here's one of my favorites from my youth. The Lord will either calm your storm . . . or allow it to rage while He calms you. ~ unknown
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 9:04AM #3
cookback Posts: 821	I had couple of those same cards... They made GREAT noises as they clicked through the spokes of my bike ! Life is better when the Yankees win !
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 9:21AM #4
115by7and9in61 Posts: 3,650	Jul 6, 2012 -- 3:14AM, craner7 wrote: How many of you still have baseball cards in your possision from so long ago? Got posting about baseball cards in another thread and just wondering if any of you were smarter than me and saved yours. Googling the Mantle cards I did have brought back painful memories..I had those, I remember the excitement opening up the wrapper, sticking the gum in my mouth and finding a Mantle in there.....but who knows where they went. Anyone can post but really looking for input from those who grew up before these cards were collectibles and worth money. I know Newinn and BG had Babe Ruth cards. 69 "68 '67 '66 you actually chewed the gum, craner?...that was the first thing I threw out (smelled good; but tasted wretched)...smacked on the sidewalk and fractured into a zillion pieces...kinda like how the Bonomo Turkish Taffy would crack when you slapped it on a table...the strawberry and the banana were my favorites...I collected from '54 to '62....bought every Topps card produced in 1961...was also very involved in a Ted Williams tribute series of...ah, I think maybe 60 or so cards...had every single one of those but one...one stinkin' card...drove me nuts...I swore they (might have been Fleer?) they never made it just to keep us kids trying for it...aah, those were the days, craner... "...let it be known that as of this date in Major League Baseball history the one, truly honest single season home run record...61 in '61..."
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 10:18AM #5
ru4_nyy Posts: 840	I remember these and for some reason, managed to save my 69 Mantle card. Still have it. Back in the day, you had to snap up the card packs and hope you got lucky enough to get your favorite player(s). Not like today where you can go and buy the entire year set, or a specific team.
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 11:21AM #6
Bronxbob Posts: 3,166	I have Yankee team sets going back to 1952, but only complete sets back to 1957. The earliest Mantle card I have is.. Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid. In order to see the rainbow, you must first endure the rain! If you don't stand behind our troops, please feel free to stand in front of them.
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 11:34AM #7
newinn Posts: 13,748	Jul 6, 2012 -- 9:21AM, 115by7and9in61 wrote: Jul 6, 2012 -- 3:14AM, craner7 wrote: How many of you still have baseball cards in your possision from so long ago? Got posting about baseball cards in another thread and just wondering if any of you were smarter than me and saved yours. Googling the Mantle cards I did have brought back painful memories..I had those, I remember the excitement opening up the wrapper, sticking the gum in my mouth and finding a Mantle in there.....but who knows where they went. Anyone can post but really looking for input from those who grew up before these cards were collectibles and worth money. I know Newinn and BG had Babe Ruth cards. 69 "68 '67 '66 you actually chewed the gum, craner?...that was the first thing I threw out (smelled good; but tasted wretched)...smacked on the sidewalk and fractured into a zillion pieces...kinda like how the Bonomo Turkish Taffy would crack when you slapped it on a table...the strawberry and the banana were my favorites...I collected from '54 to '62....bought every Topps card produced in 1961...was also very involved in a Ted Williams tribute series of...ah, I think maybe 60 or so cards...had every single one of those but one...one stinkin' card...drove me nuts...I swore they (might have been Fleer?) they never made it just to keep us kids trying for it...aah, those were the days, craner... Once in awhile you would get a soft piece of gum 115. That was almost as big a treat as getting a Yankee player in the 5 pack of cards. I used to by the cards every week, usually a couple or 3 packs a week during the school year and that was from 1960 to 1964. I have no idea what ever happened to them. Last I remember seeing them, they were in boxes under my bed. I wonder whatever....................... MOM!!!!!!
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 12:51PM #8
theBaron Posts: 487	oh my !! ...i wish i knew what happened to my cards ........i had all the greats, i cant even talk about it ... "it's when the Yankees score eight runs in the first inning .....and then slowly pull away" Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert , on a perfect afternoon at Yankee Stadium.
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 12:57PM #9
Taurus Posts: 844	Jul 6, 2012 -- 3:14AM, craner7 wrote: How many of you still have baseball cards in your possision from so long ago? Got posting about baseball cards in another thread and just wondering if any of you were smarter than me and saved yours. Googling the Mantle cards I did have brought back painful memories..I had those, I remember the excitement opening up the wrapper, sticking the gum in my mouth and finding a Mantle in there.....but who knows where they went. Anyone can post but really looking for input from those who grew up before these cards were collectibles and worth money. I know Newinn and BG had Babe Ruth cards. 69 "68 '67 '66 It's a long story and one I'd rather forget, but seeing what this thread is about,remembered. I made the mistake of bringing in my shoebox full of my prized cards to school to do some wheelin and dealin only to have it confiscated by my 5th grade teacher. Never got those cards back and that's the part I'd rather forget. Those were cards from1962-1965, some worth pretty good money.
12 months ago :: Jul 06, 2012 - 1:36PM #10
BigGuy Posts: 37,984	An over 50 crowd thread? In your case it should be an older than dirt crowd thread ! lol No, I don't have a Babe Ruth card, but I wish to hell I did. I do have a 1961 Mantle card that is signed, and a cracked autographed Mantle bat that he used in one of those fantasy camps in FL that he and Whitely used to run. I have a couple other cards, but I'm not even sure where they are right now. "Never seen a payroll on a ring" "Leave the gun, take the cannoli "

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