Although Mickey Charles Mantle was named after baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Cochrane, no one in rural Oklahoma, where Mantle was born in 1931, could have predicted that he would become one of the greatest power hitters of all time, let alone one of the most extensively collected players. Mantle began his 18-year career with the New York Yankees in 1951. He struggled somewhat in his inaugural season, but Mantle’s rookie card, a 1951...Continue Reading