Okay, so I spent some time this week diving back into some baseball stuff, specifically focused on Mickey Mantle. It wasn’t really planned, just kinda happened.
Getting Started
It started when I was cleaning out the garage and stumbled upon an old baseball magazine. Flipping through it, there was this classic picture of Mantle, mid-swing. Just looked powerful, you know? Got me thinking about those legendary players again. It’s easy to forget how iconic some of these guys were.
So, I went down the rabbit hole a bit. Spent an evening just looking up old photos, reading some stories about his career. It wasn’t like heavy research, more just casual browsing, remembering things I’d heard before. The guy was amazing, switching hitting like that, the power he had. It’s impressive stuff, even just reading about it decades later.
The ‘Practice’ Part
I wouldn’t say I ‘practiced’ like swinging a bat or anything, not these days! My ‘practice’ was more about reconnecting with that history. I decided I wanted a little reminder of that era, something simple.
First, I dug around online, looking at cards. Man, some of those things are crazy expensive! Way out of my league. Wasn’t really looking to invest or anything, just wanted something tangible.
Then I thought, maybe just a cool photo? Found a decent reprint of that classic swing picture online. Wasn’t an original, obviously, but looked nice.
I cleared a small space on my bookshelf. Found an old baseball I had lying around, cleaned it up a bit. Ordered that photo print. When it arrived, I just put the photo up behind the baseball. Simple as that.
It’s nothing fancy. Just a little corner. But looking at it kinda brings back that feeling, that connection to the game’s history. It felt good to actually do something, even small, instead of just thinking about it. Made me appreciate the history a bit more, having that little physical reminder there.
So yeah, that was my ‘mantle baseball’ project for the week. Just a bit of remembering, appreciating, and setting up a small display. Kept it simple, kept it personal.
