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2025 Leaf Seasons In The Sun, 1956 HR Leaders⭐️#7/7
Mickey Mantle - "The Commerce Comet"
Duke Snider - "The Duke of Flatbush"
The exciting thing about this card is that it's an exclusive Mantle trifecta!
Mickey Mantle was #7, of course, and this card is #7 of 7 copies produced - that's pretty cool to me.
Anytime you can get game-used/worn relics of legendary NY baseball icons on one card you should do so if possible.

2002 Fleer Fall Classic, Rival Factions, Game Used Dual Relics ⭐ Frankie Frisch & Duke Snider
Fleer's “Rival Factions” name is more about curating Hall of Fame dual relic storytelling than actual rivalry history.
"The Fordham Flash" vs. "The Duke of Flatbush" is one of those “across-the-era NL icons” pairings designed to give the set historical depth and recognizable names on both sides of the card.
Fleer is basically pairing “old-school NL greatness” vs “mid-century NL greatness”.
Frisch = early NL dynasty Cardinals identity (inside baseball, contact era, managerial legend later).

Snider = postwar Dodgers slugger and face of Brooklyn/LA transition era.

It’s a Brooklyn Dodgers & Duke Snider kinda Monday. #WhatsOnYourDesk

“My high salary for one season was forty-six thousand dollars and a Cadillac.” —Duke Snider

#BeTheGood

2004 Leaf Limited Lumberjacks #LJ-13, Auto ⭐ Duke Snider #99/100
Boys of Summer autographed card? Yes, please.
Golden Nugget: Duke Snider is the Dodgers Franchise HR Leader with 389 dingers.