This Great Game 1960s #94 Whitey FORD New York Yankees HOF

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About the Player

A short bio from the Helmar “This Great Game” card back: The other “Old Blue Eyes” in New York, Edward Ford grew up on 34th Avenue in Queens, trained from a young age to root for the Yankees. His favorite ballplayer was Joe DiMaggio, who later became his teammate. Originally tried out at Yankee Stadium as a first baseman, but an astute scout noticed Edward’s strong arm and pointed him to the hill. Ford earned his nickname from his first professional manager, former Yankee hurler Lefty Gomez, who called Edward by the name “Whitey” on account of his white-blonde hair. Had quite a year in 1951: was married in spring training, and only three days later he tossed out the first pitch on opening day at Yankee Stadium before reporting to the U.S. Army to serve in the Korean War. Throws three primary pitches: fastball, curve, and slider, as well as one that’s not in the rule book: the spitter.

About the Series

Helmar continues to delight as the This Great Game franchise roars into the 1960’s! This can only be described as a startling, groundbreaking issue. This Great Game, the 1960’s takes no prisoners—every effort has been made to leave collectors in awe. This is no overstatement. Sanjay Verma, master of the gouache miniature, returns to create more of his special brand of magic with the player portraits. The front card design has been carefully crafted to have that familiar 1960’s feel—without being a stogy derivative of graphic roads thoroughly mined. Player selection is typically Helmar in that the nearly forgotten are celebrated alongside immortals. What is possible with card backs, normally designed as after-thoughts, have been completely reimagined in a way that makes them just as important as the fronts.  The formation of the backs recognizes that the 1960’s were of time of upset, re-thinking, revolt. In art we celebrated (or endured) Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein, among many others. But what did we tack up on our walls? Black light posters—gaudy, bold and scandalous. This series isn’t just imaginative—it is visionary!

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This Great Game 1960s, New York Yankees
Card #	Thumbnail Pic	Player Name	Position	Top Auction Price
19		MANTLE, Mickey	Side posed batting stance. Smiling	$ 236.00
20		Pepitone, Joe	Posed batting stance, belt up.	$ 50.00
92		Murcer, Bobby	Batting pose, pink sky	$ 50.00
93		Bouton, Jim	Mouth open	$ 50.00
94		FORD, Whitey	Ball at knee	$ 36.00
95		Richardson, Bobby	hands on knees	$ 35.00
96		BERRA, Yogi	ful figure batting stance	$ 92.00
116		Maris, Roger	Side view, batting stance, belt up.	$ 77.00

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