Let me start by saying that I am not a gambler. We all know that making wagers in the world of baseball is not looked upon favorably. Just ask Pete Rose.
But for the sake of rhetoric, let me pose a question: Did you know that Mickey Mantle had two minor-league trading cards that bore his name and likeness well after his retirement?
Well, it’s true.
If you followed the career of Mantle, you probably knew that he was first scouted, by accident, in the summer of 1948 by a relatively unknown Yankee scout Tom Greenwade.
Greenwade, who was in town to evaluate the Whiz Kids’ third baseman Billy Johnson, was in for the surprise of a lifetime.
