The Sporting News named San Francisco Giants outfielder Willie Mays its Player of the Decade for the 1960s. Topping such luminaries as Hank Aaron, Roberto Clemente, Sandy Koufax and Frank Robinson, Mays had already completed his age-28 season when the decade began and was one of the oldest players in the game at its conclusion.
Some time ago we posted a little article on one of our favorite baseball collectibles from the 1960s—Jay Publishing Picture Packs. You can still read that post here: https://baseballia.com/blog/jay-publishing-picture-packs-memory-gallery/
At that time our gallery of pics was limited to some terrific Hall of Famers. But a large part of the appeal and beauty of the Jay Publishing venture was the fact that it…