The Short Print

    In an astonishing turn of events, one avid sports card collector has taken his passion to a whole new level, or should we say a whole new dimension - a 1952 Mickey Mantle dimension to be exact. Meet Bob "The Cardboard Crusader" Johnson, a man so committed to his collection that he's decided to trade his comfortable home for a cozy shoebox, all in the name of that elusive Mantle card.   Bob, an accountant by day and card collector by night (and day, let's be honest), always dreamed of owning the Holy Grail of baseball cards, the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle. With the card's astronomical price tag in today's market, he knew he had to get creative.   After hours of brainstorming (and browsing Zillow), Bob stumbled upon a brilliant, albeit unconventional, solution: mortgage his house and live in a shoebox. "I figured, why spend money on a spacious home when I can invest in a small piece of cardboard that fits in the palm of my hand?" Bob said with an ent...