(Today is Newspaper Columnists Day. The National Society of Newspaper Columnists created the day. I've written a few newspaper columns in my time. I've also written what could be considered columns on this blog. I like the ones I do here better. You can't line the bird cage with those. ... Well, you can, if you print out the blog post and then throw it in the cage. But who wants to do all that work? Anyway, it's Cardboard Appreciation time. This is the 180th in a series): I have seen enough baseball cards in my 35-plus years of collecting them that I know the identifying features of a baseball card photo. First you have your baseball player, wearing a baseball uniform, in most cases. You often have a baseball player's tools. A bat, or a ball, or a glove. In the background is the usual baseball card photo scenery. Green grass. Basepaths dirt. The pitcher's mound. Three bases and home plate. Perhaps an outfield wall, a batting cage, fans in the stands, a ...
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