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Revisiting coach cards

  I'm currently working on correcting a wrong from a couple of years ago. In 2024 Topps issued a five-card insert set in Series 2 called "Women in Baseball". I was too busy at the time, completing the full flagship and update set, as well as being all about everything 2024 Heritage, so I skipped adding those five cards.   But it's a natural for my collection. It's from 2024 Topps, so it looks great, with that wonderful electric feel . Also noting women in the MLB is awesome. And, finally -- what's wrong with me? -- I've been clamoring for coach cards for at least eight years ! (I know that not everyone among the five cards is a coach).   In that 2018 post, I lamented the demise of manager cards (it remains a tragedy) but focused on coach cards, specifically from the 1982 Donruss set. Amazingly there were eight of them in that set.   That's where that post ended, but there are a number of other wonderful examples of coach cards in major sets. This is th...