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Playing by the Rules

By John Summer

Sep 28, 2026
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The World According to Baseball Cards

When I was a kid in the 1950s, we all collected baseball cards. This was before we even had a major league team here in California. You would buy a Topps bubble gum pack that contained some cards… throw away the crummy cardboard gum… and hope you would get a Mickey Mantle, a Ted Williams, or a Pee Wee Reese.

But you w…

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