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Saturday is in the cards (6/28)
In response to last week’s SINTC post Brother Reynell mentioned the infamous Billy Ripken card.
Got me thinking about cards of the past. While these cards didn’t create a stir as great as the four letter word scrawled on the knob of Ripken’s bat (wonder how Holden Caufield reacted to Ripken’s card), they could not have been what was intended.
Nice slacks Phil!
Espo wasn’t the only one wearing dress pants.
Did Espo borrow his line mate’s slacks?
Then there’s this one.
I had to do some research. Prior to the current Nationals franchise, Washington never had a National League team. Washington did not even have a team for the 1973 season (the year of this card). And, anyway, isn’t that a Padres’ hat on Stretch’s head? In case you were wondering – Willie played a couple of years in San Diego before returning to ‘Frisco.
Man the Warriors must have been on a low budget – check out Nate Thurmond’s uniform.
There are no Palm trees in Detroit!
Okay – so it was Spring Training. When you are eight years old, and you open a pack and find this card, it can cause a little confusion. 
See you next week.
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