Andy, over at Traded Sets , is giving away some 2006 Mike Schmidt "rookie" cards. He's got a whole bunch and you don't have to do much to get one. One of the ways to obtain one of the cards is to mention his blog, which I kind of just did. I also have to email him the link to this post, which is the tricky part for me. Because forgetting to send emails is one of the things I do best. So, maybe if I go through all of my Mike Schmidt cards, and pull and scan the ones I like the best, and feature them here on the blog, my aging brain will actually retain Andy's contest rules and tell my fingers to tap out an email to him, and then I'll have another Schmidt in my collection! Sounds like a plan, doesn't it? I noticed a couple of things when looking at my Schmidt cards. First, his career corresponds almost perfectly with my first collecting phase. He began his major league career in the early '70s. I began my collecting career in the early '70s. He wrap...
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