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Give me a little cardboard with that jersey

These cards crack me up. There aren't many cards that make me laugh instinctively over the ridiculousness of the card, but these "relics-on-steroids" cards certainly do. Why in the name of Matt Wieters did they make the jersey swatch so big? Why didn't they just stuff an entire used jersey shirt in a bag and sell it that way? The things people think up. While I'm at it, when is a jersey a "tool of the trade"? A bat is a tool. A glove is a tool. Mark Teixeira is a tool. But a jersey? That's a garment. That said, I am appreciative of receiving my first Ron Cey relic card. It came from Greg at Lake Effect Cards , along with some other Dodger goodies. I have received a bunch of generous card packages lately. And I haven't decided how I'll post about all the goodness. I'll either drag it out or cram it into one epic post. But Greg gets special treatment because he seemed to spark the wave of packages, and because he's threatening to se...