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Proper card-burning etiquette

All right, it's obvious I'm going to have to go through the rules on which cards you burn and which ones you don't, because someone doesn't know them yet. Please try to keep up. I'm only going to say this once. CARDS THAT MAY BE BURNED 1. Checklists Guidelines: Burn only for warmth. If it's 20 below or the landlord has turned off your heat, then you may bundle checklists in stacks of 500 or more and light them ablaze. But only use checklists that are not numbered as part of the set. 2. Cards from 1991 Guidelines: Check first that none of your fellow bloggers need these cards. After that, I better not catch you trying to sell them on eBay. Take them immediately to the incinerator. 3. Barry Bonds cards Guidelines: Arrange Bonds cards in order by his increasing head size. Attach cards to fuse. Light fuse. Enjoy! 4. Hated Yankees. Guidelines: Your choice may vary from period to period. It may be Jackson, Piniella , Dent, Winfield, O'Neill, Rodriguez or Tei...

Thwarting a fiendish plot

I received an interesting email several weeks ago. It was from the writer of a card blog that I hadn't heard of at the time. The email was rather ominous . It said something like this: "I have some Dodgers for you. Send me your address or it's off to the firepit with them." FIREPIT ? Wha? ... huh? ... why? .... but, but, but ..... WHOONEARTHWOULDEVENEVER THINK OFSUCHATHING ? So I instantly emailed him back, saying that I would definitely rescue any unsuspecting Dodger cards from a fiery doom. And that he should seek counseling for coming up with such a dastardly plot (I actually didn't add that last sentence, but I don't think you could blame me if I did). Then, after that exchange, nothing. No email. No package. Before long, I had resigned myself to the Dodger cards' fate. They were no more, I thought. Mere ashes, hovering through the polluted air. Oh well. I busily prepared a stack of Giants for burning in my backyard. You know, just to even the scor...