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Documenting Documentary

When it comes to Upper Deck Documentary, I've let others do my dirty work for me. They bust the boxes, they post the pretty pictures, they vent. And I stay far, far away. Unless people are offering free UD Documentary Dodgers! Then, of course, it's gimme, gimme (that's a bad side of me. I've got to work on that). Sooz, from A Cardboard Problem , was kind enough to give away some of her unwanted Documentary cards, including a couple of Dodgers. I received them Monday. You can't own these cards without picking them apart. It's your duty as an American citizen! First, I think one of the problems that UD has with this set is the name: documentary. You're setting yourself up for a pretty big fall with a high-falutin' name like that. Here is the definition of documentary that most people know: "a work, such as a film or television program, presenting political, social or historical subject matter in a FACTUAL and INFORMATIVE manner and often consisting o...