(Hello on World Penguin Day. This is the perfect excuse to post a Ron Cey card. But I'm not gonna do that. Because I gotta be me. It's time for Cardboard Appreciation. This is the 255th in a series): All of the Eric Thames autographed cards are gone. Or they're priced way out of your range. All of the parallels from 2011 and 2012, too. Eric Thames is HOT! right now. All of the ebay listings say so. Brewers Power Hitter! Red Hot! On Fire! MVP?? Rare! All of the exclamation points! And question marks, and asterisks, and dollar signs!!!!!!! You can buy 30 of the same Eric Thames card for 65 dollars (but why would you?). After Thames hit two more home runs last night to extend his major league lead to 10, I got caught up in the hype -- in my usual reserved way. I decided to see if I had any Eric Thames cards. I did. This 2011 minor league card of Thames, as a Toronto Blue Jays prospect, is the notable one. Many people are discovering that the Brewers' Tha...
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